Jazz & improv

Presenting Delay 45 & Sheket: two trailblazing artists from Sydney's jazz & improvised music scene. A double bill for the ages!

Delay 45 is an acclaimed jazz & improvisation quartet led by trumpet/composer Tom Avgenicos, alongside close collaborators Roshan Kumarage (piano), Dave Quinn (bass), and Ashley Stoneham (drums). With a musical relationship that stretches back as far as their high school years, Delay 45 have created a performance style that flows seamlessly between structure and spontaneity. Simple, recurring motifs interspersed with tight-knit interplay and textural dynamism characterise their performance style. Their sophomore release Flux and their multidisciplinary music-dance work Ghosts Between Streams expands yet refines their innovative and individual approach to performance with remarkable agility, musicality, and finesse, demonstrating how they are one of the most exciting ensembles to emerge in recent years from Australia’s jazz and improvised music scene. They were recently awarded Best in Music at the 2024 Sydney Fringe Festival and have performed at some of Australia's most prestigious concert venues and festivals including Sydney Opera House, Phoenix Central Park, The Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Melbourne Recital Centre, and MONA. "a bold new chapter in Australian jazz". - Sydney Morning Herald
 “The four members of Delay 45 have developed an approach to performing that is creative and individual…” - Loud Mouth
 "once in a generation" - The Australian
www.tomavgenicos.com/delay-45/

SHEKET is a new trio from saxophonist and composer Ben Lerner, featuring the creative forces of Hilary Geddes (guitar) and Laurence Pike (drums). Having moved to Sydney from New Zealand in 2020, Lerner has established himself as one of the leading young voices on the saxophone in Australia. SHEKET is a project which explores simple vamps and melodies in a bass-less trio format. Calling back to folk-like songs, the music explores themes of hope and grief.

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8.30pm bands