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Perth International Jazz Festival: Shannon Barnett Quartet
November 3, 2023 @ 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
$40 – $45
Trombonist Shannon Barnett and her quartet blend German precision with Australian humour and musical mastery.
Described as a “soul-meltingly communicative brass player”, trombonist Shannon Barnett brings her German-based quartet to the Perth International Jazz Festival for the time. Building on her already impressive performance background in Australia, Barnett moved to Cologne in 2014, where she soon crossed paths with David Helm (bass), Fabian Arends (drums) and Stefan Karl Schmid (tenor saxophone) and subsequently formed this quartet. They have released three albums together (Hype, Bad Lover and Alive at Loft) and have toured throughout Europe and Australia, including performing at the 2016 Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Sydney Women’s Jazz Festival.
Predominantly playing Barnett’s compositions, audiences can expect German precision mixed with Australian humour and a great deal of exciting musical interaction in between.
“Barnett is a trombonist who tells stories with her instrument, seemingly squeezing out words and sentences, whistling meoldies and trills – completely at peace with herself and her tool.” – Dylan Cem Akalin, jazzandrock.com
“… a soul-meltingly communicative brass player” – Matty Bannond, Free Jazz Collective
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body.
[Editor’s note for accessibility: The Rechabite is accessible via the side entrance off of William Street. The Hall is on the first floor and is accessible via lift. FOH staff should be able to direct you there. It has wheelchair accessible bathrooms on the basement level via lift.]