Sydney Con

International Jazz
Festival
June 3 2018
90+ artists
24 Concerts & Masterclass
5 world class venues
Gretchen Parlato ——

S Y D N E Y C O N J A Z Z F E S T. C O M
 Welcome to the 2018 Sydney Con International Jazz Festival.

Professor Anna Reid

Head of School & Dean
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music is
delighted to welcome so many lovers of
jazz into the building for our second annual
Jazz Festival. Jazz has been at the centre
of our curriculum since 1976 and many of
our graduates have become key players in
the field. It is wonderful then to give our
current students, and the public, this great
opportunity to hear and work with
Australia's and the World’s best during the
festival!  It is extraordinarily exciting
watching students’ music grow in new
ways when they respond to the voices of
other jazz players. We hope to see you at
SCIJF Artistic Director the Festival.    
David Theak

This festival was formed in 2017 with

Australian Jazz, both established and new,
at its core….its not only the astonishing
visiting artists that we are including under
the “international” umbrella but also our
own incredible Australian artists that are
worthy of inclusion on any international
stage, especially our own. Featuring 18
ensembles, almost 100 performers, 6
masterclasses, 5 world class venues, the
program is diverse, wide ranging in its
influence, and we sincerely hope it’s got
something for everyone ranging from the
completely unexpected to legends past,
current and future of Australian jazz. Come
and join us for a one-day celebration of one
of the world’s most vibrant and creative art
forms, Jazz.
Tickets ——

Festival GOLD Pass

$150 / $140 conc. / $50 student.
Includes priority entry into all events incl. Gretchen
Parlato Gala Concert

Festival Day Pass

$110 / $100 conc. / $45 student.
Includes entry into all events excluding Gretchen
Parlato Gala Concert

Gretchen Parlato Gala Concert

$60 / $54 conc. / $25 student.
Morning Pass
$40 / $35 conc. / $20 student.
Includes entry to all events between 10am - 2pm

Afternoon Pass
$80 / $75 conc. / $40 student.
Includes entry to all events between 2pm - 9pm
excluding Gretchen Parlato Gala Concert
 Festival Schedule —— June 3, 2018

Recital Hall Recital Hall Jazz Music Verbrugghen

West East Cafe Workshop Hall

9am
10am

Masterclass Masterclass
Kris Davis & Andrew
Tony Malaby Murray
11am

Masterclass Masterclass
Barney Simon
McAll Concert Concert
Barker
Stephen Geoff Bull
Magnusson & The Finer
12pm

& Jacques Cuts Masterclass

Emery Group Andrea
Keller
1pm

Concert Concert
Barney Andrew
McAll Murray, Josh
ASIO Kyle & Matilda
Abraham
2pm

Concert Concert
Andrea Kris Davis &
Keller & Concert
Tony Malaby
Mike Nock Darren
Duo Heinrich
3pm

Masterclass Trio
Gretchen
Parlato Concert
Jonathan
Zwartz
4pm

Concert Animarum
Magda
Mayas Concert
& Tony Buck Sam Anning
Sextet
5pm

Concert
Barney
McAll &
Concert
Chloe Kim
Band The Pocket
Trio
6pm

Concert
Kevin
Hunt
Trio Concert
Stu Hunter:
the migration
7pm

Concert
Jonathan
Zwartz & Concert
Zac Olsen Gretchen
Band Parlato
8pm

Concert FLOR
Judy
Bailey
Trio
9pm

Festival Concludes

Masterclasses Australian artists International Artists

ConVerge Artists of Tomorrow w/ mentor

International Artist ——

Gretchen
Parlato
Flor
Separately Ticketed Event $60 / $54 conc. / $25 student. 

Gretchen Parlato - vocals

Marcel Camargo - guitar & MD
or entry with Festival GOLD Pass. ——

Leo Costa - drums/percussion

Artyom Manukyan - cello
Gala Concert —— 7.30pm - 9pm
Verbrugghen Hall

Masterclass —— 3pm - 4pm

Recital Hall West

In the ten years since her arrival in New York City, Gretchen
Parlato has emerged as one of the most inventive and
mesmerising vocalists of her generation.

