Cheryl Durongpisitkul spoke with David Moyle on Bent Notes about the work involved in preparing for the debut of her new suite for 12-piece improvising ensemble that channels her own personal...
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Katie Noonan‘s ELIXIR project kicked off in 1997, with their goal to explore the relationship between text and sound and celebrate great Australian poetry. The current line-up for the trio...
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Emma Pask was discovered at a school concert gig by multi-instrumentalist and entertainer James Morrison – a week later Emma was invited to tour with the James Morrison Big Band...
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Award winning composer Vanessa Perica is launching her 2nd Jazz Orchestra album as part of the lineup for this year’s Melbourne International Jazz Festival. The 1st album, Love Is A...
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Australian composer and pianist Paul Grabowksy AO and Chinese-Australian composer, performer and pioneer of modern guzheng music Mindy Meng Wang chatted about the empathy, cultural awareness and conversation necessary to...
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Ruth Rogers-Wright began her career in London where she was one of the leading artists in the “New British Jazz” movement, before migrating to Australia. Her band in London included...
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Stella Miiles Franklin was an Australian author, activist and feminist, leaving an endowment behind celebrating Australian Literature in the form of the annual Miles Franklin Award. However, Stella was much...
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Ericka Ascenzo visited the Bent Notes Studio to chat about the upcoming release of her latest composition – IN TIME. Erika says that her vocals are a tribute to the...
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Melbourne based guitarist James Sherlock visited the Bent Notes studio to chat about the value of awards to up and coming musicians, how he listens to music, and his brand...
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When Pianist and Composer Luke Howard was guest on Bent Notes he spoke about working in both the Comtemporary Classical and Jazz worlds as both composer and pianist, and being...
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Inspiration for Stephen Hornby’s +F:rst Sunn+ project came out of Lockdowns, when Stephen found himself with time to think and work without interruption. The result is the debut album for...
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Harry Mitchell is a pianist based in Perth who spoke about growing his love of live music through his enjoyment of live bands at his church when growing up. His...
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Tim Stevens celebrates a number of things this year – marriage, first child – and his Trio – the Tim Stevens Trio. Celebrating the trio takes the form of a...
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Aussie ex-pat musicians Jody Sternberg (Voice, Saxaphone) and David Lewis (Trumpet) spoke with David Moyle and Matt Warne on Bent Notes shortly before their departure from France to visit Australia....
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Fiona Burnett and Sonja Horbelt spoke about the challenges experienced by female artists as they try to establish themselves in the Jazz world, and the impact that their all-female band...
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In this podcast from Bent Notes on JOY 94.9, Michelle Nicolle speaks of her love of the music of J.S. Bach from her early Violin studies when she was only...
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Paul Grabowsky visited the Bent Notes studio to chat about his latest work – Fascinatin’ Algorhythm – being performed by his Jazz trio Torrio! onstage with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra....
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Guitarist and composer Robbie Melville visited the Bent Notes studio to play live to air two pieces from his latest album – Tangled Trails. The album contains 55 minutes of...
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David Lewis is looking forward to a series of shows at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in June this year when he brings the Paris Combo to Adelaide to celebrate...
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Nina Ferro spoke with Bent Notes about her time living in London where she became a regular at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club – an opportunity that led to so many...
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When Martin Jackson was guest on Bent Notes he discussed some of the history of the MJC – the Melbourne Jazz Co-Operative – a not-for-profit organisation that Martin launched 40...
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Trumpeter and pianist David Lewis visited the Bent Notes Studio to chat about the latest album from the Paris Combo, an album released in memory of their late vocalist and...
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What’s more Joyous than singing alone? Singing with others!! Vocalist and composer Nina Ferro visited the Bent Notes Studio and spoke of the Joy she feels when listening to, or...
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Jennifer Salisbury and Mark Morand performed live-to air on Bent Notes and spoke about Mark’s 32 Bars project – 32 new Jazz songs recorded across 32 venues in Melbourne. Their...
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The Melbourne International Jazz Festival‘s Take Note Jazz Leader for 2023 is Melbourne based Sax player, comnposer and band leader Cheryl Durongpisitkul. Cheryl spoke of the thrill of being commisioned...
