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Drummer and composer Laurence Pike spoke about his latest solo album entitled Possible Utopia’s for Jazz Quintet – a title that is a red herring – because it is an album of Solo improvisation from Laurence.
We learnt that Laurence is a fan of Star Trek, and as much as he has spent lots of time creating and exploring music electronically, he is also a fan of people creating music by hand – and in this case creating a solo recording that might suggest to the listener music being created in the future, or perhaps even in another galaxy!
Laurence also spoke about the BELIEVE ensemble, a more traditional Jazz Quartet – and their new album called NATURE’S GOD. BELIEVE draw their influence from a lot of free jazz from the 60’s and 70’s and European Chamber Music and Minimalism.
Nature’s God is being launched in Sydney at 21 Shepherd in Marrickville on Friday July 10 and in Melbourne at The Jazzlab on Sunday July 12 – presented by the Melbourne Jazz Co-Operative.
Laurence Pike was guest of Bent Notes on Sunday July 5, 2026
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Tamara Kuldin chatted about her love of the romance and sophistication of the songs from the Golden Era of song when she was guest on Bent Notes, and how those songs told great stories. Tamara referred to the ability as a performer to really tell great stories by inahbiting a great song, and the impact that has on an Audience who can see and feel the emotion from the performer.
Tamara pointed out the need for a performer to be real when interacting with their audience, in order to create an atmosphere where both Performer and Audience feel relaxed and comfortable and ready to hear a great story through the song and the performer’s emotional interpretation of that song.
Hear Tamara in this podcast from JOY 94.9 when she also chats about her TAM SAM TAM SAM Quartet (Double bass player Tamara Murphy, Pianist Sam Keevers, Tamara Kuldin, and guitarist Sam Lemann) performing together at the Kew Courthouse on Friday June 26, 2026. More details from the City of Boroondara website.
Tamara Kuldin was guest of Bent Notes on Sunday June 21, 2026
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Pianist Tim Stevens visited the Bent Notes studio to chat about two new album releases that he has curated from recordings he made of the Browne-Haywood-Stevens trio in 1999/2000 when they were coming to the close of a long-standing residency on the stage at The Bennett’s Lane Jazz Club. Tim used his DAT recorder and a single microphone on stage to record 25 gigs and has recently listened to each of them and selected a number of the pieces to feature on these two new digital albums – Enchanted Ground vol. 1: Standards, and Enchanted Ground vol. 2: Originals. The albums also feature some of Allan Browne’s unique “talks” to the audience.
Tim recalls some of his early piano learnings and teachers, his move from Classical to Jazz piano, and the way the trio worked so well together as a single entity to produce their music.
Tim found the name for the albums in a poem from Emily Dickinson, a favourist of Allan Browne – and read the poem in memory of Allan.
Exhilaration is the Breeze
That lifts us from the Ground
And leaves us in another place
Whose statement is not found –Returns us not, but after time
We soberly descend
A little newer for the term
Upon Enchanted Ground –
– Emily DickinsonCheckout the details of the two new albums on Tim’s Bandcamp page.
Tim Stevens was guest of Bent Notes on Sunday May 3, 2026
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Trombone player and leader of the Mosaic Jazz Ensemble Lee Orszaczky spoke about the stories and experiences that encouraged his taking up Jazz and a sense of being ‘thrown’ into the school Jazz Orchestra in Year 7. The school Jazz Orchestra was led by Pianist David Allen (now touring with Tones and I) for which Lee can appreciate the enormous amount of practical experience this band gave him. Lee says that the biggest learning experience he has recieved is to trust in your elders and listen to every word they say.
Lee recalls enjoying a gig where he met Herbie Hancock, and the many moments of pure joy putting together this 2nd album from Mosaic – Rinse and Repeat
Mosaic are touring to launch the album:
May 28, 2026 – Album Launch Tour commencement – Lazybones Lounge – Marrickville NSW
May 23, 2026 – Smiths Alternative – Canberra ACT
May 25, 2026 – The Jazzlab – Brunswick VIC
July 3, 2026 – Launch Tour Finale – Church Street Studios Camperdown NSW
Lee Orszaczky was guest of Bent Notes on Sunday May 17, 2026
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Huich Goh and Paul Whitword from Sahul Sakti, spoke about their ensemble’s music which integrates Martial Arts with Music, and Merinda Dias-Jayasinha spoke about her multi-disciplined career to date, when they were guests of Bent Notes.
