Ariel Bart: ‘The harmonica taught me to stay committed’

Ariel Bart is one of the rarest species in the global jazz ecosystem: the harmonica player. Her harmonica skills aside, she is an imaginative composer, bringing together an eclectic range of musical references, from middle eastern modes to western folk, to classical music to all shades of jazz.

Ingrid James: “the Brisbane Vocal Jazz Festival hopes to celebrate the diversity of the jazz vocal art form”

” It’s our intention to make this yearly event a flagship for Queensland Vocal Jazz by providing significant career opportunities, job creation and promotion of jazz artists. We want to celebrate the diversity of the jazz vocal art form which encompasses everything from original works to original reinterpretations of jazz standards – mainstream and contemporary as well as jazz vocal improvisation.”