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CD Review – Forest Field

CD Reviews Jazz

What’s not to love about this album? A ten-piece orchestra of mainly young musicians, who since their debut album five years ago have developed into a tight outfit full of life and energy and as musically accomplished and engaging as any big band anywhere.

Vale Bob Barnard AM: 1933-2022

Jazz Program Highlights Tributes

Australian trumpeter and cornetist, Bob Barnard has died at 88. A jazz icon has passed, but we are the richer for his life. He grew up in a Melbourne musical family and continued to pass down his knowledge and experience to his children and even his grandchildren, which included our FineMusic Artist-In-Residence, pianist Casey Golden.

He started playing cornet at 12, because the family band (led by his mother Kath Barnard) needed a trumpeter. But he was also deeply impressed by a record of Muggsy Spanier, as well as Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Sidney Bechet, Bunk Johnson and Graeme Bell. He toured New Zealand and Papua New Guinea ... ... ...

Jazz After Hours

Jazz Jazz After Hours Program Highlights

May 8th – Latenight Sundays and Mondays bring something special to this week, Cole Porter. From 10pm, Deborah Evans on Sunday and Gail Monjo on Monday. Catch them with jazz to engage, relax and refresh.

Give The Gift Of Music This Mothers Day For Your Chance To Win

Digital Arts Calendar

Make mother's day super special with a night out to see The Metropolitan Orchestra's Musical Landscapes concert on Saturday May 14th. What better way to show how much you love her than to take her to a wonderful concert in the beautiful Everest Theatre at the Seymour Centre.

The Salon Series by The Langham: The best of George Gershwin

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One of Australia’s most acclaimed pianists Simon Tedeschi and vocalist and violinist George Washingmachine perform in a new programme of the best of George Gershwin and other popular composers of the great American Songbook.

CD Review – Rhythms of Change

CD Reviews Jazz Paul Cooke

A couple of the pieces reflect upon COVID-19, with Receptor, by Peggy Polias, echoing the spikes and spirals of the virus itself, and Mirroring, by Alice Chance, examining the gap between the real and the virtual forced upon us by various lockdowns. Ella Macens’ Falling Embers, for vibraphone and crotales (small, tuned metal disks), meditates on recent bushfires, illustrating in shimmering detail the ‘final glow before life burns out’.

Jazz In Conversation: Julian Curwin

Barry O'Sullivan Jazz Jazz In Conversation program previews

Friday 29th - Each Friday, Barry O’Sullivan invites a studio guest onto Friday’s A Jazz Hour at noon. This week’s guest is Australian guitarist and composer Julian Curwin. His recent release is Midnight Lullaby is a blend of jazz, classical film music and Latin sound, with a stellar ensemble.

Jazz On Wednesdays

Jazz Jazz On Wednesdays

Wednesday 20th - Jazz On Wednesdays brings you the magic of world jazz.  At noon and 7:00pm, the feature artist will be pianist Fergus McCreadie and his trio’s 2021 album.

One of the hottest properties on the Scottish jazz scene. Listen to Jazz Sketches at noon with Robert Vale and Planet Jazz at 7pm with Xavier Bichon. The trio’s music is dynamic and beautifully crafted, reflecting the Scottish landscape and musical traditions, while honouring their American and European jazz legacies.

Simon Moore interviews Benjamin Knapton

Breakfast Interviews Interviews Simon Moore

Simon Moore speaks with Director and Creative Producer Benjamin Knapton about upcoming performances of Circa’s Peepshow at the Theatre Royal Sydney. Circa’s Peepshow turns cabaret on its head, literally. Join Circa as they embark on a seductive dance through the hall of mirrors that is your imagination, Circa’s Peepshow lurches from the thrillingly acrobatic to the comically playful.

In Conversation with John Bell

In Conversation Interviews Program Highlights Simon Moore

Today at 1pm on In Conversation, Simon Moore is joined by celebrated actor and director John Bell, a man who has been a driving force in the shape and direction of Australian Theatre for more than half a century.