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Josh Bennier
One of his main ensembles is the 'Josh Bennier Sextet'. The group exclusively performs Australian music, to share their passion for the country’s local artists. This sextet has been well-received by audiences at Uptown Jazz Cafe. Josh’s other projects include the 'Pure Element Group', a 5 piece contemporary ensemble featuring local musicians. He is also working on a series of duet albums with Nick Kyritsis. His latest project, 'Josh Bennier's Modular Group', focuses on through-composed art music drawing inspiration from the jazz idiom.
He has been lucky enough to perform and record with many musicians including Joe Lovano, Tomasz Stanko, Ben Monder, Mike Nock, Tony Gould, Paul Grabowsky, Barney McAll, Paul Williamson, Shannon Barnett, Stefan Schmid, Ed Partyka and David & Daniel Wilfred. Josh was privileged enough to record on 2016 Bell Award winner Niran Dasika's project in collaboration with renowned composer Matuesz Gwizdalla entitled 'Silver Letters'. Josh also spent two weeks in Tarraleah in 2017 taking part in the Australian Art Orchestras Creative Music Intensive, working with international artists such as Bae Il Dong and Sunny Kim.
Awards
Australian National Jazz Awards Finalist 2017 Monash Jazz Composistion Prize 2017