In an artful communion of space, texture and a

genre-bending repertoire, she has introduced a musical
sea-change, making the power of subtlety front and centre
in jazz. Widely acknowledged as the most original jazz
singer of her generation, Parlato has been heralded by the
press and jazz legends alike. Style Weekly gives insight to
her live performances, saying "in performance, jazz vocalist
Gretchen Parlato is a revelation… her diaphanous voice
expands into an instrument of impressive range, rhythmic
sophistication and emotional power." The Jazz Breakfast
even picks up on the differences between her records and
live performance, commenting, "the New York-based
Californian and her band are terrific on record, but in live
performance they fill the music with even more energy,
stretching it like some magic pliable plastic into new and
exciting forms.

The rhythmic and dynamic expertise of all four is

extraordinary. They shift the accents around, they pause, and
fall back in perfectly, they deepen the groove and then
´shallow´ it gently again."

"Her voice is a conflux where hope, sensuality and tragedy all

merge... the most original jazz singer in a generation.” - Steve
Greenlee, Boston Globe

"I think in an inconspicuous way, Gretchen Parlato knows how

to play the same instrument that Frank Sinatra played. There's
no one out there like Gretchen. She's true blue." - Wayne
Shorter

"75 years ago, nobody sang like Billie Holiday - today, nobody
sings like Gretchen Parlato" - Wilbert Sostre, All About Jazz
International Artist ——

Kris Davis &

Tony Malaby
Kris Davis - piano
Tony Malaby - tenor saxophone
Simon Barker - drums & cymbals
Concert —— 2pm - 3.30pm
Music Workshop

Masterclass —— 10am - 11am

Recital Hall West

Vancouver born, Brooklyn residing pianist/composer

Kris Davis has blossomed as one of the singular talents on
the New York jazz scene, a deeply thoughtful, resolutely
individual artist who offers “uncommon creative adventure,”
according to JazzTimes.

Originally from Tucson, Arizona, Tony Malaby has been

permanently based in New York since 1995 and has been a
member of many notable jazz groups including Charlie
Haden’s Liberation Orchestra, Paul Motian's Electric Bebop
Band, Mark Helias' Open Loose, Fred Hersch's quintet and
Walt Whitman project, Michell Portal's Birdwatcher, various
projects with Daniel Humair and bands led by Mario Pavone,
Tim Berne, Chris Lightcap, Kris Davis, Angelica Sanchez,
Michael Attias and Marty Ehrlich.

One of musics top up-and-comers, a veteran of the NY

Downtown scene and one of Australia’s most exciting and
inventive percussions can only deliver a scintillating
meeting of the minds and ears.

"The bussed-about pianist is expert at bringing beauty to

abstraction." - Jim Macnie, Village Voice

"As she does throughout Aeriol Piano, Davis draws you in so

effortlessly that the brilliance of what she’s doing doesn’t hit
you until the piece has slipped past you." - Lloyd Sachs,
Jazz Times

"A freethinking, gifted pianist on the scene, Davis lives in each

note that she plays. Her range is impeccable; she tackles
prepared piano, minimalism, and jazz standards, all under one
umbrella. I consider her an honorary descendant of Cecil
Taylor and a welcome addition to the fold." - Jason Moran,
Art Forum - Best of 2012
International Artist ——

Spill

Magda Mayas - piano & clavinet

Tony Buck - drums, cymbals & percussion
Concert —— 4pm - 5pm
Recital Hall East

“Spill is the Berlin-based duo of Magda Mayas on piano and

Tony Buck on drums. While we've all heard pianos played
percussively, it's much rarer to hear someone play the drums
with as much attention to melody as Buck. High-pitched
bowed cymbals form harmonic sequences with brushed
straw, wood on wood popping and bass thump drags. This duo
isn't the kind where one person challenges and relents and
waits for their partner to do the same. The friction they
generate is instead the result of being so continuously and
seamlessly intertwined that conflagrations of star-burning
intensity naturally appear at every other twist. Mayas has a
spectacularly gifted ear for timing, and translates it into her
hands on the keys, giving Buck the freedom to create more
and more unusual combinations of melody and rhythm. This
duo is one of those rare groups where not only is the
instrumentation perfectly matched, but the style with which
the musicians approach their instruments is so personal that
it's astonishing how well it all comes together." Andrew
Choate - Facsimile Magazine

