SYDNEY INTERNATIONALWOMEN’S JAZZ FESTIVAL2017

Presented byThe Sydney InternationalJazz Festival and

WELCOME FROM THE LORD MAYOR OF SYDNEYOn behalf of the City of Sydney, I amdelighted to welcome performers andvisitors to the 2017 Sydney InternationalWomen’s Jazz Festival. The City of Sydneyis a proud sponsor of the Festival and itis with great pride that we support sucha wonderful forum for celebrating thesebrilliant jazz musicians – establishedand emerging, local and international, allwomen leading in their field of artisticendeavour.

Once again, the Sydney International Jazz Festival and the SydneyImprovised Music Association (SIMA) have put together a sensationalline-up, including world-famous drummer Terri Lyne Carrington (USA)and internationally renowned saxophonist Silke Eberhard (DEU),coming to Australia for the first time. This key festival now firmlyestablished in Sydney’s arts calendar also gives opportunity for newlycommissioned works by female composers to be enjoyed by liveaudiences.

The City of Sydney is committed to the revitalisation of Sydney’s livemusic scene, taking our place on the world stage as a destination ofculture and creativity through our Live Music and Performance ActionPlan, and support of events such as this festival. Welcome to thiswonderful international platform for some of the most excitingperformers in jazz!

WELCOME FROM BRETT BOON, CHAIR SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVALWelcome to the sixth Sydney InternationalWomen’s Jazz Festival.  Whether you are ajazz enthusiast or are new to the festival,prepare for a musical treat.

This event showcases some of the mostcreative women in jazz as performers,bandleaders and composers, both on anational and international stage. Wepresent Australian and Sydney premieresand exclusive event performances. Thegrowing reputation of the SydneyInternational Women’s Jazz Festival continues to attract internationalinterest. Sincere thanks to the board of the Sydney International JazzFestival, the Sydney Improvised Music Association (SIMA)’s Chair Prof.Di Yerbury AO, fellow board members and the Sydney ImprovisedMusic Association (SIMA) Festival team. City of Sydney’s support as amajor partner is gratefully acknowledged and critical to the furthergrowth of this event. Thanks to our event sponsors and privatedonors, whose generosity has been vital to the delivery of the festival.

This festival clearly demonstrates the vibrancy and extraordinarytalents of women in jazz.  

WELCOME FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTORSThe 2017 Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival features aprogram of outstanding overseas guests and some of the most vibrantgroups on the local scene. Our headliners are the brilliantdrummer/percussionist Terri Lyne Carrington performing with a star-studded line-up of local musicians. From Germany, our 2017 FestivalArtist-in-Residence saxophonist/composer Silke Eberhardcollaborates with the Sydney Women’s Jazz Collective, as well asperforming in quintet with Sandy Evans and Andrea Keller as special guests. 

We welcome ex-patriate trumpeter/composer Nadje Noordhuis whohas forged a successful career in New York across jazz, new music andimprovisation, and vocalist/multi-instrumentalist/dancer Jen Shyu,whose brilliant, unclassifiable performances were recognised by theprestigious 2017 Downbeat Critics Poll Rising Star Female Vocalist.

It’s an inclusive program showcasing a diverse range of musical stylesand influences from the classical/jazz crossover of groups such asEphemera Trio, Elysian Fields and Zela Margossian’s Armenian–inspired quintet, to the contemporary jazz of saxophonist AngelaDavis and pianist Renata Arrivolo – Renata will be performing a tributeto the late Geri Allen. Enjoy Mark Isaacs and Loretta Palmeiro’s Someof Two Parts duo, the late night “after-party” gigs with Funk Engineand Soultree, and a roaring performance from Frances Maddenwrapping up the Festival.

The great Sandy Evans features frequently this year. This is no morethan she is due, having given so much to the scene as performer,composer, educator and mentor.Zoe Hauptmann and Peter Rechniewski 

NADJE NOORDHUIS + JAMES SHIPP (AUS/USA)8.30pm Wednesday 8 November, Foundry 616“One of the most compelling voices to emerge on her instrumentin recent years” – All About Jazz

For five years, Nadje Noordhuis and James Shipp have regularlyperformed their celestial duo compositions in intimate venues aroundNew York City. Their innovative blend of electronics with vibraphoneand trumpet is showcased on their debut album together, Indigo,released to coincide with their Australian performances. Nadje is hereas one of the National Jazz Awards judges, coming to us fromWangaratta International Jazz Festival.

