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Still Night: Music In Poetry at The Jazzlab
Courtesy of Oh! Jazz | Posted on May 17, 2023
Where
The Jazzlab
27 Leslie Street, Brunswick
Melbourne
Map
(03) 9388 1999
When
Mon, May 22, 2023
20:30
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Musicians
Andrea Keller
pianoJosh Kyle
vocalsGian Slater + 14 Voices
vocalsJulien Wilson
saxophone, tenorStephen Magnusson
guitarAbout
Multi award-winning pianist and composer, Andrea Keller has created a sublime meditation on the omnipresent sentiments of death, grief and loss. Incorporating poetry that spans centuries and the globe, Still Night: Music in Poetry is a song-cycle composed by Keller (2016), and features Australian jazz vocalists Josh Kyle and Gian Slater, alongside Julien Wilson (saxophone/bass clarinet), Stephen Magnusson (guitar) & Andrea Keller (piano). As Robert White so eloquently wrote, “Meditating on a beautiful expression of sadness can help to provide a thoroughly uplifting sense of consolation”. Still Night engages listeners in a sensitive – and ultimately consoling – conversation on this delicate topic...