“The next night’s highlight was the duet by Tony Buck

(percussion) and Magda Mayas (prepared piano). Harmonics
seeped from all that they struck, scraped and wrung out
producing a luscious ebb and flow of complex layers. Lost in the
evocations of this piece, I imagined at one point that I was
hearing the everyday sounds of a small town, notated and
reproduced in musical form. Eyes closed, I lost track of
instrument identity sometimes and had to look back at the
stage to understand exactly what was creating these sounds
so full of cadence, resonance and melody.” - Tony Osborne,
The Now Now Festival 2011 - Real Time Arts

"There’s just 36 minutes of music here, but every second of it is

interesting. (..) but there’s no attempt here to emulate the
iconic piano and drum duos of the past – Coltrane and Ali,
Taylor and Roach. Mayas and Buck create their own intimate
languages and in the process deliver something very special
and exactly the right length." - Brian Morton, The Wire
Australian Artist ——

Barney McAll
ASIO
Concert —— Barney McAll is a Grammy nominated, ARIA award
1pm - 2pm winning pianist and composer who has played on
over 100 recordings and has released 11 highly
Recital Hall West
acclaimed solo albums. Barney joined Miles Davis
Masterclass —— alumni, saxophonist Gary Bartz’s band in 1995
and, as well as remaining to be a member of the
11am - 12pm
Gary Bartz quartet, also performs with the Josh
Recital Hall West Roseman Unit, Fred Wesley and the JB’s Kurt
Rosenwinkel’s “Heartcore” and with his own
ensembles ASIO and TRIO FERAL.
Barney McAll
piano McAll co-founded New York’s Groove Collective in
1990 and was nominated for a Grammy award in
Mike Rivett 2007. Barney leads his own ensembles
tenor saxophone “M.O.D.A.S“, “Sylent Running“, “GRAFT” , TRIO
FERAL and his most recent ensemble ASIO
Carl Morgan (Australian Symbiotic Improvisers Orbit) which
guitar was nominated as best ensemble at the 2016 Bell
Jonathan Zwartz Awards. He was awarded the Australia Council
Fellowship in 2007 and worked as musical
contrabass director for Australian vocalist Sia Furler from
Hamish Stuart 2010 - 2012.
drums & cymbals
“Mr. McAll adopted a geyserlike cadence, with
phrases grouped in billowing gusts. His notes fell
dutifully along a modal scale, and he played them
with crisp articulation. The style and substance of
his solo evoked Chick Corea.” - New York Times
Australian Artist ——

Andrea Keller &

Mike Nock duo
Concert —— Two of Australia’s most dynamic and individual
2pm - 3pm pianists join forces for what promises to be a
highlight of the 2018 festival.
Recital Hall East
Masterclass —— Born in Sydney before relocating to Melbourne in
1993, Andrea Keller has led multiple projects as a
* Andrea Only
pianist whose focus has always been performing
12pm - 1pm her original compositions and arrangements. Her
Music Workshop key projects to date include The Bartok Project,
The Wayne Shorter Project, The Komeda Project,
From Ether, Three Lanes, Still Night: Music in
Andrea Keller Poetry, and Transients. She was a co-founding
piano member of the original Bennetts Lane Big Band
(2001-2013), and is a represented artist of the
Mike Nock Australian Music Centre. Lauded for her music,
piano Keller has received 3 ARIA awards, 5 Australian
jazz awards and a Freedman Fellowship to name
but a few.