Described as “one of the most unforgettably lyrical voices in modernmusic”, Nadje plays in New York City with the Maria SchneiderOrchestra, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, Rudy Royston 303, andleads her own quintet. Nadje released her long-awaited originalsalbum in 2012 – “a luxurious autobiography in music”.

From Maryland, USA, James Shipp is the leader of Nós Novo, whichtakes a culture-blending approach to traditional Irish repertoire, andChoro Dragão, featuring non-traditional instruments playing the musicof Rio de Janeiro. The evening begins with Nadje and James’ magicalIndigo duo, after which they’re joined on-stage by the festival band.NADJE NOORDHUIS trumpet, flugelhorn, effects JAMES SHIPPvibraphone, percussion, synthesizers THOMAS BOTTING bassTIM FIRTH drums

JEN SHYU, ‘SONG OF SILVER GEESE’ (USA)8pm Thursday 9 November, Reginald Theatre, Seymour Centre“Her voice, a wonder of technical control and unrestrainedemotion, tells a story dotted with well-researched facts and wildpoetic allusions. She claims both as her truths.” – Wall StreetJournal

Jen Shyu is “a new kind of improviser-composer-ethnomusicologisthybrid”: groundbreaking multilingual vocalist, composer, producer,multi-instrumentalist, dancer, 2016 Doris Duke Artist, and 2017Downbeat Critics Poll Rising Star Female Vocalist. Born in Illinois, USAto Taiwanese and East Timorese parents, Jen has performed her ownuncategorisable art music on prestigious world stages such asCarnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, theMetropolitan Museum of Art, Blue Note, National Theater of Korea andfestivals worldwide.

She has performed with 2014 MacArthur Fellow saxophonist SteveColeman since 2003 and collaborated with Anthony Braxton, WadadaLeo Smith, Vijay Iyer and Bobby Previte. A Stanford Universitygraduate in opera with classical violin and ballet training, Jen hasstudied traditional music and dance in Cuba, Taiwan, Brazil, China,South Korea, East Timor and Indonesia.

Currently based in New York City, Jen has produced six albums as aleader and will release her seventh, Song of Silver Geese, thisNovember.

JEN SHYU composition, vocals, dance, Taiwanese moon lute, piano,gayageum, soribuk, violin VERONIQUE SERRET violin JAMES SHIPPvibraphone SIMON BARKER drums

RENATA ARRIVOLO – TRIBUTE TO GERI ALLEN // ZELAMARGOSSIAN QUINTET8.30pm Thursday 9 November, Foundry 616

RENATA ARRIVOLO – TRIBUTE TO GERI ALLEN“Her compositions and improvisational ideas… tell stories, takeyou on journeys” – Andrew Lorien, Colbourne Ave

Renata plays regularly in Sydney with her trio and quartet, which hashad numerous residencies around Sydney. Renata has worked andstudied with great pianists such as Aaron Goldberg and Kevin Hays.Her festival performance will be a very special tribute to hugelyinfluential jazz pianist, composer, Guggenheim Fellow and role modelfor women worldwide, Geri Allen, who passed away aged 60 on June27 this year.

Hailed as one of the most accomplished pianists and educators of hertime, Geri collaborated frequently with our other festival star, TerriLyne Carrington, who said, “The jazz community will never be thesame with the loss of one of our geniuses, Geri Allen.” Renata,renowned for “the joy and generosity in her performances”, is movedto honour Geri’s legacy with this special performance of Geri’s ownmusic – a moving monument to this colossal jazz icon.RENATA ARRIVOLO piano MAX ALDUCA bass CAMERON REIDdrums

ZELA MARGOSSIAN QUINTET 9.50pmZela Margossian’s music is a reflection of her journey in life. Born inBeirut of Armenian heritage, Zela’s music bears influences from therich and colourful cultures that she represents. During her yearsstudying piano performance in Armenia, Zela developed a greatpassion for the unique Armenian ethno-jazz that she experienced inlively local scene. After moving to Sydney, she embarked on a newjourney of nurturing this passion and has been making her mark hereas a blossoming composer and artist.

