Description
Described as “one of the most creative and restless musicians in the Australian jazz scene” saxophonist Jeremy Rose has released over a dozen albums of original music and collaborated with some of the music’s most exciting musicians including guitarists Kurt Rosenwinkel and Lionel Loueke. Rose’s projects include the ARIA nominated Australian Music Prize-shortlisted The Vampires The Strides and the Earshift Orchestra as well as being a tireless advocate for jazz and creative music through his label Earshift Music. Rose has received numerous awards including two Bell Awards an APRA Professional Development Award runner up at the National Jazz Awards saxophone competition and a three-time Art Music Award finalist for Excellence in Jazz.
Join the Jeremy Rose Quartet as they visit music from his three critically acclaimed releases and explore new material. With a lineup of some of Sydney’s best jazz artists this is a night not to be missed!
Jeremy Rose – tenor saxophone
Steve Barry – piano
Noel Mason – bass
Alex Hirlian – drums
“A brilliant Sydney jazz composer and instrumentalist a young man with a social purpose” – 4 1/2 stars The Australian
“His compositions are ruthlessly crafted affairs.” Sydney Morning Herald
“Consistently questing music both as a composer and as a soloist.” – australianjazz.net
“A bold emerging Aussie voice” – Limelight 4 1/2 stars
About the Festival
Earshift Music Fest 2020 celebrates the diverse music making of artists from the Earshift community both in Sydney and across the world. This year’s festival features three Earshift Live events at the Old 505 Theatre, Newtown, Sydney, with Avgenicos Brothers ‘Reduction’, Jeremy Rose Quartet and Phil Slater Quintet, and four consecutive Earshift Online events every Sunday, 6:30pm AEST in October, with concerts from Rajiv Jayaweera (NYC), Elly Hoyt (London), Marty Holoubek (Tokyo), and Sam Anning/Kristin Berardi (Melb/Bris) + The Rest is Noise (Melb).
