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The demise of Foundry616

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Since opening its doors in 2013, Foundry616 has proudly served as a cornerstone of Sydney’s jazz scene. The venue has hosted nearly every major jazz artist in the city.

Guitar nerd alert! This one was for you.

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Pat Metheny once again took the stage at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall for Vivid LIVE. However, unlike his previous performance in Sydney in 2020 at the State Theatre this show was to be a one-man band.

Celebrating Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

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Andrew Dickeson leads an all-star group playing music from one of the world’s most famous Jazz bands - Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. Andrew Dickeson and his quartet will honour this legendary drummer and his ensemble with a night of foot-tapping swing.

Live At Founders

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2MBS Fine Music Sydney is dedicated to nurturing the next generation of Australian talent.‘ As It Happened – Live At Founders’ is a recording opportunity at 2MBS Fine Music Sydney for emergent musicians.

High Five – Bonnie J Jensen

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Australian jazz chanteuse Bonnie J Jensen is part of a new wave of female jazz vocalists reshaping the genre with fresh energy and insight. Alongside talents like America’s Norah Jones, Britain’s Claire Martin, and Sweden’s Linda Pettersson, she brings a soft, sweet, sultry, and soulful spark to the modern jazz scene.

Enchanting stage presence from songstress Tiana Young

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Emerging jazz songstress Tiana Young has been singing most of her young life. With opera and musical theatre in her musical frame, she understands the magic of her voice and the importance of stage presence. Both were evident in spades at her recent gig at Lazybones Lounge. But it was jazz through and through that radiated into the Saturday night shoulder-to-shoulder crowd.

2MBS Ken Weatherley Scholar – Tiana Young

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The winner of the 2MBS Ken Weatherley Scholar 2025, Tiana Young trained at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and has performed in public since her teens.

CD Review – Songs For Dead Sailors

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Toby Wren's seventh album of original music is a psychological exploration of love and loss in the era of tall ships, unfolding as a song cycle through a series of evocative compositions performed by a sextet of Brisbane's finest musicians.

CD Review – Arcs & Rivers

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This duet album brings together Swedish pianist/composer Lyssarides and Greek bouzouki player Prokopiou. The pairing of a pianist with the player of an instrument from the plucked lute family has been a most successful formula in recent years. The late Chick Corea’s partnership with banjo player Bela Fleck in 2007 and that of Stefano Bollani with mandolinist Hamilton de Holanda in 2013 particularly come to mind.

CD Review – Ember

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Drummer Paul Derricott released his sophomore album, Big Sea, in 2010, followed by the energetic self-titled debut from his band COAST in 2018. After the successful release of Skim in 2019 and Live 2023 earlier this year, Derricott’s compositional project returns with nine more calculated tracks of experimental jazz fusion.