“This extraordinary album deserves as many accolades as possible.”
Read full review and others here.
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I’m excited to launch my album Discordia with two shows: Thurs 2nd May / Lazybones Lounges and Fri 17th May / The Music Lounge, Wollongong. Hope to see you there!
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Nice article in Jazz thing (Germany)
Magic of Collaboration
"We strive to make music that has integrity and reflects the world we live in," Rose summarizes the various musicians' common denominator. "There are so many great voices that are not yet so well-known, and that drives us. With our 15-year anniversary, we also celebrate the magic of collaboration within the Australian jazz community."
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Visions of Nar will be playing music from our debut album Daughter of the Seas, at Foundry 616 on Friday 22nd March. Hope to see you there.
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Earshift Music is proud to celebrate 15 years with some showcase events presenting Naarm/Melbourne and Eora/Sydney’s most ground-breaking jazz stars.
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My new album, Discordia, featuring the Earshift Orchestra is out 1 March through Earshift Music.
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I’m looking forward to some upcoming shows for the Vampires:
Friday Feb 9th
Finding Fillmores, Kiama, w / Godriguez | tickets
Saturday Feb 10th
Hot Jazz Picnic Lyne Park, Rose Bay 12-8pm more info and tickets
Thursday Feb 22
Lazybones Lounge, Marrickville | w / Godriguez tickets
Thursday March 14th
Brass Monkey, Cronulla| w / Chris Abrahams | tickets
Friday March 15th
Bird's Basement, Melbourne w / Chris Abrahams tickets
Saturday March 16th
Jazz in the Park, Gladstone Park, Balmain 2-6pm, free more info
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I was thrilled to win this year’s ARIA Award (Australian Grammy) for The Vampires’ Nightjar. It was a wonderful night catching up with old friends and celebrating music.
Read MoreIn October, Chloe Kim and I travelled to Seoul to present Disruption! The Voice of Drums at the Performing Arts Market Seoul.
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Great review of my recent release Project Infinity: Live at Phoenix Central Park in the Sydney Morning Herald
“Riveting improvisations from one of our best composers.”
★★★★1/2 John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald
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I’m thrilled to be launching the Visions of Nar new album, Daughter of the Seas (out 15 Sept through ABC Jazz/Earshift Music) with some launch shows in Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle.
Book your tickets early and hope you can join us.
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“Rose has become a pivotal figure, not just for his expert playing and composing, but because his Earshift Music is the country’s premier jazz label.”
Read a review of Orange Winter Jazz Fest by John Shand featuring Vazesh and the Vampires.
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I've launched the first video from the upcoming Earshift Orchestra album. Titled Loudspeaker, it features the Avgenicos brothers, trumpeter Tom and brother Michael in an incredible battle on a quintuplet groove. Drummer Chloe Kim also takes an amazing solo at the end.
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Honoured that Face to Face has been nominated for this year’s AIR Award for Best Jazz Release.
In some fine company this year - congrats to the other finalists and mates Barney McAll and Donny Benet.
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Excited to be launching my new album, Project Infinity: Live at Phoenix Central Park, at Lazybones Lounge, Marrickville, on Thurs 27 July, on a double bill with Rodriguez Trio.
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Thanks to everyone that has listened to The Vampires new album, Nightjar so far. It has been receiving reviews from around the world. Here are some highlights.
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My new work for saxophone quartet, Over Wind and Waves was premiered last year by Nexas Quartet. Check it out in the following video.
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The Vampires have a new album, Nightjar featuring Chris Abrahams, out May 12 on Earshift Music.
The album beautifully captures the group taking a more expansive approach to our music, inspired by Chris. He was a humble yet musically powerful musician to work with and I’m really excited about the result, I hope you enjoy it.
We’ve got some single launch shows coming up too, click through
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Two shows announced for Disruption!: Melbourne International Jazz Festival, October 19th and Melbourne Recital Centre, and Nov 5th at The Music Lounge, Wollongong
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“Worth chasing by those who enjoy complete immersion in exemplary musical creativity.”
★★★★ SMH, John Shand
Read John Shand’s review of Disruption and overview of recent Earshift releases
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