Huich and Paul are artists performing, in their ensemble Sahul Sakti, in the Half Bent Music Festival occurring over the last weekend in May, 2026 in Merribek – Merinda is both performing and a member of the organising committee, who spoke about the varied performances scheduled across the weekend – presented by Small Space Music.
Hear Huich describe the manner in which Martial Arts and music work together, and how Merinda sees the great outcomes from collaborations between artists who may not have worked together before.
Huich Goh, Paul Whitword and Merinda Dias-Jayasinha were guests of Bent Notes on Sunday May 10, 2026
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Chris McNulty visited the Bent Notes studio and chatted about the skill of singing with excellent diction, discussed whether lived experience is the only path to imparting the emotion and meaning of a song to the audience, and described some of the Journey of her latest project – Soul Journey.
As an independant artist Chris has composed and arranged music, written lyrics, recorded with musicians locally and remotely from overseas, and arranged the catering for a face to face launch party in Ballarat!
Hear what Chris had to say in this podcast from Bent Notes on JOY 94.9.
Checkout the album on Chris’ website
Chris McNulty was guest of Bent Notes on Sunday April 19, 2026
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What does a Publicist and International Music Consultant do?
Find out in this Podcast from JOY 94.9 where Jenny Sparks visited the Bent Notes studio to chat about her life as a Publicist and International Music Consultant in the music and entertainment industry.
Jenny was a vocalist, growing up in regional Victoria in a musical family, before her career steered her to managing and mentoring commercial artists across a range of music genres – including Jazz.
Hear Jenny chat about her working for vocalist Tina May in England and Aussie pianist John Foreman in America, with so many great memories of people and events over the years.
Jenny Sparks was guest of Bent Notes on Sunday March 29, 2026
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Jazz singer, cabaret artiste & gender transcendent diva Mama Alto, visited the Bent Notes studio and spoke about using Strength in Softness and Power in Vulnerability in her songs and other presentations; and her love of the music of Billie Holiday – one of Mama’s Idols of song who had a great ability to use Strength in Softness and Power in Vulnerabilty. Mama notes that the power of subtlety, and subtle choices are such a core element of a Jazz Singer’s art.
Hear Mama also chat about Salted Caramels!
Mama first perfomed her Billie Holiday songbook in 2015, on the 100th anniversary of Billie’s birth, and has chosen to perform that show again in the David Li Sound Gallery at the Monash University Big Jazz Day Out on Saturday March 21, 2026 – remembering Billie after 110 years.
Hear what Mama had to say in this podcast from Bent Notes on JOY 94.9.
Mama Alto was guest of Bent Notes on Sunday March 15, 2026
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Alma Zygier was a Music Video Star before she was born – and continues to make fabulous music.
Hear Alma chat about that the pre-birth creativity; her music and getting into a song and singing with feeling so that the audience feels the emotion of the story.
Alma is performing with her band on the Bandwagon at the Monash University Big Jazz Day Out on Saturday March 21, 2026.
Alma Zygier was guest of Bent Notes on Sunday March 15, 2026
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Freya Schack-Arnott spoke about her music playing the cello and the Nyckelharpa, and the music of The Cloudmaker ensemble. Their music celebrates goddesses from each of the five band members cultures, sharing thier folkloric stories and interweaving their story strands in their new music. The groups genesis occurred when Te Kahureremoa Taumata, Sunny Kim and Aviva Endean met on a residency at The Banff Centre in Canada in 2019.
The Cloudmaker consists of Aviva Endean (bass clarinet, harmonic flutes and electronics), Te Kahureremoa Taumata (voice/Taonga Pūoro – Māori singing treasures), Freya Schack-Arnott (cello/nyckelharpa – Nordic fiddle), Maria Moles (drums) and Sunny Kim (voice).
The Cloudmaker relased their self-titled album in 2025.
The Cloumaker will be performing in the David Li Sound Gallery at the Monash University Big Jazz Day Out on Saturday March 21, 2026.
Freya Schack-Arnott was guest of Bent Notes on Sunday March 8, 2026
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Monique DiMattina spoke about the learnings that take place on the bandstand and the joy of watching younger musicians grow in their skills and confidence on the bandstand as they perfom.
Monique also chatted about performing at this year’s Big Jazz Day Out at Monash University on Saturday March 21, 2026, where she will be performing with guitarist and vocalist Matt Kirsch in the Alexander Theatre Foyer Bar enhancing the party atmosphere of the venue during the day, with their choice of music coming from the New Orleans songbook.
Monique also confirmed the upcoming Theatrical production of Stella (also at the Alexander Theatre) – a musical Monique has composed about Australian author Miles Franklin. Monique will return to Bent Notes with more on Stella.