Zela’s music is best described as a fusion of folk and jazz, particularlycarrying influences from Armenian traditional music. She will beperforming with a line-up of talented, multicultural musicians fromSydney who seamlessly combine their authentic sounds to create anexotic musical atmosphere that is sure to take you on an emotive andpleasurable journey.ZELA MARGOSSIAN piano STUART VANDEGRAAFF clarinet, nay,saxophone ELSEN PRICE double bass ADEM YILMAZ percussionALEXANDER INMAN-HISLOP drums

TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON (USA)8.30pm Friday 10 November, Foundry 6168.30pm Saturday 11 November, Foundry 616

“One of the finest drummers to sit behind the skins.” – (okayplayer)

Celebrating 40 years in music, three-time Grammy Award winningdrummer, composer and educator, Terri started her professionalcareer at ten years old. Featured as a “kid wonder” in publicationssuch as People and Modern Drummer, Terri received a full scholarshipto Berklee College of Music. Throughout her extensive touring andrecording career, she has worked with luminaries such as HerbieHancock, Wayne Shorter, Al Jarreau, Stan Getz, David Sanborn, JoeSample, Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves, James Moody, PharoahSanders, David Murray, John Scofield, Esperanza Spalding,Yellowjackets, and countless others. In 2005, Carrington returned toher hometown where she was appointed professor at her alma mater,Berklee College of Music. She currently holds the position of ZildjianChair in Performance, Berklee Global Jazz Institute.

In 2013, Terri Lyne Carrington made history when she became the firstwoman to win a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, forMoney Jungle: Provocative in Blue. To date, Terri has released eightalbums, most recently The Mosaic Project: LOVE and SOUL. This is thesecond album from Terri’s female musician–based Mosaic Project,founded to celebrate “the artistry of many women I had worked with…women that were close friends and musical partners.” This will be anelectrifying opportunity to witness this ground-breaking, living jazzlegend in Australia.TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON drummer, percussionist, composer SANDY EVANS saxophone BEN HAUPTMANN guitar ARON OTTIGNON piano JONATHAN ZWARTZ bass

ELYSIAN FIELDS // EPHEMERA TRIO7.30pm Monday 13 November, Foundry 616ELYSIAN FIELDS

“A head-spinning dialogue between half a millennium ago andnow” – John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald

Elysian Fields is an ongoing experiment in creating new improvisedand composed repertoire for the electric viola da gamba, of whichJenny Eriksson is believed to be the only Australian exponent. Widelyrecognised as one of this country’s leading viola da gambists (aseven-string, bowed Baroque instrument) and an expert on the musicof its era, Jenny has performed and toured across Australia andaround the globe. Jenny has also performed and recorded with jazzand world music artists for many years. Prior to Elysian Fields, hercollaborators included Llew and Mara Kiek and Steve Elphick from theMara! band, horn player and composer Paul Cutlan, Joseph Tawadros,Kevin Hunt, and more.

The backbone of Elysian Fields’ performances comprises originalworks written specifically for its line-up, such as Matt McMahon’s ForThomas Wyatt – “eloquently elegiac, its melody Celtic, its tone dark;electric viola da gamba, piano and bass guitar in melancholyembrace”. The band’s covers range widely from Eriksson’s uniquearrangements of French Baroque composer Marin Marais to chartsand folk songs that reflect her Scandinavian heritage, such as

Swedish jazz/fusion guitarist Mats Norrefalk, e.s.t., Norwegianpianist/composer Jan Gunnar Hoff, and even Joe Zawinul.SUSIE BISHOP vocals and violin PAUL CUTLAN saxophonesMATT MCMAHON piano JENNY ERIKSSON electric viola da gambaSIEBE POGSON bass guitar FINN RYAN drums

EPHEMERA TRIO 9pm

“Arresting, genre-blurring… Disquieting music with massivebreadth and high drama” — Sydney Morning Herald

