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#2023throwback to Sweet Tooth’s performance at the Freedman Jazz Finale Concert! How good is this trio featuring Chloe Kim, Hilary Geddes, Jonathan Zwartz! This was an incredible night of music featuring the three finalists @theocarbo @samgillmusic and Phillippa Murphy-Haste who ended up taking home the 21k prize!

Freedman Jazz | Live Stream
Join us for the official live stream of Freedman Jazz 2023 - recorded by Australian Digital Concert Hall, at ACO Pier 2/3 on September 2nd. This concert recording contains the phenomenal performances by finalists Sam Gill, Phillippa Murphy-Haste, Theo Carbo, and the special guest act Sweet Tooth. Director of the Music Trust stated: “This year’s finalists were especially interesting in part because they are so different from each other!" Reviewer for Loudmouth Magazine, Eric Myers describes the concert below. In the sensibility of these extremely talented improvisors, a private musical language operating which all the players understand, and which has evolved through years of rehearsals and performances. Sam Gill opened with his composition Fortean Days, accompanied by the trio comprising Novak Manojlovic (piano), Jacques Emery (double bass), and Alex Inman-Hislop (drums). The quartet is joined by five musicians to perform Gill’s composition All Imagined Futures. They were Phillippa Murphy-Haste (clarinet), Paul Cutlan (alto flute), Freya Schack-Arnott (cello), Hilary Geddes (guitar) and Bonnie Stewart (percussion). This makes Sam's new nine-piece band 'Vestige'. Phillippa Murphy-Haste performed “an altered lineup of Microfiche”. It included Paul Cutlan (clarinet, bass clarinet, bass flute), Sam Gill (alto saxophone), Nick Calligeros (trumpet), Novak Manojlovic (piano, synths), Jacques Emery (double bass) and Chloe Kim (drums). Theo Carbo, who has been described as “a keen truth-seeker in music,” was accompanied by Jacques Emery (this time on electric bass) and Chloe Kim (drums). Sweet Tooth, consisting of Hilary Geddes (guitar), Jonathan Zwartz (double bass) and Chloe Kim (drums) present a very pleasant and uplifting half-hour set, beautifully played.

A little snippet of a jaw dropping solo for Shannon Barnett at Sydney Int'l Women's Jazz Festival last Saturday! 🤯 Thank you @shannonkbarnett for bringing your stellar quartet home to Australia!! #jazz #jazztrombone #livequartet #siwjf

For 12 years, SIMA’s Sydney Int’l Women’s Jazz Festival has championed groundbreaking artistic innovation, diversity and leading women in jazz. With the festival starting tomorrow - we’d like to take the opportunity to celebrate the incredible SIWJF team who have worked tirelessly to bring this festival to life! ✨Festival Team ✨ Alex Raupach – CEO Zoe Hauptmann – Program Director Reuben White – Acting General Manager, Marketing Manager Sue Spence – Development Manager and Artistic Administrator Emma Collison & Chris Ruhle – Publicists Nicola Sinclair – Production Manager Nick Garbett – Logistics Coordinator Monica Higgins – Art and Design Director Craig McCarthy – Graphic Design Mia Barham - Social Media Hear the future - tomorrow is the day!!

Sydney Int’l Women’s Jazz Festival starts TOMORROW!! Speaking of… 1 week till @cecilemclorinsalvant graces the City Recital Hall stage! Don’t miss your chance to experience the brilliance of three-time GRAMMY Award-winning vocalist and composer Cécile McLorin Salvant from the United States, as she graces the stage in Sydney for an exclusive one-night performance at the Sydney International Women's Jazz Festival, presented by SIMA. Tickets via #linkinbio!

International boundary-pushing music for some serious listening – artists from the United States and Italy share the stage to reflect on the struggles of our world, and adventure to another. Don't miss your chance to see NuovoMondo for their one-night only Sydney show at Stephens Uniting Church on the 28th of October! Ticket link - https://sima.org.au/event/caroline-davis-nuovomondo-symphonies/

Under the expert leadership of award-winning trumpet player Ellen Kirkwood, Spectra musicians come together to explore jazz, hone their improvisation talents and perform as a dynamic large ensemble! They are performing at Johnston Street Jazz on the 2nd of November as part of the Sydney Int’l Women’s Jazz Festival!

Freyja Garbett is a force to be reckoned with in the Australian jazz scene. Her double bill performance at the Sydney Int’l Women’s Jazz Festival with Lucy Clifford is not to be missed! November 2nd at Rancom Studios 🎹 Grab your tickets by heading to sima.org.au Video filmed by Oh Jazz Tv

Panghalina is Helen Svoboda, Bonniesongs and Maria Moles - three colourful voices in experimental and improvised music. 🎶✨Each musician’s distinctive approach to sound weaves a mesmerizing tapestry of frenetic textures, morphing into hypnotic grooves and restless motifs. 🥁Catch their enthralling performance at the Sydney Int’l Jazz Festival on the 30th of October alongside The Rest Is Silence at Monday Night Confessions

Sydney multi- instrumentalist and Freedman Finalist Phillippa Murphy-Haste performs ‘Alterity’ alongside clarinetist Paul Cutlan. If she were to take home the 21k prize this year, Phillippa will create a long form work ‘Kairos’ to be performed and released as an album. Freedman Fellowship Finale Concert - 2nd of September at ACO Walsh Bay!

