Jazz @ The Pav

Jazz @ The Pav is a month-long celebration of Jazz music at the Bondi Pavilion theatre. Featuring a star studded line-up of Sydney’s finest musicians, you are invited to sit back, relax and have a drink at one of Sydney’s finest locations while enjoying some excellent local music. Acknowledged as one of Australia’s most distinguished […]

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Alfredo Rodriguez @ The Basement

Grammy® nominated artist, Alfredo Rodríguez reflects the talents of legendary jazz pianists Keith Jarrett, Thelonious Monk, and Art Tatum. Schooled in the rigorous classical conservatories of Havana, Rodríguez’s riveting artistry is informed as much by Bach and Stravinsky as it is by his Cuban and jazz roots. He will descend on Australia for his first ever […]

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Bonnie Raitt + Rhiannon Giddens

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bonnie Raitt is more than a best-selling artist, respected guitarist, expressive singer and accomplished songwriter…. She has become an institution in American Music. The ten-time Grammy winner is returning with her twentieth album Dig In Deep (2016), the follow up to her critically acclaimed Slipstream (2012).  Bonnie Raitt will be joined by […]

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Loretta Palmeiro Changing the Face and Sound of Jazz

In this week’s series Changing the Face of Jazz, which focuses on young women instrumentalists, the featured musician is saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist Loretta Palmeiro. Loretta has been a member of and soloist in a wide range of ensembles which have made an important impact on Australian music, including the Sirens, the Divergence Jazz Orchestra, […]

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Trumpeter Ellen Kirkwood in her own words and music

Composer and trumpeter Ellen Kirkwood is this week’s focus in Changing the Face of Jazz . This is the regular feature in the hour long program devoted entirely to Australian musicians Jazz Made in Australia. Ellen draws on a rich variety of musical styles and genres for her compositions, and finds her inspiration from sources […]

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Nigel Kennedy Plays Jimi Hendrix

After shredding the boe on his National Australian Tour Nigel Kennedy will perform two shows of his brilliant KENNEDY PLAYS HENDRIX in Sydney on Saturday 11 February 2017. “Every bit the performer. Kennedy’s music is a blast whether he’s playing Vivaldi or Hendrix.” – Limelight Magazine 2017 “When I heard Jimi Hendrix, he made me want […]

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Ben & Jerry’s Open Air Cinema Bondi

There a few signs which signal summer is truly here – longer days, warmer weather and the return of Ben & Jerry’s Openair Cinemas. The quintessential summer cinema returns to Australia’s most iconic beach down at Bondi from January 19th to February 26th, 2017 for another season of movies, ice cream and sunsets. If you’re […]

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Omar Sosa Quarteto AfroCubano

Composer-pianist-band leader Omar Sosa’s musical trajectory traces the Diaspora from Africa to Cuba and Brazil; from Central America to Ecuador’s African-descent communities; from San Francisco and New York to his current home base in Barcelona. True to his Afro-Cuban origins, Sosa fashions a spirited vision of uncompromising artistic generosity that embraces humanity at large. Since […]

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Bassist Jess Dunn Makes Jazz in Australia

Bass player Jess Dunn (pictured) is the featured musician in Changing the Face of Jazz broadcast as part of Jazz Made in Australia on January 30th. Jess says of herself that she came to playing music fairly late, by which she means her late teens. She progressed from a hand-me-down electric base to a stand-up […]

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Art & About Sydney 2017/18 Expressions of Interest

Our city shines in every season, and now Art & About Sydney allows you to celebrate each one with its ongoing program. After 13 years of a festival-style program that jam-packed one month with temporary public art, the City of Sydney is committing to a yearlong calendar of creativity. Some Art & About favourites will remain, but you can expect […]

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