Mike Nock’s career has spanned a broad range of

contemporary musical styles and he is widely
recognised as an important voice in Australian
modern music. Based in Sydney since 1986, he
previously spent 25 years in the USA, working
with many of the world’s top jazz artists. His
compositions include orchestral music, woodwind
/ percussion ensembles, electronic / choral works
etc., and have been recorded and performed by a
range of jazz & non-jazz performers. Attracting
many awards and honours over his lengthy career
in 2014 he was awarded the Don Banks Music
Award, the most valuable individual music award
in Australia.
Australian Artist ——

Sam Anning
Sextet
Concert —— Originally from Fremantle WA, Sam Anning has
4.30pm - 5.30pm become an internationally sought after bassist.
Whilst studying at WAAPA, Sam became an
Music Workshop
indispensable fixture on the Western Australian
jazz scene, eventually releasing his debut album
as a band leader ‘Sam Anning Quintet: Re-Turning
Mat Jodrell Point’ featuring Graeme Lyall AM and cello quartet
trumpet WOOD. Sam relocated to Melbourne where he
slotted straight into its jazz scene, performing and
Carl Mackey recording with Australian jazz greats such as Allan
alto saxophone Browne, Joe Chindamo, Aaron Choulai, Paul
Julien Wilson Grabowsky, and Jamie Oehlers. He also formed his
second group, the ‘Sam Anning Quartet’ featuring
tenor saxophone Eugene Ball, Andrea Keller, and, Rajiv Jayaweera.
Andrea Keller
piano After competing the M.Mus program at the
prestigious Manhattan School of Music, Sam
Sam Anning relocated to New York City. He went on to tour
contrabass nationally and internationally extensively,
including prestigious international jazz festivals
Danny Fischer such as Montreal, Vancouver, Detroit, Jazz a
drums & cymbals Vienne, Copenhagen, Port au Prince, and Panama
with international jazz greats including Joe
Lovano, Kenny Werner, Ari Hoenig, George
Garzone, Gilad Hekselman, Greg Osby, and Charlie
Haden. Sam’s accolades are many but highlights
include Winning the National Jazz Awards in 2015,
2008 Young Australian musician of the year, and
2009 ARIA nomination for best jazz album.
Australian Artist ——

Andrew Murray
'New Works’
Concert & 'New Works' is an original 50-minute continuous
CD Launch —— work composed by Andrew Murray. Having spent
1pm - 2pm the last decade writing contemporary originals
and jazz standard arrangements for big bands all
Verbrugghen Hall over the world, 'New Works' sees Murray utilising
Masterclass —— these skills in a song-writers context. Murray
presents, on a large-ensemble scale, songs he
* Andrew Only
has written concerning defeat, confusion, fear,
10am - 11am loss and death, all played out with the drama and
Music Workshop passion that only big band orchestration can
provide.

Andrew Murray featuring the

composer, arranger Sydney Conservatorium Jazz Orchestra:
& conductor
Saxophones: Zac Olsen (lead), Ned Olive, Anthony
Josh Kyle Tummillo, Anthony Rositano, Kali Gillen (Bari)
vocals
Trumpets: James Doyle (lead), Devan Rahmen
Matilda Abraham
(co-lead), Thomas Avgenicos, Jack Purdon,
vocals
Miles Rooney

Trombones: Jacob Parks (lead), Jack Lincoln,

Lawson McGuiness, Nick Barnard (bass)