Ephemera Trio is a musical exploration of celestial landscapes such aspulsars, craters, planetary atmospheres, stars, sun and void. Mergingthe sound worlds of jazz and contemporary classical music, and set toreal space sounds, this is an original sonic experience. The threeinstrumentalists play against a backdrop of real NASA recordingscompiled by astronomer Professor Paul Francis - electromagneticwaves from planets and stars. Their debut album Orbits and Riffs wasreleased earlier this year to critical acclaim: “Full of sonic textures andinfinite possibility, this is one of the true concept albums of recentyears. FOUR STARS.” - Peter Wockner, Jazz and Beyond. Each memberbrings their own unique voice to the ensemble drawing from amultitude of musical backgrounds. Elsen is a new music specialist,Will is a jazz trumpeter and Keyna is a jazz, classical and flamencomusician and composer. They combine to create a distinctive soundworld, taking stellar concepts as their musical inspiration and sonicbackdrop. KEYNA WILKINS compositions, piano, flute ELSEN PRICE doublebass, loop pedal WILL GILBERT trumpet

SOME OF TWO PARTS // ANGELA DAVIS QUARTET8.30pm Tuesday 14 November, Foundry 616

SOME OF TWO PARTS

“Immediately engaging on so many levels… a narrative thatembraces contemporary classical, European folk, and jazz.” – Guy Strazz

Five years in the making, Some of Two Parts is the exciting all-originalduo improvisations of saxophonist Loretta Palmeiro withaccomplished pianist and composer Mark Isaacs. From a bedrock ofjazz and contemporary classical music, they play with folkloricelements and qualities of the Iberian peninsula such as flamenco andfado.

Co-founder of the Spyglass Gypsies and director of Alma Orquestra,Loretta plays with Mara, the Divergence and Sydney Jazz Orchestras,the Australian Symphony Orchestra, and is a casual musician with theQSO. Both Loretta and Mark’s musical studies originated in theclassical hemisphere and have been coupled with an explorativepassion for improvised music.

Mark has been exploring the spirit of duende, the dark and soulfulcurrent that runs through the most animated music. In meeting andplaying spontaneous inventions with versatile saxophonist Loretta hefound a like-minded soul and a spirited duo was born. The results canbe passionate, furious, brash, delicate.LORETTA PALMEIRO soprano saxophone MARK ISAACS piano

ANGELA DAVIS QUARTET 9.45pm

“The future belongs to artists of this calibre.” – All About Jazz

Described by The Age as having “an instinctively melodic approach”,saxophonist Angela Davis is a unique and sought-after musician withtwo critically acclaimed albums as bandleader. The Art of the Melody(2013) launched at world-renowned New York City venue The Kitano,and received rave reviews throughout the USA and Australia.

Her second album as bandleader, Lady Luck (2015), was shortlistedfor three Australian Jazz Bell Awards including Best Instrumental JazzAlbum, Best Produced Album and Best Australian Jazz Composition.

Currently Lecturer in Jazz at the James Morrison Academy of Music(SA), Angela holds a Masters of Music from the University of the Artsin Philadelphia and received the Brian Boak Outstanding PerformerBursary in 2014. As bandleader, she has performed at the BrisbaneInternational Jazz Festival, Melbourne International Jazz Festival andthe Wangaratta Jazz Festival.

Angela has performed with jazz luminaries such as Carla Bley, SteveSwallow, John Hoffman, Kristen Berardi, Dan Tepfer and Linda Oh. Inher festival performance, see why the New York City Jazz Record says,“She does her part to keep the cool school alive”, and The Australianpraised her “beautifully elegant, honeyed alto tone, reminiscent ofPaul Desmond”.ANGELA DAVIS alto saxophone CARL DEWHURST guitarPHIL STACK bass TIM FIRTH drums

SILKE EBERHARD WITH THE SYDNEY WOMEN’S JAZZ COLLECTIVE8.30pm Wednesday 15 November Foundry 6168.30pm Thursday 16 November Foundry 616

“…the music “dances”. It is quite physical, an emanation ofhappiness, and definitely a joy to listen to.” – The Free JazzCollective“emotionally and technically superb” – Freejazz Stef

Free jazz saxophonist, clarinettist and composer Silke Eberhard hasbeen making her mark on the international jazz world for some time.Based in Berlin, she was named Rising Star - Alto Saxophone in theAnnual DownBeat International Critics Poll both in 2015 and 2017. Inaddition to leading her own bands, Silke’s notable repertory projectsinclude leading wind quartet Potsa Lotsa, an unconventional two-reedtwo-brass ensemble that interprets the complete compositional worksof Eric Dolphy, and her septet Potsa Lotsa Plus. Silke won the GermanRecord Critics Award for their album Potsa Lotsa Plus Plays Love Suiteby Eric Dolphy.

