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Lisa Young Quartet at Melbourne International Women's Jazz Festival at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club
Courtesy of Lisa Young | Posted on October 30, 2013
Where
Bennetts Lane Jazz Club
Melbourne International Women's Jazz Festival
25 Bennetts Lane
Melbourne
Map
+61 412 063 570
When
Fri, December 13, 2013
9 pm
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Musicians
About
Lisa Young is well known to jazz and world music listeners, as a creative rhythmic vocal stylist and improviser, incorporating Indian and African elements in her work. A long-time student of maestro Guru Kaaraikkudi Mani in Chennai, Lisa specialises in ‘Konnakol’ – South Indian vocal percussion.
She has created an impressive body of work as a composer and singer, and performed across the globe with vocal group Coco’s Lunch and her jazz/world music group - Lisa Young Quartet.
In a rare Melbourne performance, tonight she collaborates with her BELL award-winning quartet, featuring Ben Robertson (bass) Hugh Stuckey (guitar) and Danny Farrugia (drums). Performing their most recent song cycle ‘The Eternal Pulse’ and other favourites from their vast repertoire, as they layer Indian elements, rhythmic textures and ensemble dialogue, in an evocative journey of sound and song. ...