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Adam Simmons, editor of the Dingo Jazz Journal, visited the Bent Notes Studio to chat about this year’s Jazz in the Square event celebrating International Jazz Day. Adam spoke about...
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Christine Manetta loved singing when she was at school – especially performing as part of her school’s productions, however as often happens life takes over after school and Christine traveled...
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As a guest on Bent Notes, Bass player and composer Christopher Hale spoke about how Inspiration is an active activity, the joy of responding to inspiration in Korea in 2012...
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Belinda Parsons, Fem Belling and Nina Ferro visited the Bent Notes Studio to chat about getting back to the business of entertaining live audiences, and the absolute JOY of singing...
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Guitarist Harry Tinney has released a new album under his WASTELANDS project. The album seeks to respond to a sense of cultural and spiritual apathy that Harry experienced during COVID...
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Melbourne based saxophonist Julien Wilson worked on his own individually styled music during COVID Lockdowns in Victoria. Coming out of that work are Three albums – 2 just released, the...
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Leigh Barker and Heather Stewart moved to Paris six years ago to create a new European base for their music, family and diverse projects. Now with TWO editions of his...
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For years Tim Stevens did not want to play Standards because he felt that they had all been done so well before by so many great musicians, including pianists Keith...
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Angela Davis spoke about her affinity for melody in her composition and performance when she spoke with David Moyle on Bent Notes. Angela also chatted about her latest work –...
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Julius Schwing spoke about the benefits of living on Bruny Island and discovering the ‘touch’ sounds of a guitar when he listened back to a recording he made of his...
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Trumpeter, vocalist and composer Eamon McNelis visited the Bent Notes studio to chat about his musical upbringing, ‘Bric-A-Brac’, and his band The Skellingtons. Eamon describes how he his love...
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Guitarist Fran Swinn will take her Quintet on stage at this years Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues to launch her new album – Old Idea/New Idea. Fran recalls her...
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Drummer Rod Gilbert from The Shuffle Club spoke about bringing enjoyment and happiness through a gig in a country town that had suffered so much through fire, COVID and floods;...
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Paul Williamson spoke about his projects for 2022 including The What Ifs, performing in this year’s Melbourne International Jazz Festival. Hear about the launch of their debut album, fast-tracked through...
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Henry Manetta is getting his band “The Trip” back together to perform for the first time since the significant impacts of COVID. In this podcast from Bent Notes on JOY...
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Matt Thomson won the National Jazz Award last year and this year he gets to enjoy being a featured artist at the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues. Matt talks...
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Artistic Director Michael Tortoni was excited to talk about the 2022 Melbourne International Jazz Festival when he was guest on Bent Notes recently. The festival is getting back to a...
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Eugene Ball is Co-Artistic Director of the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues for 2022 and is excited that the festival returns to a face to face event across the...
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Andy Sugg spoke about his classical Saxophone education, playing Punk the same day as Avante Garde classical, and the music of Michael Brecker – one of the world’s great saxophonists...
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Aussie Jazz Royalty Vince Jones spoke with David Moyle on Bent Notes about his musical career, gardening, creativity and how clouds can be used as an analogy for creativity. Along...
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Stephen Magnusson was joint winner of the National Jazz Awards for Guitar in 2000. In 2022 Stephen is one of the three Judges in this years National Jazz Awards –...
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American Guitarist Stanley Jordan spoke with David Moyle on Bent Notes about moving from Classical Piano to Jazz Guitar, developing a Touch Technique for playing Guitar to achieve the...
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Brothers Mal and Steve Sedergreen visited the Bent Notes studio to chat about working together over many years in their band Mistaken Identity, and their album released in 2002 –...
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Guitarist Tim Nikolsky visited the Bent Notes studio to chat about playing jazz on the forecourt of the Rod Laver Arena at the Australian Open in the early 2000’s, and...
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Composer, guitarist and bandleader Robbie Melville spoke about creating new solo guitar music during lockdown, winning the Johnny Dennis Music Award, and looking forward to performing to an audience to...
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