Silke has performed and/or recorded with many notable internationaljazz musicians such as Aki Takase, David Liebman, Wayne Horvitz,Dave Burrell, Gerry Hemingway, Michael Zerang, Hannes Zerbe a.m.o,and has recorded music on labels including Jazzwerkstatt, Not Two,Leo, INTAKT and Intuition. Some of her albums fall on the freejazz/improvised end of the spectrum, while other records such as hertrio album Mingus Mingus Mingus focus on the more traditional jazzcanon.

In 2017, Silke has been Artist in Residence at Elastic Arts in Chicago,USA. Her most recent trio album The Being Inn was released in June,of which has been said, “Eberhard’s agility and facility in voicing a lineis formidable, but it’s the clarion plangency of her tone that sticksmost tenaciously in the memory.”

On Wednesday and Thursday, Silke performs with the SydneyWomen’s Jazz Collective, joining them in the second set of eachevening to perform Silke’s own compositions at scale with the ten-piece band. On Friday, Silke performs in a more intimate setting withsome of Australia’s greatest improvising musicians including SandyEvans and Andrea Keller.SILKE EBERHARD alto saxophone, composition

SYDNEY WOMEN’S JAZZ COLLECTIVEThe Sydney Women’s Jazz Collective is a 10-piece powerhouse formedin 2016. These talented musicians represent some of Australia’s upand coming jazz stars, including several past winners of theprestigious Jann Rutherford Memorial Award. Led by bassist HannahJames and trumpeter Ellen Kirkwood (2017 Freedman FellowshipFinalist), the Sydney Women’s Jazz Collective plays primarily Australianworks including specially commissioned works by Andrea Keller, JennaCave, Glenn Doig and Ellen Kirkwood. In 2016, the band engaged in avery special international collaboration with Canadian jazz stars Ingridand Christine Jensen, and were invited to perform at the SydneyConservatorium of Music’s 2017 International Jazz Festival.

In the first set of each Festival performance, the Sydney Women’s JazzCollective will showcase their own triumphant interpretations,including new works commissioned especially by the SydneyInternational Women’s Jazz Festival, 2017 and 2016. In the second setof both Wednesday and Thursday, they are joined by very specialguest Silke Eberhard (DEU) to play Silke’s compositions on a grand 10-piece scale.HANNAH JAMES bass, co-bandleader ELLEN KIRKWOOD trumpet,co-bandleader LORETTA PALMEIRO alto and soprano saxophoneLAURA CORNEY tenor saxophone KALI GILLEN baritone saxophoneLOUISE HORWOOD trumpet ALEX SILVER tromboneFREYJA GARBETT piano SORCHA ALBUQUERQUE guitarJAMIE CAMERON drums

SILKE EBERHARD (DEU) WITH SANDY EVANS, ANDREA KELLER AND FRIENDS8.30pm Friday 17 November, Foundry 616

This evening presents a very special opportunity to see Berlin-basedjazz saxophonist/composer Silke Eberhard in an intimateperformance with some of Australia’s greatest improvisers. Silke’sspecial guests in this performance are:

Sandy Evans is one of Australia’s leading saxophonists andcomposers as well as an educator and mentor.  Sandy performs withthe Sandy Evans Trio, The catholics, the Australian Art Orchestra,MARA!, Ten Part Invention, Bobby Singh, austraLYSIS, and Waratah.Sandy has won many Awards including an OAM, AIR BestIndependent Jazz Record 2011, Australian Jazz Musician of the Year2003, and three ARIA Awards. In 2002, Sandy joined forces with theSydney Improvised Music Association (SIMA) to co-found the YoungWomen’s Jazz Workshops, to help counter the imbalance of women injazz.

