The Jazzlab Dec 13 DOUBLE BILL
Lucy Clifford (Syd) Album release show
Kennedy Snow Album launch
Evening show 8PM
Lucy Clifford
Kennedy Snow - photo by Fred Kroh
The Jazzlab Friday Dec 13 doors 7.30pm Show 8PM
Tickets HERE $40/35 Bookings essential
set 1 Lucy Clifford set 2 Kennedy Snow
Lucy Clifford (Syd) Album Release Show
Phil Noy - Tenor
Fran Swinn - Guitar
Lucy Clifford - Bass
Jessie Cox - Drums
Bassist Lucy Clifford premiers her debut album ‘Between Spaces Of knowing’ live on Friday December 13th at the Melbourne Women’s International Jazz festival, with an instrumental offering of jazz and improvised music, anchored in collective energy and shedding light on the often-unsung instrument, the electric bass.
Lucy Clifford is a bassist and composer hailing from Sydney’s south coast. She has worked as a performing and recording musician across Australia and the USA for the last 10 years. As an active and invested member of the Australian music community, Lucy has performed alongside Kate Ceberano, Katie Noonan, Urthboy and Emily Wurramara. Internationally, she has performed, toured and recorded with the likes of many Grammy winning artists and notable ensembles, some of which include Nella, Mariza, Javier Limon, Maher Beauroy, and Alita Moses among others. She was the recipient of the 2022 Jann Rutherford Memorial Award and is the founder of Sisters Of Sound, a music education collective for young women. Her debut album ‘Between Spaces Of Knowing’ is set for release on November 15th via ABC Jazz.
The album intertwines lyrical soundscapes colliding with infectious grooves and draws inspiration from life’s in-between moments of contemplation and reflection, where we meet our real selves. This performance will feature some of Melbourne’s most notable artists in improvised music, alongside drummer Jessie Cox (Switzerland/USA) in a melding of collaborative energy, translating into an exhilarating experience.
Social Links:
Website: www.lucycliffordmusic.com
Instagram: @lucyjclifford
Bandcamp: https://lucyclifford.bandcamp.com/
Kennedy Snow CD launch “Everything It Could Be"
Nina Ferro – vocals
Kellie Santin – saxophone
Steve Sedergreen - piano and keys
Gillan Gregory – guitar
Kim May – bass
Sonja Horbelt – drums
Jacinta Caruana - backing vocals
Special guest Xani Kolac - violin
Kennedy Snow is Melbourne drummer and composer Sonja Horbelt - This project is a fusion of original contemporary songs and improvisations derived from a background of jazz, R&B and neo-soul. With a stellar ensemble of some of Melbourne’s finest musicians - Nina Ferro (vocals), Kellie Santin (saxes), Steve Sedergreen (piano/keys), Kim May (bass), Gillan Gregory (guitar)and special guests Jacinta Caruana (backing vocals) and Xani Kolac (violin), these works take you on a journey that explores lush and soulful melodies, driving grooves and emotionally connected lyrics that strike at the heart of fragility and the strength of the human condition.
Kennedy Snow has performed with video projections and also string quartet in performances at the Melbourne Recital Centre, as well as Melbourne club dates. This performance for MWIJF is the long awaited launch of “Everything It Could Be” – a series of songs recorded across the covid years by Hadyn Buxton and mixed and mastered in New York by Dave Darlington.
Sonja is a graduate of the VCA and has worked extensively as a freelance drummer with noted artists such as jazz performers Bob Sedergreen, Mickey Tucker, Andrea Keller and Sandy Evans, comedians Casey Bennetto, Geraldine Quinn, Geraldine Hickey, and Tommy Little, and cabaret/music theatre artists Rhonda Burchmore, Lucy Durack, and Amanda Harrison.
insta: @kennedysnow_band