Gigs and concerts

Sandy Evans was inspired by these images of reality and reflection, so she started composing what turned out to be musical responses to them. "I like to think of harmony in relation to colours", she says, describing her approach. "Other times it was the structure of the photos that I reacted to. There are certain mirror images, so what I did was take some melodic ideas and reverse them". Read More »

When he takes out his flute to play 'It ain't necessarily so', he turns it into a hard-grooving soul-jazz anthem and when he plays an actual 60s soul-jazz anthem, like 'Mercy, Mercy, Mercy', he does it with a free spirit and a post-bop sensitivity. Read More »

My creative process ideally begins with an idea that is exciting to me, and often that seed of inspiration is enough to drive the project through to completion, and overcome all the challenges along the way. Georgie and Josh have been my inspiration for the last month or two while writing this music. Read More »

The Cookers is a learning experience for me. I will always learn and get my ass kicked by these guys. It might not always be a pleasant experience to get one's ass kicked but it is an important part of one's growth as a musician and I'm very lucky to be in this unique situation performing with and learning from some of the best and ones directly tied to when this music was at its apex. Read More »

I have always loved horns and a big band sound so I wanted to inject that into the project. I also had to have piano because of the colour it provides. I was looking for a slightly theatric bent as well. Read More »

"The Singh & Blanes duet is more about romanticism and flashbacks to a more romantic time, while my own solo work is about my intricate thoughts and emotions; it's all about me being by myself, in solitude. It's a bit more personal and reflects my individual take on the world. Then my jazz project is about my compositional ability and my fluency on the piano". Read More »

I told my Dad about it and he was so happy to hear that [Bill Frisell and I] would be working together. I said something like, "Hey Dad, I'm a jazz cat!" Read More »

"I want singers to dig deep into their potential, to strive to be the greatest musicians they can be, to sing with integrity, unapologetically into the world" Read More »

Those who saw the Shaolin Afronauts last year shouldn't expect the sequel to be just a repeat of the original. "We didn't want to repeat anything that we had used; we wanted this to be a completely new experience for the listener", says Ross McHenry. "This time, we've actually written a lot more new material; we're working towards a new album so it was a bit of an opportunity to 'try some new material". Read More »

Since 2011, The Street has put a spotlight on jazz when it began developing a national forum around jazz in Australia's capital city through bringing leading jazz artists together in Canberra and creating endless possibilities for new audience experiences and expectations. Read More »