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James Sherlock
James began playing classical guitar at age 7. He attended the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, studying classical guitar, and graduated in 1992. He is now based in Melbourne, Australia. James was the winner of the Ike Isaacs International Jazz Guitar Award. As a bandleader, James has released six albums and appeared on many recordings for other artists. For information about a selection of these releases, please visit the 'Albums' page.
As well as his projects as bandleader, James has ongoing duo and trio projects with vocalists Hetty Kate and Kristin Berardi and with MSO bassist Ben Hanlon. Hetty and James have toured and performed throughout Australia and Europe, most recently in 2022 with performances at venues including ‘A Trane’ in Berlin, ‘Sunset Sunside’ and ‘La Gare’ in Paris, ‘Jazz Dock’ in Prague, ‘The Dresden Blue Note’ and ‘The Sounds Jazz Club’ in Brussels. Kristin and James have toured extensively throughout Australia as well as Indonesia, North and South America, Japan and a 2007 European tour culminating in a performance on the Stravinsky stage at the Montreux Jazz Festival. For this performance, the duo opened for George Benson and Al Jarreau. Their second CD, "If You Were There", won the Bell Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2010. James and Ben have released two albums, the most recent being the critically acclaimed “Stravinsky” which Eric Meyers of The Australian Review described as “a major achievement”.
Louis Stewart's Out On His Own: A Landmark Solo Guitar Recording
by Ian Patterson
Dublin's finest export? Not Guinness, but Irish jazz guitarist Louis Stewart (January 5, 1944--August 20, 2016). A guitarist of tremendous skill, invention and personality, Stewart was certainly the first world-class jazz musician to emerge from Ireland and make a name on the international stage. During a fifty-plus-year career, Stewart played with Benny Goodman, ...
The Verb Not The Noun
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Goldilocks; Mousie; BenSamBen; 2 Key Blues; Hurry up and Wait; Nathan of the North; You Stepped On My
Dreams; Watermark.
James Sherlock: The Verb Not The Noun
by Ian Patterson
James Sherlock's eighth album as leader sees the Melbourne-based guitarist return to the trio format for the first time since Domestic Arts (Jazzhead, 2010). Where that album was predominantly standards-weighted--a gorgeous version of The Strangler's “Golden Brown" apart--this one, Sherlock's first with bassist Sam Anning and drummer Danny Fischer, showcases his songwriting chops as much as ...
Brisbane International Jazz Festival 2015
by Ian Patterson
Brisbane International Jazz Festival Various locations jny:Brisbane, Australia June 3-8, 2015 Celebrating its third edition, the Brisbane International Jazz Festival may be one of Australia's youngest jazz festivals but the state of Queensland is no stranger to jazz. The non-profit organisation Jazz Queensland has been curating concerts, developing audiences and working ...
Tim Nikolsky: Australian Jazz Real Book
by Ian Patterson
Australian Jazz Real Book Tim Nikolsky 662 pages ISBN: 979-0-9009613-5-8 Australian Jazz Real Book 2013 It's been five years in the making, but finally, Melbourne guitarist Tim Nikolsky's one-man crusade to assemble an Australian Jazz Real Book has succeeded. In fact, as Nikolsky related ...
Elly Hoyt: Elly Hoyt
by Ian Patterson
Tasmanian-born Elly Hoyt's self-titled debut catapulted her into the forefront of the jazz scene Down Under, winning the coveted Bell Award for Best Australian Jazz Vocal Album in 2011. Australian jazz is perhaps stronger than ever, with a veritable wealth of young musicians emerging and festivals popping up like 'roos, and this award serves meaningful notice ...
Domestic Arts
Label: Jazzhead (Australia)
Released: 2011
Track listing: Domestic Arts and Sciences;Celia; Golden Brown; You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To; Luiza; We See; Rock March.
James Sherlock Trio: Domestic Arts
by Ian Patterson
Domestic Arts caps a busy 2010 for Melbourne guitarist James Sherlock, following the release, earlier in the year, of the impressive Solo (Pinnacles Music, 2010). That recording highlighted not only Sherlock's notable chops but also his songwriting skills, with more than half the compositions self-penned works of striking originality and nuance. This time out Sherlock leads ...
Solo
Label: Pinnacles Music
Released: 2010
Track listing: 2002; Domestic Art & Sciences; Study 3 from Estudios Sencillos; Still; Golden Brown; J.J.; Regensburg; Too Late Now; Over; It Could Happen to You; Lilypad.
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