Perth International Jazz Festival: Shannon Barnett & Helen Svoboda

Nice to Meet You: trombonist Shannon Barnett meets double bassist and vocalist Helen Svoboda.

First meetings rarely play out in public, but they will at this unique series of shows. Nice To Meet You brings together two world-class musicians who have never played together, and puts them in front of an audience that can watch in wonder as they navigate this new musical relationship in real time.

In this performance, Australian-born, German-based trombonist Shannon Barnett will meet Melbourne double bass player and vocalist Helen Svoboda. Will this duo create musical magic of spartan simplicity or radically robust improvisations? No-one will know until they hit the stage of the atmospheric and intimate Liberty Theatre. – and you could be among the only people to witness this premiere performance. Because there can never be another first time.