| Grace Knight - Your Cheatin’ Heart Jazz | 08/05/2012 |
Grace Knight is one of Australia's finest vocalists with a stellar career spanning 35 years. "Keep Cool Fool" is Grace’s sixth solo album and is out now.
Grace Knight once again delivers a sublime album of cool jazz, as well as surprising us with a divine interpretation a Hank Williams classic track ‘Your Cheatin’ Heart’.
| James Hampton - Decent People Pop, Retro | 05/04/2012 |
James Hampton is Melbourne based singer, songwriter and piano player.Decent People album is "A feel-good retro fusion of jazz, funk, soul and pop." - Sunday Herald Sun
"Sometimes Decent People aren't so Decent"
Winner of Australian Songwriters Contest for pop song.
Energetic song - featuring piano, sax and great backing singers.
Winner of Australian Songwriters Contest for pop song.
Energetic song - featuring piano, sax and great backing singers.
Other tracks by James Hampton: Coconut Soap - Wings of Love
| Astrid - Nothing New Jazz | 02/04/2012 |
Astrid is an experienced vocalist with a Debut Album 'Secret Of Life'. Delighting listeners with an ability to connect with many audiences in fusions of Jazz, Folk & Vocal music.
Nothing New is a co-written original for Astrid and her producer Phil Tweed. Inspired by a West Coast Jazz style, this playful tune is fun and soulful. Featuring Dieter Kleemann on Guitar, Aaron Michael on Saxophone and Phil Tweed on Piano.
Other tracks by Astrid: Somewhere Over The Rainbow - No Frontiers
| Sound Gun - Traveling Jazz | 02/03/2012 |
Sound Gun recorded live for 2ser's On The Corner.
Recorded Live at 8 O’Clock Sharp on 5/3/2009. Jonathan Zwartz (d. bass), Tom O’Halloran (piano), Evan Mannell (drums). Sound Gun play the space between song and free music. Traveling is from Jonathan’s Bell Jazz Award winning CD, The Sea, on Vitam
| Marcello Maio Group - Two Jazz | 02/03/2012 |
Marcello Maio Group recorded by 2ser's On The Corner
Recorded at Jazzgroove Live at The Excelsior, 7/7/2009. Marcello Maio (keys), Ngiarre Joseph (vocal), James Greening (trombone), Junichi Shiomo (bass), Steve Marin (percussion, drums), Rodrigo Galvao (drums). Marcello’s latest CD is called Samba Mundi
| Showa 44 - Goin' Home Jazz | 02/03/2012 |
Showa 44 recorded for 2ser's On The Corner.
Recorded at Jazzgroove Live at The Excelsior, 7/7/2009. Simon Barker (drums), Carl Dewhurst (guitar). Check the latest Showa 44 CD, Orneon, or Simon’s film, Intangible Asset No.82 (incl.music by Showa 44) through Simon’s label Kimnara www.kimnara.co
| Adam Simmonds - Ryebuck Shearer (traditional) Jazz, Folk, Experimental | 02/03/2012 |
Adam Simmonds recorded by 2ser's On The Corner.
Recorded live at Bohemian Grove in Sydney, on 21/6/2009 during a tour where Adam loaded his car with more than a dozen instruments and played solo concerts all over Eastern Australia, in support of his self-titled solo CD.
| Phillip Johnston’s Page of Madness band - The Dancer Jazz | 02/03/2012 |
Phillip Johnston’s Page of Madness band recorded by 2SER's On The Corner.
These tracks are the 2nd & 4th movements respectively, of Phillip Johnston’s original score for Teinosuke Kinugasa’s 1927 Japanese silent film masterpiece Kurutta Ippeiji, (A Page of Madness). This was recorded live at 505 on 25/5/2009.
Other tracks by Phillip Johnston’s Page of Madness band: The Visit
| The Darts - Improvisation Jazz | 02/03/2012 |
The Darts recorded for 2ser's On The Corner.
Recorded live at 505 on 25/5/2009. Scott Tinkler (trumpet), Phil Slater (trumpet), Steve Elphick (bass), Simon Barker (drums).. Scott plays on a new CD, Chiri, with Simon Barker and Korean Pansori singer Bae Il Dong (www.kimnara.com.au).
| Virculum Collective - PJP – Little Monkey Jazz | 02/03/2012 |
Virculum Collective recorded for 2ser's On The Corner.
These tracks in order are the 2nd and 3rd parts of the PJP Suite, composed by Mark Lauand inspired by his young son. Recorded live at 505 on 15/7/2009. Mark Lau (bass), Richard Maegraith (tenor sax), Mike Kenny (trumpet), Tim Firth (drums).
Other tracks by Virculum Collective: PJP – Staunkin’
| Nicola Milan - Little Rendezvous Jazz, World | 13/02/2012 |
Velvety and warm, like hot chocolate; Nicola Milan's voice sends tingles down your spine as you relax into her blend of jazz, Latin, blues and folk.
