French & Jazz Inspired Music from Jo Abbott’s Sanfona Ensemble
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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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