A Jazz Hour

07/09/2024

Vocalist joined me on this week’s edition of A Jazz Hour

30/08/2024

Legendary antipodean pianist Mike Nock ( )was my special studio guest on this week’s national edition of A Jazz Hour .
Check out the interview on the link below.



https://2mbsfinemusicsydney.info/MikeNock2

28/08/2024

Mike Nock (ONZM) will be inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame at the 2024 APRA Silver Scroll Awards on Tuesday 8 October at St James Theatre, Wellington. Here’s Mike when he started piano lessons with his father in Primary school. He’s my special studio guest at midday Friday

22/08/2024

Join me and my special studio guest vocalist Jo Fabro at midday Friday on A Jazz Hour spinning the music of Ella.

31/07/2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a-jazz-hour-in-conversation/id1748973333?i=1000663502422
Check out my latest episode of A Jazz Hour in Conversation Podcast on Apple Music with my studio guest

21/06/2024

Baritone saxophonist and bandleader of Mingus Amongst Us joined me this week to chat about his new double vinyl album.
https://2mbsfinemusicsydney.info/SteveFitzmaurice

01/06/2024

My review of the latest release from and his Empty Voices project is published online in the June edition of Fine Music Magazine.
https://www.2mbsfinemusicsydney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-06-fine-music-magazine-june-2024-aa698bba2a16.pdf

30/05/2024

Saxophonist and composer, Remy Le Boeuf is a four time Grammy nominated artist who is known for his unique blend of modern jazz, contemporary classical music, and indie-rock styles.
Le Boeuf is also the founder and director of the jazz orchestra, Assembly of Shadows, as well as the Chief Conductor of the Nordkraft Big Band in Denmark.
He’s worked with a range of collaborators including the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, and co-leads the experimental quintet Le Boeuf Brothers with his twin brother, Pascal.
 Le Boeuf is the Director of Jazz and Commercial Music Studies and an Assistant Professor at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music and he’s currently in AUSTRALIA to perform and take workshops at this year’s Sydney Conservatorium Jazz Festival. And vocalist Trish Delaney-Brown will spin a new release from her new vocal group LYRHA.

17/05/2024

Pianist , composer and educator Steve Sedergreen is one of Melbourne’s best known jazz identities.
He formed his band , Mistaken Identity, in 1985 while studying at the Victorian College of the Arts leading it through numerous incarnations and line-ups to produce five recordings, as well as performing at numerous festivals around the country and other events including the Melbourne International Jazz Festival and the Sydney Festival.
As an educator Steve has had 20 years of teaching jazz (including mentoring members of ‘The Cat Empire’) all the time remaining a constantly in-demand musician.
Listen to the program on demand from the link below.
http://2mbsfinemusicsydney.info/240517StevenSedergreen

10/05/2024

Briana Cowlishaw is a vocalist, songwriter, arranger, performer and teacher who has worked and performed between Sydney, New York and London.
Briana graduated from the Australian Institute of Music (BMUS) in 2008 and continued on to study in New York and Canada with the help of an Australian Arts Start Grant and the Skills and Development Grant in Banff, CANADA, for the 2012 Jazz and Creative Music International Workshop.

Briana has released three jazz albums under her own name in Australia and Japan , and her live performances include- The Melbourne International Jazz Festival, VIVID Sydney, the Wangaratta Jazz Festival, The Edinburgh Jazz Festival & ON BBCRadio2 in (UK)
Listen to my interview with on demand below
http://2mbsfinemusicsydney.info/240510BrianaCowlishaw

08/05/2024

Briana Cowlishaw is a vocalist, songwriter, arranger, performer and teacher who has worked and performed between Sydney, New York and London. Briana graduated from the Australian Institute of Music (BMUS) in 2008 and continued on to study in New York and Canada with the help of an Arts Start Grant and the Skills and Development Grant in Banff
for the 2012 Jazz and Creative Music International Workshop.
Briana has released three jazz albums under her own name in Australia and Japan , and her live performances include at The Melbourne International Jazz Festival, VIVID Sydney, the Wangaratta Jazz Festival, The Edinburgh Jazz Festival & BBCRadio2 in (UK)
Join me at midday Friday when my special studio guest is

25/04/2024

18/04/2024

Zodiac is a band of emerging players on the Sydney scene - and ABC Jazz is proud to be releasing their debut album as part of the Composer Commission series.

18/04/2024

Pianist/composer and bandleader Jordan Chung joins me at midday Friday, April 19th on 2MBS Fine Music Sydney 102.5 FM as my special studio guest, spinning some tracks from The Wild Wild East on ABC Jazz ,and chatting about his musical journey

Zodiac is a band of emerging players on the Sydney scene - and ABC Jazz is proud to be releasing their debut album as part of the Composer Commission series.

17/04/2024

Celebrating the anniversary of fifty years of broadcasting at Government House NSW enjoying the music with .bernasconi.88s

16/04/2024

Wilbur Whitta is an award-winning pianist and composer of contemporary jazz and improvised music.
He is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he studied on scholarship for two years and graduated with distinction upon being was awarded the Diploma of the Royal Academy of Music (DipRAM), a prize given for outstanding performance in a postgraduate level final recital.
Originally from Canberra, Wilbur has performed extensively around Australia, the UK, Europe and Japan and has appeared as a member of legendary Australian jazz outfit “Ten Part Invention”.He has also performed alongside artists of international acclaim such as Kit Downes and Will Vinson.
Wilbur was selected as a finalist in the 2021 National Jazz Awards, and in 2019 (while living in London) won the UK-based Dankworth Jazz Composition Award.

