Jess Dunn Making Jazz in Australia

Changing the Face of Jazz with Jodie Michael

On this episode of Changing the Face of Jazz, Mick Paddon is in conversation with Jodie Michael. Jodie Michael was the recipient of the 2013 Jann Rutherford Memorial Award. After gaining experience playing in jazz ensembles at the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music, Jodie earned multiple scholarships. After touring the USA with her local Jazz Orchestra, [...] Read More... from Changing the Face of Jazz with Jodie Michael [https://wp.eastsidefm.org/podcast/changing-the-face-of-jazz-with-jodie-michael/]

Changing the Face of Jazz with Ellen Kirkwood

On this episode of Changing the Face of Jazz, Mick Paddon speaks with Ellen Kirkwood. Ellen Kirkwood is an award-winning composer, trumpeter, bandleader and educator. She an Australian-born person of British heritage, living on unceded Wangal Country in Sydney’s Inner West. [...] Read More... from Changing the Face of Jazz with Ellen Kirkwood [https://wp.eastsidefm.org/podcast/changing-the-face-of-jazz-with-ellen-kirkwood/]

Changing the Face of Jazz with Hilary Geddes

On this episode of Changing the Face of Jazz, Mick Paddon speaks with Hilary Geddes. Hilary Geddes is a guitarist, improviser and composer based in Eora/Sydney on Gadigal Land. She is the 2021 Freedman Jazz Fellow, a 2021 ABC Jazz Scholarship, and the 2019 recipient of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award. Hilary is the bandleader [...] Read More... from Changing the Face of Jazz with Hilary Geddes [https://wp.eastsidefm.org/podcast/changing-the-face-of-jazz-with-hilary-geddes/]

Changing the Face of Jazz With Alex Silver

Trombone player, and band leader Alex Silver is featured in the Changing the Face of Jazz series .  The series focuses on young women instrumentalists who have been making their names in jazz in recent years. Alex tells how, when faced with a choice between playing glockenspiel and trombone in a school band, she opted [...] Read More... from Changing the Face of Jazz With Alex Silver [https://wp.eastsidefm.org/podcast/changing-the-face-of-jazz-with-alex-silver/]

Jess Dunn Making Jazz in Australia

Bass player Jess Dunn  is the featured musician in this Changing the Face of Jazz.  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 bass to a stand-up acoustic one and then developed a taste for jazz. She graduated [...] Read More... from Jess Dunn Making Jazz in Australia [https://wp.eastsidefm.org/podcast/jess-dunn-making-jazz-in-australia/]