Guitar: Nick Ruberg Piano: Roshan Kumerage

Keyboards: Matt Harris Contrabass: Jacques Emery

Drums & Cymbals: Alex Inman-Hislop

Australian Artist ——

Jonathan Zwartz
Animarum
Concert —— Bassist, Composer, arranger and songwriter,
3.30pm - 4.30pm Jonathan Zwartz has developed a reputation as
one of the major players on the Australian jazz
Verbrugghen Hall landscape, having played with Pharoah Sanders,
Branford Marsalis, Lionel Loueke, Kurt Elling, Andy
Bey, Nigel Kennedy, Larry Goldings, Johnny Griffin,
Jonathan Zwartz Terri Lynne Carrington, Mike Nock, and Katie
contrabass Noonan. His debut Album ‘The Sea’ was released
in 2009 and won two prestigious Bell awards with
Barney McAll the follow-up CD ‘The Remembering and
piano Forgetting of the Air’, winning best jazz album in
the 2014 Australian Recording Industry (AIR)
Julien Wilson awards. Jonathan released his third album as
tenor sax composer and leader, entitled ‘Animarum’.
Released in February 2018 it quickly went to no. 1
Stephen Magnusson on the Australian iTunes charts in the jazz
guitar category. Jonathan has been an APRA
Ambassador since 2010 and has a Masters
James Greening Degree in Music from the Australian National
trombone University, an Associate Diploma in Jazz Studies
from the NSW Conservatorium and also
Phil Slater completed a diploma in screen composition at
trumpet the Australian Film Television and Radio School in
2012. He co-produced a ten part series on jazz for
Hamish Stuart ABC TV entitled ‘The Pulse’, which has been
drums rescreened many times since the series’ release
Fabian Hevia in 2000. Jonathan has composed Music for the
documentaries ‘To Spring From The Hand’ (2014)
percussion ‘Ka-Ching, a Pokies Nation’ (ABC, 2015),
Madhattan (Independent 2017), and a number of
short films as well as promotional ads including
‘Man Up’ (ABC TV) that went viral worldwide with
40 million hits.
Australian Artist ——

Stu Hunter:
the migration
Concert —— Stu Has worked as a musician, composer,
6.30pm - 7.30pm co-writer and producer, performing and recording
for over 25 years on over 120 releases worldwide.
Music Workshop
Stu has produced Artists as diverse as Tina
Harrod, Sarah McLeod, Martha Marlow, Artefact,
Wes Carr, Leroy Lee. Stu has collaborated with
Stu Hunter artists Passenger, Katie Noonan, Sally Seltman,
piano Roger Manins, Carl Dewhurst, Portishead,
Julien Wilson Silverchair, Jack Ladder, Baby Animals, Katalyst,
Alex Lloyd, John Butler, Richard Clapton, Jimmy
tenor sax
Barnes, Wendy Mathews, Delta Goodrem, Jimmy
Phil Slater Little, Justine Clarke, Darren Hayes, Karma County,
trumpet Russel Crowe, and Christine Anu. Stu’s project,
‘The Migration’ was nominated for a 2016 ARIA
James Greening award for Best Jazz Album and in 2017 toured to
trombone Germany. ‘The Gathering’ won both the 2010 Bell
Matt Keegan Award for Best Australian Contemporary Jazz
Album and the 2010 AIR Award for Best
tenor & bari sax Independent Jazz Album. Stu’s long-form projects
Carl Dewhurst ‘The Muse’, ‘The Gathering’and ‘The Migration’
guitar have been performed at Australia’s leading Jazz
festivals – Melbourne International Jazz Festival,
Tina Harrod Wangarratta Jazz Festival, Stonnington Jazz
vocals Festival and Perth International Jazz Festival with
The Gathering also being performed at The
Hamish Stuart Sydney Opera House as part of the Jazz Now
drums festival.
Declan Kelly
drums/percussion “A breath-taking musical roller-coaster of hard
grooves and multiple sound textures, challenging
Cameron Undy the notion of jazz and contemporary improvisation”
bass - AustralianJazz.Net
Australian Artist ——

Judy Bailey
Trio
Concert —— After arriving in Australia in 1960, from her native
8pm - 9pm NZ, Judy became involved in the musical life of
Sydney through regular performances at the
Recital Hall East
legendary El Rocco Jazz Cellar before finding
permanent employment over a period of eight
years with Tommy Tycho’s Orchestra (Channel 7),
Judy Bailey Don Burrow’s Septet (Channel 2), John Bamford’s
piano Orchestra (Channel 9) and Jack Grimsley’s
Orchestra (Channel 10). After a period of
Craig Scott semi-retirement raising her children, Judy
contrabass become a founding faculty member in the
Tim Firth well-known and highly respected Tertiary Jazz
Studies Program at the Sydney Conservatorium of
drums & cymbals Music in 1973. Judy travelled to South East Asia for
Musica Viva and was also appointed Musical
Director for the immensely successful Bennelong
Jazz series at the Sydney Opera House. The
Eighties and Nineties saw a continuance of
performing, composing, arranging, teaching,
recording and touring, and saw the formation of
her youth jazz orchestra Jazz Connection, and
the new Millennium continues to see Judy
composing, teaching, conducting and performing
at the highest level. Judy was awarded an Order
of Australia Medal (OAM) for services to music
and education and in 2008 Judy was chosen as
one of ‘Sydney’s top 100 most influential people’
in The SMH. Most recently in July 2008 and as
part of the Australian Classical Music Awards
presented Judy with the Award for ‘Distinguished
Services to Australian Music’ at the Sydney
Opera House.
Australian Artist ——