Catch all the details and choose the acts you are going to enjoy at the Monash University Big Jazz Day Out.
Monique DiMattina was guest of Bent Notes on Sunday March 8, 2026
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Chelsea Wilson, Senior Producer, Contemporary Music at Monash University Performing Arts, spoke with David Moyle on Bent Notes about Gender Inclusivity in Jazz and Australian Music; and producing this year’s Big Jazz Day Out at the Clayton campus of Monash University.
Hear Chelsea’s perspective on progress being made with Inclusivity in the music industry in this Podcast from JOY 94.9.
Chelsea also chats about the roster of artists at the Big Jazz Day Out, performing in Jazz and Jazz-adjacent stylings across five stages from 2pm on Saturday March 21, 2026 at the Monash University Performings Arts centre at the Clayton Campus. More than 100 musicians will be performing including Vince Jones, Mama Alto, Yunior Terry, Alma Zygier, Aaron Choulai. Mordialloc Jazz Orchestra, Mildlife and more!
Checkout all the details at the Monash Uni website.
Chelsea WIlson was guest of Bent Notes on Sunday February 22, 2026
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Jennifer Salisbury visited the Bent Notes studio to chat about reimagining a composition of hers from some years ago called Oh Muse. Jennifer brought in the talents of Mark Morand to rearrange the accompaniment for guitar – the result being a a brighter and more engaging piece of music.
Jennifer chatted about her enjoyment of singing and music in general, and spoke of the busy lifestyle needed to entertain while also maintaing a weekday job. Of course Jennifer also spoek of those everyday things that can be muses for an artist. Music is such an important part of Jennifer’s life that her relaxation time is often spent enjoying other peoples music at gigs around town.
Hear Jennifer in this podcast from JOY 94.9, and view the video of Oh Muse on Youtube.
Jennifer Salisbury was guest of Bent Notes on Sunday December 21, 2025
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Brisbane based pianist, composer, band leader and educator Callum Pask visited the Bent Notes studio to chat about his music and introduce us to a new album his trio has collaborated on from Brisbane based multi-disciplinary artist SOLCHLD.
The album – Scarred and Sacred – is a collaboration merging Callum’s Jazz Trio with the Spoken Word in the form of poetry with a message, written by SOLCHLD. Tha album is due for release on January 15, 2026 – checkout Bandcamp for the details and to hear the singles already released.
SOLCHLD is a Magan-djin based Jamaican/Arrernte artist who posesses raw, soulful vocals and a forceful poetic writing style.
Callum spoke about the challenges of creating an accompaniment that supports the powerful poems of SOLCHLD, not overpowering the poems but creating an integrated work.Hear all that Callum had to say in this Podcast from Bent Notes on JOY 94.9
Callum Pask was guest of Bent Notes on Sunday December 28, 2025
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Melbourne based composer, arranger and Piano Accordian player Jo Abbott visited the Bent Notes Studio to chat about her musical development from Classical to Jazz inspired music. Early in her musical education Jo discovered the beautiful French music from classical artists such as Debussy.
This music has served as a basis for Jo’s more recent works blending French and Jazz music to develop the repertoire of her 5-piece ensemble – SANFONA.
Sanfona will be touring Central Victoria (Bendigo, Castlemaine, Ruffy, Bright) in late January – all the details, including a GoFundme campaign from the Sanfona website
Hear Jo talk about her musical development and her joy of creating Sanfona, in this podcast from Bent Notes on JOY 94.9.
Jo Abbott was guest of Bent Notes on Sunday December 7, 2025
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International Jazz Vocalist Hetty Kate spoke with Bent Notes about her brand new album – the first in a series of four, being released on November 7, 2025 at The Jazzlab in Brunswick. The series is called JAZZ IN FOUR SEASONS, with Volume 1 being the SPRING edition, recorded in the Spring in Prague, and being released in Spring in Australia.
In her chat with Bent Notes presenter David Moyle, Hetty talks about the skills of her chosen musicians – both as players – and as arrangers, and her intention to record each of the four albums in different cities, with Jazz musicians each time selected from those cities – Four Albums, Four Seasons, Four Cities!
The musicians on Jazz In Four Season’s Vol 1: SPRING are Jiří Levíček on piano, Libor Šmoldas on guitar, Tomáš Baroš on bass, and Tomáš Hobzek on drums, with three guest musicians: Robert Fischmann on flute, Rob Millet on cimbalom, and Jan Brádač on violin.
