Are you scared of jazz? If I had a dollar for every time I've heard someone say 'I don't get jazz', I'd be a very wealthy woman. But what is 'jazz' and what is there to 'get'? The term 'jazz' is as broad as the genre, and as music genres go, this is one of the broadest. For me, the answer is simpl…
Miriam talks to composer and bandleader Andrea Keller about the Five Below June 2020 release Life is Brut[if]al. The recording is being launched at Melbourne International Jazz Festival online event These Digital Times. Andrea talks about her research into the work of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt.
Podcast episode featuring interview with Australian jazz trumpeter Ellen Kirkwood.
Melbourne-based trombonist Josh Bennier has curated this online concert that includes tracks from his his November 2019 release Modular and a forthcoming release Tuckerbox.
Brisbane-based saxophonist, composer and educator presents an online concert of pieces from the recording Blueberry Ash. The recording features the Andrew Butt Trio + and was released in 2017
Guitarist and composer Stephen Magnusson introduces the music on Kinfolk's February 2020 release Taylor Street. Kinfolk is Stephen Magnusson's group of long term collaborators: Tim Neal (Hammond organ), Frank DiSario (double bass) and Dave Beck (drums)
Sydney-based composer and pianist Mike Nock curates a concert of pieces from recordings with his Trio, the Trio Plus, the Noctet, and solo, plus a band he played with in New York back in the day, featuring a surprise lineup of famous musicians.
A curated online concert hosted by Table 19. This concert features 10 pieces composed and arranged by Melbourne based pianist and composer Andrea Keller. Multiple performers
Interviews with Richard Johnson, Alister Spence, Jess Green. Music by The catholics, Alister Spence and Evan Parker
Kristin Berardi and Sam Anning talk about their bass and voice duet release 'Our Songs, Not Songs'. Discussion covers the project generally, Sam and Kristin each choose a song to play and explain why. They also explain the title.
In Episode 1 Miriam talks to Tamara Murphy, bass player and bandleader about the Spirograph Studies release Kindness, Not Courtesy.