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Steve Miller with the Steve Miller Band and jazz musicians at Jazz at Lincoln Center

Steve Miller Brings Rock And Jazz Masters Together At Lincoln Center

by Paul Cashmere

Steve Miller will bring members of the Steve Miller Band together with an exceptional group of jazz musicians for two rare performances at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

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Angus & Julia Stone performing during the Karaoke Bar era

Nina Simone’s Wild Is The Wind Turns 60

by Paul Cashmere

Nina Simone’s Wild Is The Wind turns 60, marking six decades of an album that became one of the defining recordings of her Philips Records period.

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Japan Jazz Nights contemporary Japanese jazz artists BIGYUKI STEREO CHAMP Tenors In Chaos Misaki UMEI

Japan Jazz Nights Announces Australia-Wide Tour For 50 Years Of Friendship

by Paul Cashmere

Japan Jazz Nights will bring four leading contemporary Japanese jazz artists to seven Australian cities in October 2026.

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Cassandra Wilson performing live during her jazz career

Cassandra Wilson, Distinctive Jazz Voice, Dies At 70

by Paul Cashmere

Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson has died aged 70. The distinctive Blue Note artist expanded the boundaries of vocal jazz through blues, folk, country and R&B.

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Marcus Miller

Marcus Miller Recalls Frank Sinatra Session Ahead Of 2027 Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Marcus Miller recalls recording with Frank Sinatra for L.A. Is My Lady, the old-school studio discipline of the session and his extraordinary career ahead of his April 2027 Australian tour.

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Surprise Chef performing and promoting Frogs In A Pond album

Surprise Chef Introduce Frogs In A Pond With New Single Leg Day

by Paul Cashmere

Surprise Chef have announced their fifth studio album, Frogs In A Pond, for October 23 through Concord Jazz, with Leg Day as the first single.

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Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2026 artists including Rebirth Brass Band, Benjamin Clementine, BIGYUKI and Haus Party

Melbourne International Jazz Festival Unveils 2026 Program

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne International Jazz Festival has unveiled its 2026 program, featuring more than 550 artists from 18 countries across 150 events and 30 venues from 16 to 25 October.

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2026 Art Music Awards winners and performers at The Timber Yard Melbourne

2026 Art Music Awards Winners Announced

by Paul Cashmere

The 2026 Art Music Awards have recognised Australian composers, performers, educators and organisations, with Chamber Made taking two honours and Liza Lim AM receiving the Richard Gill Award.

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Marcus Miller

Marcus Miller Announces Australian Tour For April 2027

by Paul Cashmere

Marcus Miller will return to Australia in April 2027 for five headline performances across Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

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Domi and JD Beck

DOMi & JD BECK Confirm WHO ASKED? Australian Tour Dates For November

by Paul Cashmere

DOMi & JD BECK confirm three East Coast Australian dates in November for the WHO ASKED? Tour, their first visit since 2024.

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APRA Art Music Awards 2026

2026 Art Music Awards Finalists Announced With Aviva Endean And Mindy Meng Wang Leading Nominations

by Paul Cashmere

Aviva Endean and Mindy Meng Wang lead the finalists for the 2026 Art Music Awards with three nominations each ahead of the August ceremony in Melbourne.

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APRA Art Music Awards 2026

2026 Art Music Awards To Return To Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

The 2026 Art Music Awards will return to Melbourne on 19 August, celebrating excellence in Australian contemporary classical, jazz and experimental music during APRA AMCOS’ centenary year.

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Chris Botti Facebook profile

Chris Botti Reimagines Pop Classics, Film Themes And Standards For Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Chris Botti’s 2026 Australian tour showcases jazz interpretations of songs by Leonard Cohen, the Bee Gees, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and Ennio Morricone, highlighting the trumpeter’s genre-crossing approach to live performance.

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Music for the Movies of Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood Retires At 96, Bringing To A Close A Remarkable Career In Film And Music

by Paul Cashmere

Clint Eastwood has quietly retired at 96, ending a remarkable seven-decade career that reshaped Hollywood and established him as a respected figure in the world of jazz and film music.

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Judith Owen Suit Yourself

Judith Owen Suit Yourself Features Joe Bonamassa On New Album As Welsh Singer Expands Her Jazz Era

by Paul Cashmere

Judith Owen’s new album Suit Yourself features Joe Bonamassa and continues the Welsh singer-songwriter’s evolution into jazz, blues and big band music.

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Sonny Rollins Facebook profile image

Sonny Rollins Dies At 95, Jazz Loses One Of Its Defining Voices

by Paul Cashmere

Sonny Rollins, one of the defining figures in modern jazz and among the last surviving giants of the bebop era, has died at age 95.

