Australian Music Centre | Breaking sound barriers

Event Details

Critically acclaimed Australian-American vocalist and composer Chris McNulty's warm, soulful sound and liquid phrasing melds seamlessly across a wide range of styles and idioms. She is one of a unique group of modern vocal jazz artists of her generation who also composes and arranges. Her technical prowess and emotive storytelling will be on full display this coming Wednesday,18th September at The Count's where she'll be joined by Brett Williams, Ben Robertson, Carl Mackey and Lewis Pierre. Together they'll be performing music from a collection of her award winning albums. McNulty who was based in NYC for 28 years has graced many international stages from Kilkenny, Ireland to Kharkov, Ukraine, St Petersburg, Tomsk, Western Siberia, Russia and Beirut. Her notable performances include her appearance at the Edinburgh Jazz Festival, as well as works with late esteemed pianists, Mulgrew Miller and John Hicks. McNulty's ensemble of Her LP ‘Eternal’ (Palmetto 2015), melds the sounds of chamber ensemble with jazz quintet with orchestrations by Steve Newcomb. Eternal earned her 11th place on the 80th DownBeat Readers Poll for Album of the Year in 2015. In 2013 Chris was the recipient of the Australian Jazz Bell award for Best Australian Jazz Vocal Album for The Song That Sings You Here. This promises to be a special night at The Count’s.

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website

Featured artists

• Music of Chris McNulty
• Performer Chris McNulty
• Performer Brett Williams
• Performer Ben Robertson
• Performer Carl Mackey
• Performer Lewis Pierre