He currently leads his band “Wildfire”, who have just recorded their self titled debut album for 
is my special studio guest on the national edition of A Jazz Hour
https://2mbsfinemusicsydney.info/WilburWhitta

06/04/2024

Vocalist .arthur joined me on the national edition of A Jazz Hour this week to chat about his new album and his live concert on Saturday night April 13th at the City Recital Hall Angel Place in Sydney.
Listen to the program on demand from our website
https://2mbsfinemusicsydney.info/GregArthur

28/03/2024

Felix Bornholdt is part of a new wave of young improvisers and composers in Australia. Originally from New Zealand, Felix moved to Sydney in 2014 to study at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music under Australian jazz luminaries Mike Nock, Judy Bailey, Kevin Hunt and Mike Rivett.

As well as performing alongside musicians such as, Anthony Pateras, Sandy Evans, Clayton Thomas, and Laurence Pike, he maintains a busy touring schedule as the keyboardist for Australian pop outfit, Lime Cordiale.
Felix has recently released his first solo piano album Man Overboard and he’ll join me as my special studio guest on Friday at midday to spin some tracks.

23/03/2024

Tessie Overmyer has established herself as one of the most exciting, dynamic saxophone players in the Australian jazz scene, rapidly gaining her recognition for a maturity that appears well beyond her years.

Tessie’s skill and unique voice both as a saxophonist and composer have been recognised in the form of a nomination for the prestigious Freedman Jazz Fellowship and in being selected as the Sydney Improvised Music Association’s Sonic Futures artist for 2023.

Tessie is an in-demand performer, having appeared as a guest artist with the West Australian Youth Jazz Orchestra, as a member of the supporting band for the Australian National Jazz Awards, and as a performer at the APRA Art Music Awards.






jazz

20/03/2024

Tessie Overmyer has established herself as one of the most exciting, dynamic saxophone players in the Australian jazz scene, rapidly gaining her recognition for a maturity that appears well beyond her years.

Tessie’s skill and unique voice both as a saxophonist and composer have been recognised in the form of a nomination for the prestigious Freedman Jazz Fellowship and in being selected as the Sydney Improvised Music Association's Sonic Futures artist for 2023.

15/03/2024

Elsen Price is one of the directors of the The Melaleuca Jazz Orchestra which is a Sydney-based ensemble with co-directors James Ryan (saxophone ) and Alex Siegers (vocals) .
The Melaleuca Jazz Orchestra aims to create high-level professional big-band music for audiences that is accessible to all and they are proud to present an evening celebrating the music of one of Jazz’s greatest artists, Ella Fitzgerald, at Foundry 616 in Ultimo on Saturday 23rd March.

08/03/2024

With a Bachelor of Music and Arts, majoring in Jazz Performance, Asian Studies and Linguistics, Alex Siegers was our 2021 Ken Weatherley Jazz Scholarship recipient,here at 2MBS Fine Music Sydney and has just released her debut album, FROM HERE ,recorded in our Founders Studio as part of the Scholarship.
The album From Here, is a collection of Australian Jazz Standards. Alex is my special studio guest on this week’s episode of A Jazz Hour across Australia on the Network.

08/03/2024

02/03/2024

Jeremy Rose is an ARIA Award winning Sydney based saxophonist, composer and label director with over 20 albums that have spanned the globe. Best known for his work with his group The Vampires, he has performed at festivals around Australia, Europe and the UK, including collaborations with Kurt Rosenwinkel, Lionel Loueke and recently with Chris Abrahams and Lloyd Swanton of The Necks.
Jeremy was my special studio guest on this week’s edition of A Jazz Hour.Listen to the On Demand from our website.
2mbsfinemusicsydney.

29/02/2024

Saxophonist, composer and label boss of joins me as my special studio guest at midday to spin some of his music on A Jazz Hour

22/02/2024

Celebrated as an instrumentalist and a vocalist, Nicki Parrott has earned acclaim as one of the most engaging talents to emerge on the jazz scene in the 21st century.
At the age of 16, Nicki Parrott earned a scholarship to attend the Pan Pacific Music Camps, and after completing high school, she relocated to Sydney from Newcastle to enrol at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music.
Upon graduating ,she was soon performing with a number of leading Australian jazz musicians including Mike Nock, Paul Grabowski, and Dale Barlow.
In 1994, Nicki was then granted funds by the Arts Council to study in New York with the bassist Rufus Reid and it was there that her international performing and recording career was launched.
She was bassist and vocalist for the legendary Les Paul for over 10 years, as part of the Les Paul Trio at his legendary Monday night gig at Iridium Jazz Club in New York plus touring with his band.
In addition, she performed in several Broadway shows and as well performing at most of New York’s top jazz venues and festivals including The Jazz Cruise and at Birdland and Dizzy’s nightclubs.
Nicki has recently returned to Australia to live and perform and she’s my special studio guest on this week’s edition of A Jazz Hour midday Friday

15/02/2024

Nicki Parrott, Peter Locke and Andrew Dickeson performing for us in Bowral on Saturday, 24 February. Details here: https://fb.me/e/5c5UJ6VsE

08/02/2024

Spinning the music of the master himself tomorrow at midday with my studio guest
https://www.2mbsfinemusicsydney.com