Kevin Hunt
Trio
Concert —— Kevin Hunt is a jazz pianist-composer who has
6pm - 7pm performed regularly in the Sydney jazz scene
since 1979. Kevin Hunt currently performs
Recital Hall East
regularly with vocalist Emma Pask and pianist
Simon Tedeschi. The people who Kevin considers
to be his most influential Australian artistic
Kevin Hunt mentors are Ellis Hunt, Don Burrows AO MBE,
piano Fr.Ted Kennedy, Chuck Yates, Dr Roger Frampton,
John Speight OAM, Judy Bailey AOM, Graham
Karl Dunnicliff Jones, JepkeGoudsmit, Sandy Evans,George Golla
contrabass AM, Julian Lee, Paul MacNamara, Paul Grabowsky
Dave Goodman AO, Bill Motzing, Stephanie McCallum, Phil Slater,
Dr John Bassett, Dr. Christopher Sainsbury,
drums & cymbals Professor Anna Reid, Wayne Stuart OAM,Deborah
Cheetham AO.

As well as performing jazz music, Kevin teaches

jazz studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of
Music and has recently completed his PhD
entitled ‘Perceptions of the Stuart & Sons piano:
realising a creative, active vision.’ In this research
Kevin analyses the unique sound produced by the
Australian made Stuart & Sons piano. As an
outcome of this research, Kevin collaborates
musically with local and regional Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander musicians to produce new
music for the Stuart Piano. This research has
instigated the annual OUR MUSIC Indigenous
music program at the Sydney Conservatorium of
Music to encourage continued collaborations
between Sydney’s Indigenous and non-
Indigenous musicians.
Australian Artist ——

Geoff Bull
& The Finer Cuts
Concert —— Arguably the best New Orleans Style Jazz
11.30pm - 2pm trumpeter produced in Australia Geoff Bull
(b 1942) has sought and received his recognition
Jazz Cafe
on the world stage. A descendant of Norwegian
genius, violinist Ole Bull who toured the world in
the mid 19th century and played with Liszt &
Geoff Bull Greig, Geoff brings some of that genius to the
vocals & trumpet trumpet which he took up aged 17, and after one
free lesson that came with the horn, proceeded to
Justin Fermino teach himself. Influenced by the New Orleans
tenor saxophone style recordings of King Oliver, and Louis
Ben Panucci Armstrong’s Hot Five, and primarily Bunk Johnson
as his major influence. Two years later, Geoff took
guitar his trumpet to England cutting his teeth with
Harry Sutherland Europe’s best. Returning to Australia, aged 20,
piano Geoff formed his own band and over the next 8
years proceeded to popularize Sydney’s Rocks
Sam Dobson area with his sparkling performances at the Orient
contrabass Hotel. On his first visit to New Orleans in 1966,
Geoff sat in with a profusion of master performers,
and also played a Mother’s Day parade with the
then still active Eureka Brass Band alongside Kid
Sheik and Peter Bocage. Since then Geoff has
spent a great part of every year performing in his
beloved New Orleans having the singular honour
of being the only Australian musician to have
appeared professionally at Preservation Hall.
Geoff, on his annual tours overseas, he has played
in Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Belgium,
Holland, Denmark, Norway, Germany, Japan, New
Zealand and England.
Australian Artist ——

