Results for "Nick Freer"

Nick Freer

Born: November 25, 1973

Nick has performed throughout Australia with various jazz and contemporary ensembles. He has also performed in China, South Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, Vietnam and Germany. In 2021 he completed the worlds first PhD thesis on the compositions of Allan Holdsworth titled Allan Holdsworth: Principles of Harmonic Organisation in Selected Compositions.

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Nick Freer: Apperceptions

by Glenn Astarita
April 27, 2026

Australian guitarist Nick Freer makes no secret of his admiration for Allan Holdsworth, and Apperceptions wears that influence proudly, like a sharp suit cut from familiar cloth. Legato runs that melt note boundaries, chord voicings that wander through restless harmonic territory, and melodies approached sideways rather than head-on--it is all there, executed with clear devotion.

Subdivide and Conquer

December 31, 2025

Album: Apperceptions
By Nick Freer
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Duration: 03:55

Apperceptions

By Nick Freer

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Subdivide and Conquer; Leaving the Lie; TM; Half-Truth; Utility of Consequence; Aphelion; Apperceptions; 5 to 2; Sine Qua Non; Sense Datum; Ellipse; Never Was; Array Slicer, Delaney.

New Music From Herwig, Remez, Novoa, McBride & More

by Bob Osborne
September 25, 2025

A comprehensive mix of forthcoming and recent, releases which includes a wide variety of differing jazz elements. Women in jazz make a healthy contribution to the playlist with some notable vocal performances and exemplary musicianship. There's also some classic jazz fusion from 1970 from Miles Davis in there as well. Playlist Conrad Herwig “C'Mon ...

Exploration (Don Friedman Quartet), Classic Jazz from Miles Davis, Dinah Washington, Freddie Hubbard, Recent Jazz from Tina May, Dave Douglas, Michael Mayo, Birthday Music from Ike Quebec, Malachi Thompson, Vital Information, and more

by David W. Daniels
August 26, 2025

The program will feature classic jazz, current jazz that is in the tradition of classic jazz, jazz fusion, and music by local artists covering all forms of jazz. We do this in three segments, each an hour long: 1: Classic jazz; 2: Recent jazz that is in the tradition; and 3: Jazz musicians who had birthdays ...

Melbourne guitarist Nick Freer, Eelco Van Zanten, Gavin Harrison, David Binney and The Outernet

by Len Davis
August 10, 2025

Kick off your musical journey today with Melbourne guitarist Nick Freer and his latest albumApperseptions . From the Netherlands, Eelco Van Zanten shares Eel Fusionkastel followed by Canadian guitarist Joel Grundahl. British drummer Gavin Harrison joins forces with guitarist Nick Johnson and bassist Evan Marien for some stand out fusion, then a ballad with bite from ...

Australian music from Logic, Sam Aliano, EQ and Darryn Farrugia

by Len Davis
May 24, 2024

A feature on Australian jazz and fusion with Logic, guitarist Endel Rivers, drummer Sam Aliano, Project 3 and Dirty Martini with guitarist Brett Garsed EQ with Chris Bieniek, and the band Tree with bassist Steve Hunter. Also, guitarist Nick Freer and drummer Darryn Farrugia. Playlist Logic “Small Torque" from The Waiting Game (Vorticity) 00:00 ...

The Unsuspecting

By Nick Freer

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2015
Track listing: Glyph; Heavy the Crown; Darwinism; Wayland; The Pall; Jazz Apostasy; Telepathy; Wayland Abstractum (Do Not Look Up); Delusion; The Unsuspecting.

Nick Freer: The Unsuspecting

by Roger Farbey
October 29, 2015

The euphonious start to “Glyph" on The Unsuspecting gives no clue as to the surprising guitar solo that ensues. This surely is Allan Holdsworth, no? Actually it isn't. Australian guitarist Nick Freer is an unashamed devotee of Holdsworth. He's currently embarking on a PhD entitled The Improvisational Process of Guitarist Allan Holdsworth: Ontology and Analysis of ...