The Jazzlab DEC 11 Holly Moore Sextet Album Launch

with support MWIJF Little Big Band directed by Angela Davis

Evening Show 7.30PM

Co-presented with The Melbourne Jazz Co-op and The University of Melbourne

Holly Moore

The Jazzlab Wednesday Dec 11

doors 7pm Show 7.30pm

Tickets HERE $30/20 Bookings essential

Holly Moore Sextet CD launch

Holly Moore - alto saxophone

Paul Cornelius - tenor saxophone

Niran Dasika - trumpet

Kade Brown - piano

Robbie Finch - bass

Luke Andresen - drums

Saxophonist and composer Holly Moore’s debut album, “Flood” was written as a commission for the MIJF as the 2020 Take Note recipient. Through a series of ballads and anthems, “Flood” is an open, honest, and generous expression of Moore’s lived experience as an Australian improviser and female musician.

Holly is a Melbourne-based saxophonist, composer, and educator, emerging as a vibrant new voice in the Australian jazz scene. Her debut EP, Reunion, released in November 2023 through the ABC Jazz Composer Commission, marks a significant milestone. Holly performed with the Australian Art Orchestra at the 2023 Melbourne International Jazz Festival and in 2024 at the Brunswick Music Festival. In 2020, she was awarded the Melbourne International Jazz Festival's Take Note program leader, which culminated in a celebrated digital performance of a commission for a jazz sextet. She holds degrees from Monash University and the University of Melbourne.

Website - https://www.hollymooremusic.com/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/hollyyymoore/

Opening set: MWIJF Little Big Band

presented in conjunction with the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music

Featuring Tertiary students from Monash University and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music playing the music of Australian composers as well as classic big band arrangements from the swing era and beyond.

Alto: Shahla Paynter & Jacqueline Crock

Tenors: Zifa Tanner-Kamal & Natasha Lowe

Trombone: Ashling O’Farrell

Trumpets: Yael Marks & Eva Bedggood

Piano: Audrey Hart

Bass: Chezz Cinquegrana

Drums: Lydia Nguyen

Directed by leading saxophonist, band leader and composer Angela Davis

Described by the Age as having ‘an instinctively melodic approach’, Angela Davis is an Aria nominated saxophonist & composer currently based in Melbourne. She holds a Masters of Music from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and during her time overseas recorded two critically acclaimed albums as a leader – ‘The Art Of The Melody’ and ‘Lady Luck.’ ‘The Art Of the Melody’was released in May of 2013 to rave reviews throughout the USA and Australia in publications such as the New York City Jazz Record, All About Jazz and The Weekend Australian. The album was officially released at the world-renowned New York City venue - The Kitano. After receiving the Brian Boak Outstanding Performer Bursary in 2014, Davis was able to record her second album as a leader entitled Lady Luck, featuring Dan Tepfer, Linda Oh, Richie Barshay and a string quartet. Lady Luck was shortlisted for three 2016 Australian Bell Awards including Best Instrumental Jazz Album, Best Produced Album and Best Australian Jazz Composition.

Her third release ‘Little Did They Know’ (ABC Jazz) was nominated for a 2019 Aria Award and 2020 AIR Award for best jazz album and features Australian Jazz greats Sam Anning and Tony Gould. Her most recent release was commissioned by the ABC JAZZ Fresh Start Commission and features a host of Australian jazz stalwarts including Stephen Magnusson on guitar, Frank DiSario on bass and Patrick Danao on drums. As a sideman Angela had the opportunity to perform with numerous jazz luminaries including Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Vince Jones, James Morrison, Patti Austin, Linda Oh, Andrea Keller & Sandy Evans.

Angela is a D’Addario Australia artist.

Davis has a gift for ravishingly lyrical melodies, and in this setting she andher intuitive bandmates focused on subtle details rather than bold, sweeping gestures.’ Jessica Nicholas - The Age