Original jazz and improvised music every Monday Night.  Intimate, personal, revealing.  Come listen to sinful musicians confess all. 😉 

Tickets and all future gigs this season listed here: HUMANITIX​​

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Doors open at 7.30pm for an 8pm first set and 9pm second set.

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Banksia Trio is a cutting-edge jazz trio based in Tokyo. Formed in 2017 by Takashi Sugawa (double bass) with Masaki Hayashi (piano) and Shun Ishiwaka (drums), the group primarily performs original compositions, with all members contributing to the writing process. Recently, Banksia Trio shared the stage with Gretchen Parlato, during a double bill concert featuring the Gretchen Parlato Quartet in September 2024.In November 2021, they performed at "TOKYO JAZZ 20th,"  and in June 2023, they released their latest album, "MASKS," on Sugawa's own label, TSGW MUSIC. This was followed by a performance at Blue Note Tokyo in November 2023. MORE INFO
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Atunement is a live sound collaboration between Panos Couros and Mx Robert Frost. Blending field recordings, ambient textures, musique concrète with analogue and digital synthesis, they create immersive ambisonic sound worlds. Informed by diverse lived experience and responding to natural and constructed environments Atunement’s  performances explore tension and harmony between internal and external states. For the evening's performance, Atunement will be presenting a ambisonic journey through delicate layering of textures to raw sonic energy, inviting deep listening and sensory presence. MORE INFO

After a sold out show in May this year David Bridie returns to Church Street for another intimate performance. On his recent most release "On Karen's Piano" David reimagined songs from his vast back catalogue of solo, My Friend the Chocolate Cake and Not Drowning Waving work just or piano, voice and atmospheres. Expect to hear David perform those versions plus an occasional surprise.

The trio features Baran Yildiz on the handpan, Alex Apt on the Oud and Guitar and Sohrab Kolahdooz on percussion and they will be accompanied by a special guest, Stuart Vandegraaf on wind instruments. They will perform original compositions as well as covers of emotive ethnic World music.  Expect a mix of eclectic musical instruments for a very special night.  More details here.  And see Baran perform here.

Sabine Tapia is a singer, songwriter and double bass player based in Sydney/Eora, Australia. With guitarist Harley Coleman they celebrate the release of her new single “Where Are You Going” from her upcoming EP.  A virtuoso songwriter and collaborator, Sabine’s life as a musician is interminable. Her songs feel like they’ve been carved out of those all too rare quiet hours. Her music is nuanced but never overworked, folk-like and familiar, yet edged with something that makes it entirely her own.  Sabine’s ability to articulate poignant observations and evoke feelings of nostalgia is perfectly captured by Triple J’s Nick Findlay: “This is the song form of running into an amazing friend that you haven't seen in years.”  YOUTUBE CLIP HERE

Inspiritus - meaning “to breathe in" explores the world of free improvisation by taking live inspiration from various images, making each performance unique and exciting, as both musicians and audience are taken on an auditory journey into the unknown. Led by Shane Carpini (drums/percussion), Inspiritus features some of Sydney’s finest experimental improvisers, such as Kenya Wilkins (piano/flute), Josh Shipton (electric bass), Lachlan Kerr (keyboard/synthesiser), and Liz Cheung (zhonghu/flute). Odyssey Eternal marks the groups debut album, a reflection on the constant discovery of both the internal and external to the self. The album is therefore a tribute and celebration to the gift that all humans have the ability to possess: the art of creation.

A massive year for violinist and singer/songwriter, Xani that's coming to an end. It's time to celebrate all the little wins. Xani Kolac is a rule-bender with a violin. Classically trained then gleefully corrupted, she rips the instrument out of stereotypes and drops it into the mess of songs, stories, and noise. It’s a gut-punch ballad, and also a wall of distortion. Improviser, composer, instigator, Xani’s shows swing like a wrecking ball between raw chaos and cinematic, heart-bursting stillness. “Her set wasn’t just a concert, it was an experience, a testament to the power of music to spark joy and bring people together.” (Upside Adelaide) “Xani Kolac is an expert at melding creative artistry with technology to build captivating sound worlds.” (The Age) MORE INFO or YOUTUBE

Sylva Quartet is a dynamic new ensemble consisting of Sydney Conservatorium of Music graduates Miranda Ilchef, Marian Kwon, Sierra Sharman and Francis Yoon. In this debut concert they present a suite of Scandinavian folk music arranged for string quartet, blending the warmth and character of folk melodies with the richness of the classical music tradition to evoke the natural landscape and mythology of Northern Europe. 

I suddenly realised I was the same age as old people, and I needed to play my compositions to people rather than let them sit in a filing cabinet next to the NRMA renewal forms... Some of these pieces of music are 30+ years old, and whilst my playing back then was questionable, the music stands up well, so I have asked some of my friends (and favourite musicians) to join me in bringing them back to life. I wrote most of them for my band in the 1990s called "The Storytellers". We will be playing some new material too, and some music written in the middle of the whole life crisis. Join us for an elegant, mostly meditative and slightly melancholy night of beautiful sounds. Nic Cecire: Drums  Brett Hirst: Double Bass  Lachlan McKenzie: Flugelhorn  Bill Risby: Piano/composer

Noria and the Parisians capture the vibrant sounds of Manouche music with all its famous verve, swing and string-busting excitement. Acclaimed French chanteuse Noria Letts has embarked on an ambitious project to revive the seldom-heard French lyrics of Manouche classics and rework many other French gems into this vivacious musical style. Totally authentic, with a rich soulful voice, Noria has performed in clubs across France, Switzerland, Canada and New York.

Noria Letts (vocals), Cameron Jones (guitar), Davis Seidel (bass), Steve Ley (drums)

'Sydney's First Lady of Blues' performs a set of yet-to-be-released music.

Alice has sung with Matt Corby, Tina Arena, The Waifs, Thirsty Merc and has released one album which topped the iTunes blues charts. She's witty, engaging and raw and will leave you feeling things you didn't know you could. 

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Ian & George are thrilled to be joined by their dear buddies in swing, Andrew Dickeson & Jacob Graham. An evening of hijinks is assured.

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A rare event in recent times: award-winning jazz multi-instrumentalist Adrian Cunningham returns home to reunite with his longtime compatriots in music — Bill Risby, Dave Pudney, and Gordon Rytmeister.   For this special performance, the quartet will feature music from Adrian’s latest album, It’s About Time — a celebration of friendship, swing, and the joy of creating together once again. Come join them for a reunion in a celebration of 20 years of shared music, and the discovery of new territory. Adrian Cunningham- woodwinds. Bill Risby- piano. Dave Pudney- bass. Gordon Rytmeister- drums.

Church Street Studios are not licenced, nor serve food.  We're all about the music.

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