🎵 Celebrate the incredible talent of Thomas Avgenicos, the visionary composer and trumpeter who recently won The Freedman Fellowship Awards! Join us as we witness the evolution of his groundbreaking project Delay 45, as it collaborates with Ensemble Apex Quartet, and dancer Reina Takeuchi. Prepare to be captivated by the fusion of jazz, visuals, and dance in this multidisciplinary masterpiece. #FreedmanFellowship #MultidisciplinaryArt

PRECIOUS ENERGY
A relentless creative force in improvised music - Barney McAll takes to The Lansdowne stage next Thursday, March 16 with his cosmic hybrid of soul, funk and jazz PRECIOUS ENERGY 🔥🔥 tix are moving quick! The ARIA award nominated group features Rita Satch Laneous and Julien Wilson plus Luke Hodgson, Belle Bangard and Felix Bloxsom. Video credit: Melbourne International Jazz Festival

In concert next Sunday, Ten Part Invention will honour the remarkable life and legacy of Australian jazz drummer, and bandleader John Pochée OAM. Until his passing in November 2022, John remained an active participant with the band – as a leader and mentor. He was a creative visionary who had the passion, intelligence and perseverance to build communities, inspire and support others. He shaped an era in Australian music with generosity of spirit, good humour and brilliance. Please join us to celebrate the memory of this truly great musician.

🙏🙏COMPETITION TIME 🙏🙏 🎶WIN ONE OF TWO DOUBLE PASSES TO OPENING NIGHT!! 🎶 Simply share this post, and tag the friend you'll invite below. February 11th, at @bondipavilionofficial, Yuin saxophonist/composer Brenda Gifford is joined by an incredible group of musicians - Sandy Evans, Jacques Emery, Gary Daley, and Chloe Kim. They'll be performing original compositions from each of the band members, at the stunning newly renovated water-front theatre. Co-presented with @waverleycouncil

Julien Wilson presents his latest solo saxophone adventures - music beyond the boundaries - at The Great Club on February 26th. “An expanding Universe of sound bursting with sentience - like nothing that has come before it. An imperfectly perfect melding of acoustic and electric, earth and air, tar and crystal. Musical boundaries evaporate. This is permanent. Immediate. Resplendent. This is NEW.” Adam Page, Wizard Tone Records

Drawing from their 20 plus year history as collaborators, Melbourne’s Cameron Deyell and Sydney’s Laurence Pike have recently combined forces as a duo with their debut album ‘Isola’. The record reflects not only on Australia’s remoteness but the profound influence of the open ocean, with Deyell having recently sailed the boat he was living in from California to Fiji just prior to making the album. Joined by multi-instrumentalist Jasper Leak, this concert delves into spiritual improvisation using both acoustic instruments and electronics. Don’t miss it @Thegreatclub – February 18th, 2023 Jazz:NOW Summer | Feb 11 – March 19 Video credit 🙏 @phoenixcentralpark - Were you at this gig?!

Brenda Giffords composition ‘Dundun Firestick’ was commission by ABC Jazz for NAIDOC Week this year, and released as part of Aus Music Month. Originally from Wreck Bay, the Yuin saxophonist says the piece is ‘a representation of my culture, in music form’. When speaking with SIMA, she expands on this to say ‘My country is Yuin country. It is beautiful, coastal and abundant. The barra barra (sea) is at the core of country. It guides me and inspires me, in my music’ The group features Brenda Gifford, Sandy Evans, Gary Daley, and Chloe Kim. Book now at sima.org.au Co-presented with @waverleycouncil

Tourismo - @joshmeader22, @5vgenicos, @alexhirlian, Nick Henderson, @mattplayskeys Jazz: NOW Summer 2022 Credit: SIMA Venue: @thegreatclubsydney

The Glider - @garfishmusic, @mattkeeganmusic, Dave Rodriguez, @aykhoakhrif, Finn Ryan, Pat Harris Jazz: NOW Summer 2022 Credit: @connormalanos Venue: @thegreatclubsydney

“A thought-provoking glimpse into the musical mind of Andrea Keller… Whenever she plays piano something magical happens.”— Eric Myers, @the.australian Join us at the @australianchamberorchestra's new venue in the @walshbayac Arts Precinct for a beautiful musical journey, hosted by Andrea Keller, John Mackey and Miroslav Bukovsky - alongside a string sextet led by Veronique Serret and featuring ACO musicians Liisa Pallandi, Andrew Jezek, Meagan Turner, Rowena Macneish and Elsen Price. @souptinbaby @australianchamberorchestra @veroniquesworld @meagan.elizabeth88 @elsen_and_his_doublebass @abc_jazz