The album is released on Friday November 7, 2025 on Bandcamp
Hetty also spoke of her recent experiences with golf-ball sized hailstones in Brisbane, and Gongs in China!
See Hetty’s Touring schedule around Australia on her Facebook page.
In Melbourne Hetty will be launching the album at The Jazzlab on Friday and Saturday November 7 and 8 2025;
playing with her B2 Quintet on November 19, 2025 at The Count’s: and
playing with her Quartet on November 20, 2025 at the Uptown Jazz Cafe
Hetty Kate was guest of Bent Notes on Sunday November 2, 2025
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Composer, percussionist, painter, educator and proud Kamilaroi man Adam Manning spoke with Bent Notes about his growing up with music and rhythm and their becoming then a key feature of his life. He said that his decision to work with these skills was essentially an evolution rather than a specific decision.
Adam discussed how our society seems to have forgotten how to feel and know the rhythm of the land, and how his work brings these rhythms to the forefront, with work recently in collaboration with groups such as the Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s; and in his brand new work – First Rhythms – with artists from the Australian Art Orchestra (AAO).
First Rhythms was commissioned by the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, the Australian Art Orchestra and Songlines Music Aboriginal Corporation and will be featured in this years Melbourne International Jazz Festival. The commision is culmination of Adam’s appointment as the First Nations Artist in Residence at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival for the 2024/25 year.
In this work, Adam reimagines clapsticks — not just as instruments, but as vessels of memory, movement and deep connection to Country. The work is described as weaving “traditional percussive language with modern instrumentation, visual art and a fluid interplay of improvisation and notation”.
Adam will be performing First Rhythms with the AAO in the Primrose Potter Salon at the Melbourne Recital Centre on Sunday October 19, 2025. Full details from melbournejazz.com
Adam Manning was guest of Bent Notes on Sunday October 12, 2025
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Emerging Melbourne based Cello player, composer and educator Darcy Gilkerson spoke with Bent Notes about his Debut album – Acteon, and his music which works to build a bridge between contemporary classical composition and the jazz improvisatory tradition. His first memory of music is of playing some very basic piano at around 4 years of age – likely to be a sliding up and down the keyboard!
Darcy is a trans man who uses his music to explore themes of self-discovery, empowerment, trans love and the ever-present ebb and flow between pain and joy. Darcy talks about how some of his compositions reflect his life experience at various times and how some of these compositions have made it onto his debut album.
More details about the album – Acteon – are available on Bandcamp.
Darcy will be performing at the Kew Courthouse on Friday October 11 with his Jazz trio. More details from the City of Boorondara.
Darcy Gilkerson was guest of Bent Notes on Sunday October 5, 2025
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Guitarist Robbie Melville, Cello player Zoe Knighton and Actor Richard Piper performed excerpts from Robbie’s latest creation – The Village Square – LIVE from Studio A at JOY 94.9.
Robbie talked about his writing a short story in response to a request from Zoe, but that it became somewhat bigger and more complex than he had originally thought; and the joy that he, Zoe and Richard have experienced themselves and from their audiences to date when performing the work.
The Village Square is a work that combines live music and storytelling – with a story that is set in an imaginary town. The work presents stories of love and loss, misfortune and mirth, the graceful and grotesque.
Robbie has produced a book and an album of the work, featuring the artwork of David Frazer.
Robbie spoke about the images from the story that have been created by David Frazer in his hand made engravings on end grain wood, hand printed on an antique printing press.
Robbie, Zoe and Richard will be performing The Village Square as part of The Melbourne Fringe Festival.
For more details about Robbie, The Village Square, and to see David Frazer’s artwork for the project, head to the website of Robbie Melville.
Robbie Melville, Zoe Knighton and Richar Piper were guests of Bent Notes on Sunday September 21, 2025
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Saxophonist Jason Bruer spoke with Bent Notes about his being taken with the music of John Coltrane and Weather Report in London for the first time when he was 16 years of age. Jason’s only previous musical experience had been when he learnt the Recorder at school!
Within a few short years Jason was practising hours every day and well on the way to establishing his identity in the music scene across a range of genres, where Jazz has remained his goto.
Hear Jason talk about his amazing experiences over the years in both Australia and London, and his most recent project – HAMMERHEAD – a band described as playing High Calibre, Exhilarating Contemporary Jazz, coming out of Jason’s love of Hard Bop.
Jason Bruer and Hammerhead will be performing in Melbouren at the Paris Cat Jazz Club on Friday September 12, 2025.
Jason Bruer was guest of Bent Notes on Sunday September 7, 2025
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