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Sandy Evans

Sandy Evans is an internationally renowned saxophonist, composer music researcher and teacher with a passion for improvisation and new music. She has played with and written for some of the most important groups in Australian jazz since the early 1980s and has toured extensively in Australia, Europe, Canada and Asia. She leads the Sandy Evans Trio and Sextet, and co-leads the Evans/Robson Quartet. She co-led GEST8 and Clarion Fracture Zone. She is a member of Mara!, The catholics, Ten Part Invention and austraLYSIS Electroband. Her group Women and Children First was a ground-breaking ensemble during the 1980s, undertaking an epic seven-month tour by bus around Australia. She has performed with many leading jazz and improvising musicians including Andrea Keller, Paul Grabowsky, Silke Eberhard, Ingrid Jensen, Judy Bailey, Andrew Robson, the Australian Art Orchestra, Indra Lesmana, Hamed Sadeghi, Freyja Garbett, Chris Cody, Chloe Kim, Brenda Gifford, Ben Walsh’s Orkestra of the Underground, SNAP, Han Bennink and Terri Lyne Carrington. She was a featured soloist in Lloyd Swanton’s Ambon project.

VIAJES (Travels)

By Alex Pertout

Label: Nailuj Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: TRACKLIST 1 - La Cordillera / El Palomo (8:42) Composer: Alex Pertout ("La Cordillera") Traditional Chilean Folksong ("El Palomo") – Reimagined and Arranged by Alex Pertout 2 - Farewell (7:06) Composer: Alex Pertout 3 - Ashirvad (9:55) Composer: Alex Pertout 4 – Lejos De Ti (7:05) Composer: Alex Pertout 5 - L’Oyá / Longo Ito (7:35) Traditional Afro-Cuban Chants – Reimagined and Arranged by Alex Pertout 6 - Saudade (7:42) Composer: Alex Pertout

Freyja Garbett, Little North, Lakecia Bejamin, The Vampires & more

by Marek J. Śmietański
July 28, 2026

The 129th episode presents the second part of the June 2026 premiere survey, once again structured into six thematic sets. The programme journeys from percussion-driven ritual and free improvisation through melody-centred chamber jazz, psychedelic grooves and rhythm-based explorations, to spiritually charged playing and acoustic small groups deeply rooted in tradition--closing with an evocative archival epilogue that ...

Angelini/Niescier/Abdou, Wojciech Jachna, Johnny Dyani & Amalie Dahl

by Maurice Hogue
August 25, 2025

French pianist Bruno Angelini found much inspiration in a quote from his favourite musician Wayne Shorter's graphic novel, “Emanon": “The lotus exists only in the swamp, in our world of turmoil, and the blooming flower purifies the water around it." It led him to make a recording called Lotus Flowers where he and saxophonists Angelika Niescier ...

Oversáez, Roscoe Mitchell, Marco Eneidi & Gulliver

by Maurice Hogue
July 7, 2025

Featured music in this episode begins with German pianist Sandro Sáez and his trio Oversáez. What an exciting and original trio! Their ablum Abstract Emotions is filled with mystery, unexpected twists and turns, power and subtlety. Definitely worth checking out. Then you might want to listen to One Head Four People, featuring the enduring master,Roscoe Mitchell, ...

Luke Stewart, Silvia Bolognesi & Alexander Hawkins

by Maurice Hogue
May 12, 2025

I confess to having a thing about basses, particularly of the acoustic kind, so I got all excited when the latest Luke Stewart album rolled in. About to do a gig with his Remembrance Quintet, he change course and combined musicians from his Silt Trio and the Quintet for a live gig which was recorded with ...

Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Silke Eberhard & Yannick Peeters

by Maurice Hogue
March 10, 2025

Time to celebrate the women of today's creative jazz and at the same time recognize International Women's Day. New releases include Bone Bells from the magical duo of pianist Sylvie Courvoisier & guitarist Mary Halvorson, Being A Ning from German saxophonist Silke Eberhard's killin' trio, and Italian bassist Silvia Bolognesi's Jungle Duke which explores the music ...

Mountain To Sea

By Chris Cody

Label: Chris Cody Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Stepping Out; Soprano; Journey; Piano; Mountains; Alto; Dream; Bass; Quiet; Slow; Gathering

Luis Vicente, Roberto Ottaviano, Fujii/Tamura & The Who Trio

by Maurice Hogue
August 5, 2024

New releases abound this time out, including : two from Clean Feed and both excellent--trumpeter Luis Vicente's Come Down Here & Italy's soprano saxophonist Roberto Ottaviano's Lacy In The Sky With Diamonds ( a tribute to Steve Lacy, not The Beatles); Polish saxophonist Irek Wojtczak's own tribute to a town where he grew up; trumpeter Michael ...

Caroline Davis, Hery Paz & Niescier/Reid/Harris

by Maurice Hogue
October 17, 2023

Highlights: Captivity, the new recording by saxophonist Caroline Davis is a pointedly social justice album focused on creating reflection, interrogation and amplification of the essential conversation around incarceration, the prison industrial complex & abolition. It's a very powerful project. Another excellent alto player, Germany's Angelika Niescier hooked up with premier cellist Tomeka Reid and drummer Savannah ...