Michelle Nicolle Trio - Celebrating Album Release The Silent Wish feat. Larry Koonse

Sat, Mar 22

Tickets: $30.50 - $65.50 (price includes $5.50 processing and ticketing fee) 7:00 show: Doors @ 6:00 9:30 show: Bar @ 6:00, Doors @ 8:45 Experience the Voice of Jazz: Michelle Nicolle – Australia's Finest Jazz Vocalist Michelle Nicolle, hailed as Australia's preeminent female jazz singer, is a living embodiment of artistry and elegance in the jazz world. An internationally touring artist for over 25 years she has performed throughout Europe and Asia with highlights including the North Sea Jazz Festival, Tokyo Jazz Festival, Jarasum Jazz Festival (South Korea), and the Prague Jazz Festival. She’s sang with Wynton Marsalis and the JLCO with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and also with Kurt Elling. A multi-award-winner, Michelle’s accolades include the prestigious Bell Award (2017), National Jazz Award winner (1998) and 3-time A.R.I.A Finalist (Australia's 'Grammy' equivalent) and 2024 Music Victoria Award "Best Jazz Work" for The Bach Project cementing her as a national treasure with global appeal. "...a free-ranging singer with a sumptuous tone and exemplary intonation..." The NYC Jazz Record, 2023 "Michelle is a singer born to sing, born to charm, enlighten and seduce through music." Kurt Elling, 2012 "If there's such a phenomenon as the perfect jazz singer, Michelle Nicolle is far and away my choice." The Weekend Australian, 2023 Michelle has in recent years been making regular trips to the U.S performing at The Blue Building, (NYC), JazzVox (Seattle), Jazz Lounge Live (San Diego), Kulak’s Woodshed (LA) and conducting workshops at CSUN, Frost School of Music (Miami), UNT (TX) and CSULB. She has been slowly finding "her people", one of them being legendary jazz guitarist Larry Koonse. The multi-Grammy nominated LA-based guitarist (Natalie Cole, Billy Childs, Bob Mintzer) and Michelle played together for the first time in early 2020. In June 2024 they recorded a duo album of beautiful songs, and these concerts of The Black Cat will be a part of the 'launch' mini-tour of the album, The Silent Wish. Michelle Nicolle, Vocals Larry Koonse, Guitar Ari Giancaterino, bass