Andrea Keller, pianist, composer and bandleader, has received manyaccolades as a significant female jazz and improvising artist. In 2017she won an APRA AMCOS Professional Development Award and anAPRA AMCOS Art Music Award for Excellence in Jazz. Andrea has wonthree ARIA Awards, five Australian Jazz ‘Bell’ Awards, two further ArtMusic Awards, and fellowships from the MCA, Freedman Foundationand the Australia Council. One of our most interesting pianists, it hasbeen said that “The mind and sound-world of Andrea Keller… is one ofthe most original – if not the most original – in Australian jazz.”SILKE EBERHARD alto saxophone, composition SANDY EVANSsaxophones ANDREA KELLER piano THOMAS BOTTING bassTIM FIRTH drums

FESTIVAL BAND NIGHT: TA GO LAK / NAPOLOGY8.30pm Thursday 16 November, Venue 505TA GO LAKTa Go Lak’s high-energy percussive music explores improvisationalareas that emerge in response to Korean folk and shamanic traditionsand rhythmic textures found in the Pacific. Traversing the full soundand energy spectrum from meditative elements to resounding gongsand explosive climaxes, Ta Go Lak contrast traditional folkinstruments with full modern drumkits. Recent performances includeconcerts at Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA).CHLOE KIM drumset HANNAH KIM Korean traditional percussion,haegum SIMON BARKER drumset

NAPOLOGY 10pm“electrifying one’s nervous system” – Sydney Morning Herald

Led by cellist, bassist and vocalist Mary Rapp, Napology combinesbrute strength, jazz virtuosity, rock emotion and noisy catharsis.Drawing upon influences from D’Angelo’s Voodoo to Alas No Axis, BillFrisell and Miles Davis, their live shows are known for intense soniclandscapes of the Radiohead ilk, the rhythmic bombast ofSquarepusher or Caetano Veloso, and the harmonic depth andimprovisational freedom of a Keith Jarrett concert.

Mary is a multidisciplinary musician who has gained wide acclaim forher distinctive approach integrating jazz, experimental, classical, andregional music traditions. Her work as both performer and composerhas been featured by Ensemble Offspring and the Australian ArtOrchestra, and she has performed as part of the Sydney Festival, atthe Sydney Opera House and internationally.MARY RAPP bass, vocals HANNAH CZABAN vocals FINN RYANdrums CARL DEWHURST guitar WILL GILBERT trumpetSIMON FERENCI trumpet PETER FARRAR alto saxophone

FESTIVAL CLUB: SOULTREE11.30pm Friday 17 November, Foundry 616

Soultree presents the songwriting collaboration of Lauren White andStephanie Russell, two versatile, genre-crossing young jazz artists.Lauren’s sultry bass and voice complements Steph’s soulful vocalsand guitar, creating a rich blend of youthful melodies and delicateharmonies. Joined by Matt Harris on keys and Liam Hogan on drums,they bring a fresh songwriting energy sure to captivate and delight.LAUREN WHITE vocals, bass STEPHANIE RUSSELL vocals, guitarMATT HARRIS piano, keyboard LIAM HOGAN drums

FESTIVAL CLUB: FUNK ENGINE11.30pm Friday 10 November, Foundry 616“Tight playing and ripping talent” – Classikon

Funk Engine fuse jazz virtuosity with tight funk grooves. They playmusic that makes you move, whilst pushing their genre to the limitwith blistering guitar and saxophone solos and pumping rhythms.Formed in 2013 and with two successful albums to their name, FunkEngine are regulars across Sydney and have played numerousfestivals including Beats Music, Site and Sound, and Regrowth.NISH MANJUNATH tenor saxophone FELIX LALANNE guitarHOLLY CONNER drums SIEBE POGSON bass NICHOLAS TWINEYkeyboard

FESTIVAL FINALE: FRANCES MADDEN8.30pm Saturday 18 November, Foundry 616“A river of original and heartfelt material, truly a creative force notjust in the jazz idiom, but as a genuine contemporary songwriterto keep an ear out for . . .” – Matt Bailey, Fine Music 102.5FM“She has a wonderful feeling for jazz and blues standards butwhat makes her a real stand-out is her original songs and uniquestyle.” – James Morrison

Sydney-based singer, pianist and songwriter Frances Madden hasbeen described as ‘one to watch’ by Mal Stanley of ABC Jazz, and as‘Australia’s rising star of jazz and blues’ by Sydney’s Fine Music102.5FM. Frances captivates audiences with a combination of hergenuinely warm stage presence alongside a voice and style that areuniquely her own. Her jazz-oriented music is enjoyed by a broad rangeof audiences.

In the past year, Frances has headlined at the JZ Club in Shanghai andsupported the legendary Dionne Warwick and Grammy Award–winnerGregory Porter in their Australian shows. Frances performed tocapacity crowds at the Manly and Devonport Jazz Festivals and theHobart Festival of Voices, as well as doing an eight-show East Coasttour from Brisbane to Hobart.

