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February 6, 2026

Album: 40
By The Scornful Four
Label: 4000 Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 06:28

New Music From Halvorson, Grasso, Harvey & More

by Bob Osborne
July 31, 2025

A selection of the best of new jazz releases in 2025 with a few classic tracks from previous years. In particular Mary Halvorson's new album is a strong contender for album of the year.Playlist Mary Halvorson “Full of Neon" from About Ghosts (Nonesuch Records) 00:00 Pasquale Grasso “Pannonica" from Solo Be-Bop! (Sony Masterworks) 06:55 ...

The Scornful Four

Active since: 2023

The Scornful Four is a multi-generational jazz quartet from Meanjin that features repertoire that is entrenched in the history of jazz with a uniquely Australian approach, evoking the incomparable vast landscapes and vistas of our home.

This group reveres the bleak counterpoints of the classic Mulligan-Baker Quartet, and the jazz hero-worship continues with nods to the legendary pianoless groups of Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane’s fiery 1960s ensembles. But the enigmatic beauty and undeniably Australian rasp of Bernie McGann, the intensity of Mark Simmonds and Scott Tinkler, and the genre-breaking excursions of Sandy Evans are the prevailing elemental sounds that drive the Scornful Four to bring you new explorations of the jazz vernacular. 

New Music From Myra Melford, Jérôme Descamps, Mayra Dómine & Rodrigo González, And More

by Bob Osborne
January 4, 2024

On this show we present new music from Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet , Jérôme Descamps, Mayra Dómine & Rodrigo González, George Colligan , Gordon Lee, Dan Balmer, Mark Solborg and Sunny Kim with Vardan Ovsepian & Ben Monder. In addition, a look at Australian based label 4000 Records who release live recordings from venues ...

Jazz in Meanjin 001

By The Scornful Four

Label: Jazz In Meanjin
Released: 2023
Track listing: Butterfly House; Glancing; A Rainy Morning; Birthday Goodbyes; Swipe Left on Jazz.