Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

SIMA's Jazz is Dead nights present projects from the fringes of the jazz scene, living in the limbo between musical territories. Expressing current trends, different forms and musics from other worlds, Jazz is Dead will be a night of fresh and diverse sound to rattle your bones.

8pm Matilda Abrahams

Matilda performs original music both solo and in various line-ups that include laptop, guitar, piano, synth and drums. Matilda’s singing brings a bright and vibrant sound to her diverse material. Her approach is honest, combining a rich musicality with stark vulnerability and warmth. It is this common element that runs through each song. From feminist dance numbers to intricate and layered arrangements, it is this element that makes Matilda’s music unique to her.

9pm Coast

Coast draws inspiration from Sydney coastline, the thin line between bobbing up and down our heads above the water and the unrelenting energy of the ocean that surrounds. Bubbling and swirling with improvisational energy the expansive melodies throwing forward are under pinned by driving rhythms. This intensity is at times juxtaposed with more introverted and meditative pulses a calm and peace. The ensemble has a muscular approach but is accurate and deliberate, the saxophones cutting quicksilver lines are followed by delay drenched synths and angular guitars. This is music of a changing time and an evolving place.

PAUL DERRICOTT drums PETER KOOPMAN guitar SHANNON STITT keyboards MICHAEL AVGENICOS saxophone

10pm HIT!

This Sydney organ trio capture the swinging sound of the '60s in modern setting, featuring all-original tunes from their debut record, The Dicky Donkey and Other Modern Classics. Influenced by soul, jazz and bossa nova, this is music that will make you wind the window down and put your elbow out.

STU HUNTER organ MATT KEEGAN tenor saxophone EVAN MANNELL drumset

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (02) 9036 6292 or by email to admin@sima.org.au

Featured artists

• Jazz/improvisation by Paul Derricott
• Jazz/improvisation by Peter Koopman
• Jazz/improvisation by Michael Avgenicos
• Jazz/improvisation by Stu Hunter
• Jazz/improvisation by Matt Keegan
• Jazz/improvisation by Evan Mannell
• Jazz/improvisation by Shannon Stitt