Frances was the Fine Music 102.5 FM Stefan Kruger Award winner for2017 and also managed to spend two weeks songwriting in Nashville,USA. For the Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival, Frances willperform with her eight-piece band which includes some of Australia’sfinest jazz musicians.FRANCES MADDEN vocals, piano BORBALA BODONYI vocalsLAUREN HARRISON vocals TIM GELDENS drums PETER KOHLHOFFbass PETER KOOPMAN guitar RAY CASSAR trumpet JASON BRUERtenor saxophone

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VENUESFESTIVAL HUB FOUNDRY 616

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Take the train or ride your bike! Our Festival Hub is Foundry 616, ashort walk from Central Station and Railway Square, an interchangefrom which buses go to and from the CBD. Cross George Street andwalk down Harris Street to the corner of Mary Ann Street to reach theSydney International Women’s Jazz Festival Hub.REGINALD THEATRE, SEYMOUR CENTRESeymour Centre, Corner of City Road and Cleveland Street,Chippendale NSW 2008Phone 02 9351 7940 seymourcentre.com

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sydney International Jazz Festival Board Brett Boon (President), Grahame Campbell, Joanne Kee, Peter Rechniewski,David Theak, Prof. Di Yerbury AO

Sydney Improvised Music Association BoardProf. Di Yerbury AO, Peter Jordan, Paul Derricott, Zoe Hauptmann, Trisha Mok,Paul Ruiz, Raphael Tarazy, Deanna Varga

FESTIVAL TEAMZoe Hauptmann and Peter Rechniewski (Artistic Directors); Vanessa Chalker(General Manager, Sydney Improvised Music Association); Aniqa Mannan(Marketing and Festival Coordinator); Chris Ruhle (Publicist); Nicola Sinclair(Production); Serena Chalker (Festival Assistant); Caitlin Stewart (Intern); FionaNotarangelo (Bookkeeper)

Credits Peter Curran, Warren Matthews. Thank you to our partners, volunteers,SIMA members and festival audiences – we could not do it without you.

The Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival isadministered by the Sydney Improvised Music Association(SIMA). Established in 1984, SIMA is a not-for-profitorganisation dedicated to the support of jazz and art-driven music projects. To find out more about our work,visit sima.org.au

SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S JAZZ FESTIVAL 8-18 NOVEMBER 2017Wed 8 Nov Nadje Noordhuis + James Shipp (AUS/USA)

8.30pm, Foundry 616 ($40/$36/$25)

Thu 9 Nov Jen Shyu, ‘Song of Silver Geese’ (USA)8pm Reginald Theatre, Seymour Centre, ($44$40/$25)

Thu 9 Nov Renata Arrivolo – Tribute to Geri Allen // Zela Margossian Quintet8.30pm, Foundry 616 ($30/$26/$20)

Fri 10 – Sat 11 Nov Terri Lyne Carrington (USA)8.30pm, Foundry 616 ($66 Reserve/$50 GA)

Fri 10 Nov Festival Club: Funk Engine11.30pm, Foundry 616 ($5)

Mon 13 Nov Elysian Fields // Ephemera Trio7.30pm, Foundry 616 ($26/$22/$15)

Tue 14 Nov Some of Two Parts // Angela Davis Quartet8.30pm, Foundry 616 ($36/32/$25)

Wed 15 – Thu 16 Nov Silke Eberhard (DEU) with the Sydney Women’s Jazz Collective8.30pm, Foundry 616 ($42/$36/$26)

Thu 16 Nov Festival Band Night:Ta Go Lak // Napology8.30pm,Venue 505 ($20)

Fri 17 Nov Silke Eberhard (DEU) with Sandy Evans, Andrea Keller and Friends8.30pm, Foundry 616 ($42/$36/$26)

Fri 17 Nov Festival Club: Soultree11.30pm, Foundry 616 ($5)

Sat 18 Nov Festival Finale: Frances Madden8.30pm, Foundry 616 ($36/$30/$25)

BOOKING INFORMATIONTickets for all events can be purchased through Sticky Tickets atstickytickets.com.au/JazzatSIMA. For Reginald Theatre events, pleasepurchase tickets through the Seymour Box Office at seymourcentre.comor 02 9351 7940. For Festival Club nights, tickets are on the door only.

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