A sultry bossa. Low, sensuous vocals combined with beautiful latin guitar and the tinkling of piano. The song reminds you of that delicious feeling you get just before a first kiss.
Other tracks by Nicola Milan: Take Your Chances - A Real Man
| Charlotte Clare - White Christmas Jazz, Ambience, African, Australian Indigenous | 22/12/2011 |
From the Gold Coast, Australia comes Charlotte Clare band leader of natural Jazz
White Christmas a nice Bosa version like you have never heard before with rich chordal progressions and island flavour to make your Christmas special this year
Other tracks by Charlotte Clare: Oh holy night - The First Noel
| Peter Knight - Unknowness 1 Jazz, Experimental, Atmospheric, Soundscapes | 20/12/2011 |
Inspired by the poetry of E.E Cummings, this is music that sits somewhere between new jazz, contemporary classical, minimalism and electro-acoustic music.
Hypnotic prepared piano with floating trumpet and bass clarinet over a pulsing acoustic bass, percussion and light drums.
Recommended by Eastside Radio, Sydney
Recommended by Eastside Radio, Sydney
Other tracks by Peter Knight: Fish Boast of Fishing - Unknowness 2
| Rafael Jerjen - Happy Ahmad Jazz, Instrumental, Funk | 15/12/2011 |
Rafael Jerjen is one of Australia's leading young bassists and composers within the Jazz genre.
After hearing Ahmad Jamal play a concert at the Sydney Opera house, I was compelled to write this piece. Ahmad and his band emphasized the importance of joy and happiness in playing and performing music. Thank you Ahmad for your inspiration and reassurance that music needs to be enjoyed!
Other tracks by Rafael Jerjen: Two of a Kind-Part 1 - Inevitably Possible
| Christa Hughes and The Honky Tonk Shonks - Aces of Spades Jazz, Pop, Rockabilly | 09/12/2011 |
Christa Hughes is known for her wild on-stage antics and powerful voice. Daughter of the jazz pianist and journalist Dick Hughes she was once a member of Machine Gun Fellatio.
Christa Hughes and the Honky Tonk Shonks give us their version of Motorhead’s “Ace Of Spades”
Other tracks by Christa Hughes and The Honky Tonk Shonks: Toxic - Price Tag
| Adam Dunning - Happy New Year Pop, World, Jazz | 07/12/2011 |
International singer / songwriter Adam Dunning is back home in Australia after a year of touring and recording overseas, to launch his new song for the new year.
"Happy New Year" is a feel-good song of letting go the past and opening the new year, but with the energy of a flamenco backdrop and the soul of the festive season. A song for friends to sing with. Great to play anytime during the year!
| Flap! - Rock in Space Blues/Roots, Acoustic, Folk, Jazz | 25/11/2011 |
Flap! A fiery yet charming ensemble featuring brass, guts, words and skins, Flap! formed during an informal jam at Port Fairy Folk Festival and have become festival favorites country wide.
Flap! are proud to announce the release of their new single ‘Rock in Space’ and its accompanying east coast launch dates. A tale of war, peace, love and astrophysics, ‘Rock in Space’ is the first taste of the Melbournians long awaited yet to be titled second album, due 2012 .
| Out of Abingdon - Slave To The Beat Jazz, Funk, Blues | 22/11/2011 |
A Duo with a passion for Jazz, Blues, beautiful Ballads and all things that Groove! Interpreting & blending old favourites with new, original material - a feel that's infectious.
'Slave to the beat' is a funky acoustic groove with bass and guitar bouncing off each other, fun lyrics about music being our heartbeat.
Other tracks by Out of Abingdon: She Don't Love Me - One Of Those
| Adam Rudegeair - Deja Voodoo Funk/Soul, Jazz | 16/11/2011 |
Adam Rudegeair is a Melbourne-based piano player/songwriter. Raised on jazz and becoming a funk autodidact as a teenager, Adam Rudegeair's music is infectious and addictive.
'Deja Voodoo' by Adam Rudegeair features the suave vocals from Henry Manetta. Infectious and quirky, this track will make you feel voodoofied.
Other tracks by Adam Rudegeair: Come Get Wit Da Voodoofied - Bayou Boy
| Mic Conway & Robbie Long - Street of Dreams Jazz, Folk, Cover Version | 10/11/2011 |
ARIA award-winning Mic is a singer, actor, musician, song writer, fire eater, magician, tap dancer, juggler. Robbie has jazz/rock foundations but has gathered tools from a spectrum of musical genres
An old Tin Pan Alley song , about Tin Pan Alley. In the 1920s and '30s songwriters created their own world there through song: surreal romantic mythology! I first heard Bing Crosby sing this tune, and later Tiny Tim. The melody is beautiful and the lyrics are amazing and surreal.
Other tracks by Mic Conway & Robbie Long: My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes - Winchester Cathedral