Darren Heinrich
Trio
Concert —— The Darren Heinrich Trio is a classic Hammond
2.30pm - 5pm Organ combo - Organ/Guitar/Drums. The music’s
emphasis is groove, with equal parts tradition and
Jazz Cafe
innovation. Darren Heinrich is a versatile
Sydney-based organist, pianist and educator who
holds a 1st class Honours degree in Jazz from the
Darren Heinrich Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He has recently
hammond organ completed his PhD research in Jazz Organ
Improvisation. His influences incorporate the
Sam Rollings entire spectrum of the Jazz idiom, from its earliest
guitar ragtime roots to modern jazz. He regularly gigs
Tim Firth with his own trio and freelances with a wide
variety of acts both locally and abroad.
drums & cymbals
Darren has studied extensively with Hammond
masters Dr. Lonnie Smith and Tony Monaco, and
wrote his undergraduate thesis comparing the
styles of Jimmy Smith and Larry Young. Darren has
performed with Rumproller Organ Trio (USA), Nick
Mancini (USA), Libor Smoldas (Czech), Jill Barber
(Canada), Lionel Cole, Gregg Arthur, Dale Barlow,
Erroll Buddle, Dave Panichi, Dan Barnett, Lily Dior,
Dave Blenkhorn, Brad Child, Jeremy Sawkins,
Steve Brien, Rick Robertson (DIG), James
Valentine, Adrian Cunningham, Todd Hardy
Quartet, Jo Fabro, Ray Beadle, Marcia Hines, Steve
Prestwich (Cold Chisel), Blaine Whittaker, Richard
Maegraith.
Australian Artist ——

The
Pocket Trio
Concert —— The Pocket Trio are a feel-good ensemble of the
5.30pm - 8pm new generation of swingers. Drawing influence
from the trios of Oscar Peterson, Bill Charlap,
Jazz Cafe
Wynton Kelly and Red Garland, their focus is on
tight arrangements and groovy pockets.
Andrew Scott Individually the members of the band have
piano worked as sidemen with some of the finest
musicians in Sydney, including James Morisson,
Max Alduca James Muller, Warwick Alder, Dale Barlow, Sally
contrabass Cameron and The Jazzgroove Mothership
Tim Geldens Orchestra.
drums & cymbals Together they groove with an incredible sense
of energy and rhythm. The Pocket Trio are
guaranteed to provoke smiles, foot-tapping
and good times.
Converge ——
Artists of tomorrow
Stephen Magnusson
w/ Jacques Emery
Band
Concert —— In 2017, Jacques was nominated for a BBM Youth
11.30am - 12.30pm Support scholarship by jazz pianist and teacher
Judy Bailey. As a result, he spent 11 weeks
Recital Hall East immersed in the improvised music scenes of
London and Berlin, further fuelling his ambition to
Stephen Magnusson be an improvising musician.
guitar & mentor
Highlights for 2018 include a trio performance
Jacques Emery with Matt McMahon and James Waples for SIMA’s
contrabass ‘Triggered’ young artist initiative, and a
performance at the 2018 Melbourne International
Sam Gill Jazz Festival with the Australian Art Orchestra
alto saxophone featuring Norwegian Guitarist Kim Myhr.
Miles Rooney Jacques is currently in his 3rd year of a Bachelor
trumpet of Jazz Performance atthe Sydney
Alex Inman-Hislop Conservatorium.
drums & cymbals

Barney McAll w/
Chloe (Yeajee)
Kim Band
Concert —— Chloe Kim (Yeajee) is a Sydney based jazz
5pm - 6pm drummer, currently studying a Bachelor of Jazz
Performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of
Recital Hall West Music. Chloe has had the privilege of performing
and working with Simon Barker, Peter Knight,
Barney McAll Christopher Hale, Clayton Thomas and
piano & mentor Cameron Undy.

