Calm | Moana Hall | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The duo of Jessie Gordon and Mark Turner have created a score of rhythmic melodies familiar to the ear, reworked into an hour-long musical sound bath of calming aural hypnotic melodies, taking us on a journey, with no particular destination; beautiful and peaceful. Enter the exceedingly beautiful Moana […]
Best Friends (Again) | The Ellington | Until 25 Jan | ★ ★ ★ ★ Feeling bored, tired or lonely? Of course you are, it’s 2020. But don’t fret your socials, the real news is there’s sweet wholesome jazz at The Ellington to liven your soul and take you back to when eye contact was a thing. […]
Perth Cabaret Collective: Brassy Broads | The Ellington | Until 19 Jan | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ There is a magical sisterhood happening on stage. On the opening night, we were charmed by the vocal magic of Cougar Morrison, Leah Guelfi and Jessie Gordon. Celebrating and elevating many of the foremothers of jazz, including the music […]
Following sold out shows last August, Haitus Kaiyote – the self proclaimed providers of multi-dimensional poly-rhythmic gangster shit – will return for the Perth International Jazz Festival. The seven member future soul collective is just one of the many talented bands and performers on the bill for jazz festival which runs from June 3-5. Watch […]
Real Men | Ellington Jazz Club | Until Friday Feb 12 | ★ ★ ★ ★ Two of Perth’s most amazing jazz singers have teamed up for a show that is outside their normal professional realm. Jessie Gordon and Libby Hammer are the Anatomically Incorrect Gentlemen Spiff and Spaff and in this lighthearted show they ask what it is […]
Singer Jessie Gordon is extremely busy during Fringe World. Gordon’s enjoyed sold out shows with Stratosfunk’s tribute to Etta James, she’s also received critical acclaim for her performance in ‘Speak Easy’, and has been performing as part of swing band The Darling Buds of May. Yet she still has several more shows in the […]
Perfectly housed in the Perth Town Hall ‘Speak Easy’ is a classy Fringe experience with excellent performances. Drawing on the music and styles of the period after the Great War this show takes us through the 1920’s and 1930’s with a nod to the politics and social movements across Europe and America. When you step […]
