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Pablo Picasso Exhibition and French Music in Sydney

October 30, 2011

A landmark exhibition of the works of Pablo Picasso will be conducted at the Art Gallery of New South Wales from the 12th November until the 24th March 2012. The works at the Exhibition are provided by the Musée National Picasso in Paris. Viva the Trio is engaged to provide a French and Spanish theme with ...

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Article: Album Review

Great Waitress: Lucid

by John Eyles
October 28, 2011

In January 2009, Berlin-based pianist Magda Mayas played with the Australian duo of accordionist Monika Brooks and clarinetist Laura Altman at Sydney's Now now Festival. At the start of 2011, the three came together--by now under the name Great Waitress--to again play the festival plus some other gigs before recording Lucid at Sydney's Linear recording studio, ...

News: Festival

Manly International Jazz Festival and Viva the band 2011

September 8, 2011

Manly Council on the Northern Beaches of Sydney will be conducting their 34th Manly International Jazz Festival over the October long weekend on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd of October 2011. With a vibrant family atmosphere and a breathtaking ocean beachfront backdrop, the festival location is considered to be the best for a Jazz Festival in Australia ...

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News: Recording

Australian jazz artist Wayne Jones walks on "Saturday Street" with spine-tingling bass lines

July 5, 2011

It is paved with spiky, spine-tingling bass lines, the Saturday Street that Australian jazz artist Wayne Jones walks on. Saturday Street, Jones' latest album, is a glistening summer soundtrack that bathes in the pulsating energy of city life, from sun-drenched strolling to a midnight slow jam at a club. On the title track Jones' bass feels ...

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News: Recording

The John Coltrane Project: Andy Sugg Plays Trane

June 23, 2011

The Andy Sugg Group releases The John Coltrane Project: Andy Sugg Plays Trane. “Sugg's train at full steam—its fire forging new lines into the 21st century. An unforgettable journey!" —Gerry Koster, Jazz Up Late, ABC Jazz & ABC Classic FM. “Music that moves the Coltrane legacy forward in an entrancing and powerful way." —Mal Stanley, Jazztrack, ...

News: Recording

Australian group Topology is "exhilaratingly unpredictable" in blend of contemporary classical music and jazz

May 2, 2011

The Australian band Topology ventures into the twilight zone between contemporary classical music and jazz. On their latest album Difference Engine, Topology experiment with moods, sounds, and rhythms; nothing ever quite stays the same or functions within patterns. At the same time, there is a surface beauty to their compositions that is easily accessible even when ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Fiona Joy Hawkins

by AAJ Staff
April 30, 2011

Meet Fiona Joy Hawkins: Fiona Joy Hawkins is an Australian composer and pianist who crosses genres from contemporary classical, to worldj Jazz and new age. Fiona has four award winning albums Portrait of a Waterfall, Angel Above My Piano, ICE--Piano Slightly Chilled and Blue Dream. She has charted at #1 on ...

News: Recording

Australian Trio Woolhouse - Michailidis - Robertson release album of atmospheric, enigmatic contemporary jazz

April 26, 2011

Hailing from Australia, the trio Woolhouse—Michailidis—Robertson is quite unlike many acts in the jazz scene today. Instead of following a straightforward rhythmic path, the band has liberated themselves from any sort of musical boundaries, delivering free-flowing grooves that produce layers of atmosphere and texture. Consisting of pianist Jeremy Woolhouse, guitarist Lucas Michailidis, and bassist Ben Robertson, ...

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Article: Album Review

Margo Leighton & Tim Nikolsky: Redemption

Read "Redemption" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
April 20, 2011

Redemption is the songwriting collaboration of two Melbourne-based musicians, vocalist Margot Leighton and guitarist Tim Nikolsky. Essentially a vehicle for Leighton's honey-toned voice, the quintet interprets 14 originals, which cover a range of styles from Latin and soul, to funk, ballad, R&B, and a slice of the Aussie equivalent of Americana. Leighton and Nikolsky certainly don't ...

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Article: Interview

Tim Nikolsky: Getting Real Down Under

by Ian Patterson
April 20, 2011

Australian jazz? Although New Orleans is the undisputed historical cradle of jazz, any attempt at a definition of what modern jazz is seems to crash against the rocks of uncertainty at best, and narrow mindedness at worst. Tim Nikolsky--a guitarist who has been part of the Melbourne jazz scene for a decade--agrees that, whilst it is ...