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Chris Botti Facebook profile

Chris Botti Adds Lady Gaga And Bruno Mars Hit ‘Die With A Smile’ To Expanding Live Set

by Paul Cashmere

Chris Botti has added Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ ‘Die With A Smile’ to his live repertoire ahead of Australian tour dates in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.

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Chris Botti Facebook profile

Chris Botti Brings A Setlist Of Modern Pop And Timeless Standards To Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Chris Botti’s current live shows blend Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars with Sting, Leonard Cohen and film soundtrack favourites as the Grammy-winning trumpeter prepares for Australian dates in June 2026.

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Saxophone legend Bill Evans will return to Australia in October 2026 for a national tour with the Vansband Allstars and plans to record a new live album during the trip.

Bill Evans Is The Name Who Turned Down The Rolling Stones

by Paul Cashmere

Bill Evans returns to Australia in October 2026 for a national tour and a new live album recording. He talks to Paul Cashmere about Miles Davis and Mick Jagger.

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Lisa Simone Noise11 2026

Lisa Simone on Nina Simone Legacy & 2026 Australian Tour | Noise11 Interview

by Paul Cashmere

Lisa Simone returns to Australia for a regional 2026 tour, reflecting on Nina Simone’s legacy and her own evolving career.

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George Benson Breezin 1976 album cover featuring jazz guitarist George Benson

George Benson Breezin’ Turns 50 As Landmark Jazz Crossover Album

by Paul Cashmere

George Benson’s Breezin turns 50. The landmark 1976 album topped the pop, jazz and R&B charts and remains one of the best-selling jazz albums ever recorded.

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Joseph Wooten Reunion of the Heart

Joseph Wooten Unites With Kim Mont For Valentine’s Day Single Reunion Of The Heart

by Paul Cashmere

Joseph Wooten begins 2026 with the Valentine’s Day release of Reunion Of The Heart, featuring Kim Mont, a collaboration that signals a powerful new phase in his career.

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Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra Announce Australian Dates For The Night Blooms World Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Jeff Goldblum returns to Australia with The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra for The Night Blooms World Tour, celebrating his latest jazz album and decades-long musical journey.

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Jason Mason Trio by Michelle Grace Hunder

Jake Mason Trio To Release New Single “Stop Searching For Love” Featuring Kate Ceberano

by Paul Cashmere

Jake Mason Trio share soulful new single “Stop Searching For Love” featuring Kate Ceberano, ahead of their album The Modern Ark.

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Flea, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Photo By Graham Spillard

Flea Returns To Jazz Roots With Debut Solo Album Honora

by Paul Cashmere

Flea releases his debut solo album Honora, exploring jazz and trumpet, featuring Thom Yorke and Nick Cave, with a new single “Traffic Lights.”

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Asteroid Ekosystem by Jordan Munns

Asteroid Ekosystem Announce Second Album Sounds Have Dreams And Rare Sydney Shows

by Paul Cashmere

ARIA Award-winning composer Alister Spence leads Asteroid Ekosystem on their second album Sounds Have Dreams, out February 13, with two rare Sydney shows announced.

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Ben Folds

Artists Abandon Kennedy Center As Trump Name Change Triggers Cultural Boycott

by Paul Cashmere

The Kennedy Center is facing mass cancellations as artists protest the renaming of the venue to include Donald Trump’s name, sparking a cultural backlash.

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Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers. image by Ros O'Gorman.

Flea Returns To Trumpet For First Solo Album Preview With A Plea

by Paul Cashmere

Flea returns to trumpet for A Plea, the first preview of his 2026 solo album on Nonesuch Records.

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Lance Ferguson and Rita Satch collaborate on a soulful reinterpretation of Billie Eilish’s My Future

Lance Ferguson Reimagines Billie Eilish’s “My Future” With Soulful 70s Flair Featuring Rita Satch

by Paul Cashmere

Lance Ferguson reimagines Billie Eilish’s My Future with a lush 70s Soul groove featuring Rita Satch. The track previews his upcoming album Rare Groove Spectrum, Vol. 3, out 21 November.

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Ray Charles Love Country Style

Ray Charles’ Classic Country Album “Love Country Style” Returns in Tangerine Master Series

by Noise11.com

Ray Charles’ legendary 1970 album Love Country Style is set to return for the first time in more than 50 years as part of the ongoing Tangerine Master Series, a carefully curated collection of reissues celebrating the 17x GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter, pianist, and producer. The album will be released on Friday, October 24.

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