Chloe (Yeajee) Kim Highlights of Chloe’s career to date include

drums & cymbals performing at the 2016 & 2017 VIVID Festival, the
2017 Sydney International Jazz Festival, the 2016
Oscar Peterson & 2017 ConVerge Festival and the 2017
contrabass International Women’s Jazz Festival (SYD);
attending the 2016 & 2017 Creative Music
Matt Harris Intensive with the Australian Arts Orchestra (TAS,
fender rhodes MELB); performing at the Museum of Old and New
Charlie Sundborn Art festivals in 2016 & 2017 (TAS); and
participating in the Interlingua Symposium and
saxophone Arts Centre performance (MELB).
Miles Rooney
trumpet
Converge —— Continued
Artists of tomorrow

Jonathan Zwartz
w/ Zac Olsen Band

Concert —— Zac Olsen is an emerging saxophonist and

7pm - 8pm multi-instrumentalist who has achieved a great
amount of success in his musical endeavours
Recital Hall West throughout the years. Currently in his third year of
studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music,
Jonathan Zwartz he has had the opportunity to be mentored by
contrabass & some of the finest jazz musicians in the world,
mentor learning from the likes of Mike Rivett, Will Vinson,
Chad Leftkowitz Brown, Dave Theak, Judy Bailey,
Zac Olsen Matt McMahon, Steve Barry, and many others who
alto saxophone have all played a crucial role in shaping his
musical identity.
Matt Harris
piano Currently residing in Sydney, Zac is an active
member of the music scene and is well versed in
Josh Meader all genres of music, regularly performing with acts
guitar such as the Dave Panichi Big Band and the
Lazybones Lounge House Band Yannick Koffi and
Clayton Allen the Groove Collective. He has performed and
drums recorded in various bands such as Papaya Tree,
Ducks. and HumanLaser Experiment, the latter of
which receiving airtime on Triple J and FBi radio
as well as opportunities to support prominent
artists such as Thirsty Merc, Roland Tings and
play several music festivals around NSW. He has
performed with and under the likes of other
prominent figures such as Chris Potter, Terell
Stafford, Rai Thistlethwayte, Cameron Undy,
Jeremy Rose, Mace Francis and many others.
Converge ——
Artists of tomorrow

The CONVERGE artists of tomorrow section of

the festival brings together leading student
groups from the Sydney Conservatorium Jazz
Studies program and pairs them with a mentor
drawn from some of Australia’s most
progressive and dynamic Jazz musicians. Music
is rehearsed in advance featuring compositions
from the guest artist but it's the during the
rehearsals and the performance with the artist
that this concept comes alive.
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Festival Venue ——

The Festival will be held Sunday, June 3 at the Sydney

Conservatorium of Music, Macquarie Street, Sydney. Concerts can
be found off the Atrium on level 1 or in Verbrugghen Hall on level 3.

Getting to the Conservatorium

The Conservatorium is located in the CBD and easily accessible
by train, bus and taxi.

By train: Catch a train to Circular Quay and a short walk to the

campus.
By bus: Catch any bus going to Circular Quay, alight there and a
short walk to the campus.
Parking: There is no onsite parking at the Conservatorium,
however private parking stations can be found close by on
Macquarie Street.
Acknowledgements ——

Sydney Conservatorium Dean Production Supervision

Anna Reid David Kim-Boyle & Jarrad Salmon
Festival Artistic Director Ticketing & Front of House
David Theak Felicity Knibbs 
Festival Producer Concert Coordinators
Marcus Hodgson Scott Ryan, Tom Westley
& Tom Wade 
Publicist
Amy Curl USYD Marketing Support
Grace Hall
Program Design
CJ Rhodes
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International Jazz
Festival
June 3 2018

Gretchen Parlato
Kris Davis
/ Tony Malaby
Magda Mayas
/ Tony Buck
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Barney McAll
Andrea Keller/Mike Nock
Sam Anning Sextet
Andrew Murray 'New Works’
Jonathan Zwartz Animarum
Stu Hunter: the migration
Judy Bailey trio
Kevin Hunt trio
The Pocket Trio
Darren Heinrich trio
Geoff Bull & The Finer Cuts
CONVERGE Artists of Tomorrow
includes 24 concerts and masterclasses

Sydney
Conservatorium
of Music
Sunday, June 3

The Sydney Con International Jazz Festival is assisted by the Australian

Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

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