Bent Notes

Paul Grabowsky visited the Bent Notes studio to chat about his latest work – Fascinatin’ Algorhythm – being performed by his Jazz trio Torrio! onstage with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. (MSO)

Guitarist and composer Robbie Melville visited the Bent Notes studio to play live to air two pieces from his latest album – Tangled Trails.  The album contains 55 minutes of solo guitar, the same len…

David Lewis is looking forward to a series of shows at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in June this year when he brings the Paris Combo to Adelaide to celebrate in three very special shows their trib…

Nina Ferro spoke with Bent Notes about her time living in London where she became a regular at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club – an opportunity that led to so many musical associations and friendships – and…

When Martin Jackson was guest on Bent Notes he discussed some of the history of the MJC – the Melbourne Jazz Co-Operative – a not-for-profit organisation that Martin launched 40 years ago to support …

Trumpeter and pianist David Lewis visited the Bent Notes Studio to chat about the latest album from the Paris Combo, an album released in memory of their late vocalist and composer Belle Du Berry.

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What’s more Joyous than singing alone?

Singing with others!!

Vocalist and composer Nina Ferro visited the Bent Notes Studio and spoke of the Joy she feels when listening to, or participating in, grou…

Jennifer Salisbury and Mark Morand performed live-to air on Bent Notes and spoke about Mark’s 32 Bars project – 32 new Jazz songs recorded across 32 venues in Melbourne.  Their performance was a beau…

The Melbourne International Jazz Festival‘s Take Note Jazz Leader for 2023 is Melbourne based Sax player, comnposer and band leader Cheryl Durongpisitkul.

Cheryl spoke of the thrill of being commisio…

Adam Simmons, editor of the Dingo Jazz Journal, visited the Bent Notes Studio to chat about this year’s Jazz in the Square event celebrating International Jazz Day.

Adam spoke about the history of In…

Christine Manetta loved singing when she was at school – especially performing as part of her school’s productions, however as often happens life takes over after school and Christine traveled a dif…

As a guest on Bent Notes, Bass player and composer Christopher Hale spoke about how Inspiration is an active activity, the joy of responding to inspiration in Korea in 2012 – and now creating brand n…

Belinda Parsons, Fem Belling and Nina Ferro visited the Bent Notes Studio to chat about getting back to the business of entertaining  live audiences, and the absolute JOY of singing the Christmas Far…

Guitarist Harry Tinney has released a new album under his WASTELANDS project.  The album seeks to respond to a sense of cultural and spiritual apathy that Harry experienced during COVID Lockdowns in …

Melbourne based saxophonist Julien Wilson worked on his own individually styled music during COVID Lockdowns in Victoria.  Coming out of that work are Three albums – 2 just released, the third due in…