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6 Aug 2023

Tim’s 20 Year Improvisational Questions

Arts, Jazz, Music, Performing Arts

Tim Stevens celebrates a number of things this year – marriage, first child – and his Trio – the Tim Stevens Trio.

Celebrating the trio takes the form of a gig where the trio will get together and play music from the five albums released across the 20 years as well as new tunes that Tim has ready to go.

Tim and Ben Robertson chat in this podcast about many Monday nights rehearsing upstairs at Tim’s home with drummer Dave Beck while building their friendships over a home cooked dinner ; their similar mindsets when it comes to chord voicings (and Tim’s challenging chord choices!) – as well as  a trip to Adelaide sharing the driving while trading BeBop phrases throughout the journey.

Both Tim and Ben agree that Improvissation is an ongoing Question and that perhaps their debut album – Nine Open Questions – may be a permanent set of open questions.

The Tim Stevens Trio celebrates their 20 year anniversary at The Jazzlab on Sunday August 13, 2023 – presented by the Melbourne Jazz Cooperative

Tim Stevens and Ben Robertson were guests of Bent Notes on Sunday July 23, 2023
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23 Nov 2023

Sonjas’ Artistic Outcomes for 2023

Arts, Jazz, Music, Performing Arts

Melbourne Drummer, Composer and Artistic Director of the Melbourne Women's International Jazz Festival, Sonja Horbelt visited the Bent Notes studio ...

25 Oct 2023

Cheryl’s work of Loss, Grief and Healing – Take Note 2023

Arts, Jazz, Music, Performing Arts

[caption id="attachment_2726" align="alignleft" width="221"] Cheryl Durongpisitikul[/caption] Cheryl Durongpisitkul spoke with David Moyle on Bent Notes about the work involved in preparing ...

24 Oct 2023

Katie’s Elixir of Poetry

Arts, Jazz, Music, Performing Arts

[caption id="attachment_3007" align="alignleft" width="300"] Zac Hurren, Katie Noonan, Ben Hauptmann[/caption] Katie  Noonan's ELIXIR project kicked off in 1997, with their goal ...