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The beauty of jazz music is that there are no borders. 
Jazz is a universal language inviting you to the table to enjoy flavours from all cultures. 
A Jazz Compass, with Frank Presley, brings you contemporary jazz recordings, mainly from the northern hemisphere, that you have never heard before, peppered with some favourites and a live recording each week.

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John Sangster: Australian Jazz Legend

John Sangster: Australian Jazz Legend

Fine Music Magazine Jazz

John Grant Sangster was an Australian jazz multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as a composer although he also worked with Graeme Bell, Humphrey Lyttelton and Don Burrows. His solo albums include The Lord of the Rings-inspired works starting with The Hobbit Suite in 1973.

CD Review – Wild Fire

CD Review – Wild Fire

Barry O'Sullivan CD Reviews Jazz

On his debut release with his band Wildfire, Wilbur Whitta intuits the chaos and combat ahead of the impacts of climate change, natural disasters and displaced persons.

CD Review – The Wild Wild East

CD Review – The Wild Wild East

CD Reviews Jazz

As 2MBS Fine Music Artists-in-Residence and ABC Records scholars, Zodiac’s debut album The Wild Wild East is worth listening to.