Mike Nock’s career has spanned a broad range of contemporary musical styles, and he is widely recognised as an important voice in Australian modern music.
7 Jun 2026
A Jazz Hour in Conversation with guest Chris McNulty
Chris McNulty has created a significant body of work as a performer, composer, recording artist and educator, and has produced or co-produced all of her recordings, including her latest album Soul Journey, her 8th album and her first release recorded in Australia featuring Australian, American and expatriate European jazz musicians.
18 May 2026
A Jazz Hour with guest Paul Derricott
Paul Derricott is a Sydney-based drummer/composer/bandleader dedicated to exploring and creating improvised thematic music with his band COAST.
11 May 2026
A Jazz Hour with studio guest Novak Manojlovic
Novak Manojlovic is the Artistic Director of the Sydney Improvised Music Association, and on this episode, he outlines his plans and vision for the 2026 programme.
20 Apr 2025
A Jazz Hour in Conversation with pianist Matthew Thomson
Matthew Thomson is an award-winning pianist, composer and educator based in Sydney, Australia.
Having won the prestigious National Jazz Awards in 2021, Matthew continues to build a profile as one of Australia’s prominent Jazz pianists.
In 2016, Matthew completed his Bachelor's degree at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with 1st Class Honours, and soon afterwards was granted a scholarship to complete his Master's of Music at the New England Conservatory in Boston, studying under the American jazz pianist, composer and educator Jason Moran.
During his time in America, Matthew performed alongside musical luminaries including Dave Holland, Miguel Zenon, Freddy Cole and Dave Douglas.
In 2023, Thomson released his own album with co-leader drummer Alex Hirlian under the band name “Tourismo” on ABC Jazz.
18 Apr 2025
A Jazz Hour in Conversation with saxophonist Sandy Evans
Dr. Sandy Evans is an Australian jazz (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz) composer, saxophonist, and bandleader with a career spanning four decades.
Recognition of her work[3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Evans#cite_note-Pleskun2014-3) has included receiving an Order of Australia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Australia) Medal in 2010 for services to music, and in 2014 she was awarded a PhD from Macquarie University (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macquarie_University) and the Vic Chancellors Commendation for Academic Excellence, for her thesis on practice-based research into Carnatic Jazz Intercultural music.
In the same year she also received a Churchill Fellowship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill_Fellowship) to visit India,and in 2019 she was inducted into Australian Jazz Bell Awards, Hall of Fame.
As a performer, she is a member of the bands Mara!, The catholics, the Australian Art Orchestra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Art_Orchestra), Ten Part Invention (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Part_Invention),[14] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Evans#cite_note-monthly-14) and austraLYSIS, among many other ensembles, and she has performed on more than thirty albums.
She leads the Sandy Evans Trio (with Brett Hirst (double bass) and Toby Hall (drums) who have just released their new album The Running Tide.
22 Feb 2025
A Jazz Hour in Conversation with pianist Simon Tedeschi
Simon Tedeschi is one of Australia’s most renowned classical pianists, recipient of prizes such as Symphony Australia’s Young Performer of the Year Award, the Legacy Award from the Creativity Foundation (USA), first prize in the Keyboard division of the Royal Overseas League Competition (UK), and a Centenary of Federation Medal. He has performed in major concert halls and for festivals throughout Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia, and for world leaders including former US President George W. Bush and the Dalai Lama.But he also performs and has a love of Jazz music which we’ll hear about when he joins me on this week’s edition of A Jazz Hour in Conversation.
20 Feb 2025
A Jazz Hour in Conversation with vocalist Bonnie J Jensen
A jazz-orientated recording artist and singer/song-writer, Bonnie J Jensen possesses an uplifting repertoire and a voice that segues effortlessly from soulful interpretations of classy jazz standards and poetic originals through adventurous arrangements of contemporary songs.
Playing in a variety of line-ups that showcase the pride of Australian jazz talent, whether out front with her Quintet or at the piano solo or with bass, Bonnie’s live performances display her warmth and a sheer love of good music. But she also has a passion for creating wonderful recordings and she already has several.
But it’s her latest recordings with the Dan Barnett Big Band that we’ll be talking about when she joins me as my special studio guest on this edition of A Jazz Hour
19 Jan 2025
A Jazz Hour in Conversation with guest trumpeter Lee McIver.
Trumpeter Lee McIver has travelled the world performing, composing and producing. He worked as a freelance trumpet player for many years touring and recording with many of Australia’s leading pop, jazz and world music artists but has always had a strong focus on performing and producing art music of an improvised nature,
He has worked as a composer for theatre, dance, multi-disciplined arts, television and film, and pure music ensembles.
His latest album, Tokyo Dawn, Is an international horn of mystery. A multi-talented free spirit, genre-jumping love child of jazz and cool electro, making music for all times.
25 Nov 2024
A Jazz Hour in Conversation with pianist/composer Casey Golden
Pianist and composer Casey Golden explores his musical influences and latest recording, unlocking new perspectives on creative expression.
7 Oct 2024
A Jazz Hour in Conversation with saxophonist and bandleader Sandy Evans
Dr. Sandy Evans is an Australian jazz (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz) composer, saxophonist, and bandleader with a career spanning four decades.
Recognition of her work has included receiving an Order of Australia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Australia) Medal in 2010 for services to music, and in 2014 she was awarded a PhD from Macquarie University (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macquarie_University) and the Vic Chancellors Commendation for Academic Excellence, for her thesis on practice-based research into Carnatic Jazz Intercultural music.
In the same year, she also received a Churchill Fellowship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill_Fellowship) to visit India, and in 2019 she was inducted into the Australian Jazz Bell Awards, Hall of Fame.
As a performer, she is a member of the band Mara!, The catholics, the Australian Art Orchestra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Art_Orchestra), Ten Part Invention (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Part_Invention) and austraLYSIS, among many other ensembles, and she has performed on more than thirty albums.
She leads the Sandy Evans Trio (with Brett Hirst (double bass) and Toby Hall (drums) who have just released their new album The Running Tide.
22 Sept 2024
A Jazz Hour in Conversation with studio guest pianist/composer Mike Nock.
27 Jul 2024
A Jazz Hour in Conversation with vocalist Alex Siegers
Alex Siegers has amassed considerable experience as a performer and an educator across the jazz, sacred, classical and pop genres with leading ensembles throughout Australia.
. She has also worked as an educator, conductor, vocal arranger, arts administrator, arts marketer, and music librarian.
In 2017 she graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
With a Bachelor of Music and Arts, majoring in Jazz Performance, Asian Studies and Linguistics.
Alex was our 2021 Ken Weatherley Jazz Scholarship recipient, here at 2MBS Fine Music Sydney and has just released her debut album, recorded in our Founders Studio as part of the Scholarship.
The album From Here is a collection of Australian Jazz Standards.
11 Jul 2024
A Jazz Hour in Conversation with studio guest pianist/composer Felix Bornholdt
In the episode pianist/composer Felix Bornholdt talks about his new solo piano recording Man Overboard.
11 Jul 2024
A Jazz Hour in Conversation with guest vocalist / bassist Nicki Parrott
Australian bassist and vocalist Nicki Parrott talks about her recording and performance career in New York and Australia.
11 Jul 2024
A Jazz Hour in Conversation with guest Felix Bornholdt.
In this episode pianist/composer Felix Bornholdt talks about his new solo piano recording Man Overboard.
19 May 2024
A Jazz Hour in Conversation with pianist /composer Matthew Thompson
Matthew Thomson is an award-winning pianist, composer and educator based in Sydney, Australia.
Having won the prestigious National Jazz Awards in 2021, Matthew continues to build a profile as one of Australia’s prominent Jazz musicians.
13 May 2024
A Jazz Hour in Conversation with Matthew Thompson
Pianist /composer and bandleader Matthew Thomson chats about his musical journey and influences and his new recording with Tourismo.
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