Michelle Nicolle Quartet

November/December 2009 - April/May 2010 - touring Australia and travelling to Malaysia

MICHELLE NICOLLE Quartet - (Australia)

Winner: 2001, 2003 and 2004 - Australian Jazz Vocalist of the Year Mo Award - Melbourne based, arranger, band leader and jazz vocalist Michelle Nicolle is Australia's first lady of jazz. With a full ranging and marvellous voice, her profile has been rapidly rising and Michelle has become known as Australia's finest jazz singer. Michelle has released 5 beautiful albums, all of which were received with high acclaim, and her 6th CD 'The Loviest Night' will be out on ABC Records at the end of March 2009. In 1998 at the Wangaratta International Jazz Festival (Melbourne), Michelle won the prestigious National Jazz Award and the judges included the legendary bebop singer Sheila Jordon (USA), and the current Blue Note vocal star Kurt Elling (USA). - "Australian jazz singing doesn't come any better than this" - (The Weekend Australian).

In 2003 and 2006 Michelle Nicolle toured around Australia and in 2004 she toured Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Thailand. In 2005 the Michelle Nicolle Quartet featured at the Java Jazz Festival in Indonesia and performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland, as well as at Singapore's Ozmosis Festival. In 2007 tourings included New Zealand, Turkey, Estonia, Finland and Singapore, and in November 2008 the JakJazz festival in Jakarta was included in Michelle's international touring destinations.

 


#########

"..an exceptional singer... who deserves attention as an original and inspiring Jazz artist." - Cadence Magazine (USA), June 2003

"Michelle Nicolle stands above any other jazz singer in the country."- Weekend Australian, Dec. 2003

"...Michelle impressed from the start with her talents, not only as a vocalist with a very wide octave range but also as an excellent improviser." - Bangkok Post, October 2004

"..an album that confirms Nicolle's place as Australia's best jazz singer." - Sunday Herald Sun, June 2001 (After the Rain review)

"..I can think of no one else who finds, in the modern jazz repertoire, such a sense of pure song." Gilbert Haisman, Evening Post, NZ, Oct'01.

".formidable technique and a staggering range......more interesting than most other jazz vocalists in the country."Rolling Stone

Line-up:
Michelle Nicolle - vocals
Geoff Hughes - guitar
Tom Lee - bass
Ronny Ferella - drums

www.michellenicolle.com

The Michelle Nicolle Quartet participation in the Penang International Jazz Festival is supported by the Commonwealth through the Australia-Malaysia Institute of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade



 
TOUR DATES 2009/2010
27 November - Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre (NSW)- bookings: 6298 0290www.theq.net.au
28 November - Sydney: Seymour Centre Sound Lounge for SIMA – book 9351 7940 – www.sima.org.au
02 December - Kuala Lumpur - Australian High Commission - private concert - www.malaysia.highcommission.gov.au
03-06 December - Penang Island International Jazz Festival: www.penangjazz.com
22 - April - ACT - Canberra: Southern Cross Club - Woden - Vocalist Series - www.cscc.com
23 - April - QLD - Brisbane: Jazzworx!/Music Institute Bowen Hills - www.myspace.com/Jazzworx 
- (07) 3216 1110
24 - April - QLD - Boonah: Boonah & District Cultural Centre - www.scenicrim.qld.gov.au/newsEvents/boonahArtCentreDates.shtml
06 - May - WA - Mandurah Performing Arts Centre - www.manpac.com.au/
07 - May - WA - Perth - The Ellington Jazz Club - www.ellingtonjazz.com.au
08 - May - WA - Thornlie - The Don Russell Performing Arts Centre - www.gosnells.wa.gov.au

Back to top ^

 

April & May 2007 - touring New Zealand, Turkey, Estonia, Finland and Singapore

Michelle Nicolle Quartet (Australia)

Australia's first lady of jazz - That's Michelle Nicolle.

Mo Award winner 2001, 2003 & 2004 (Australian Entertainment Industry), National Jazz Award (Wangaratta Festival of Jazz 1998) winner and A.R.I.A Finalist 2001,2004 (Australian Recording Industry), Michelle Nicolle is a jazz musician whose chosen instrument is Voice. Also a superb arranger and band-leader, Michelle Nicolle, with 5 beautiful albums is celebrated as Australia's finest jazz singer.


What Kind of Fool - CD for sale

See our featured CDs page for how to purchase the Michelle Nicolle CD 'What Kind of Fool'

In April and May the Michelle Nicolle Quartet will perform at 3 international jazz festivals in New Zealand, Estonia and Finland. An important feature of the 3 week tour will be an Australian jazz showcase presentation as part of the Australian government’s Anzac cultural program in Turkey with concerts in both Ankara and Istanbul.

"This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Cultural Relations Discretionary Grant Program"

 

"..an exceptional singer... who deserves attention as an original and inspiring Jazz artist." - Cadence Magazine (USA), June 2003

"Michelle Nicolle stands above any other jazz singer in the country."- Weekend Australian, Dec. 2003

"...Michelle impressed from the start with her talents, not only as a vocalist with a very wide octave range but also as an excellent improviser." - Bangkok Post, October 2004

"..an album that confirms Nicolle's place as Australia's best jazz singer." - Sunday Herald Sun, June 2001 (After the Rain review)

"..I can think of no one else who finds, in the modern jazz repertoire, such a sense of pure song." Gilbert Haisman, Evening Post, NZ, Oct'01.

".formidable technique and a staggering range......more interesting than most other jazz vocalists in the country."Rolling Stone

Line-up:
Michelle Nicolle - vocals/piano
Carl Dewhurst - guitar
Tom Lee - bass,
Ronny Ferella - drums

Michelle Nicolle Website link
www.michellenicolle.com
April/May tour

 

Tour Dates 2007
14 April New Zealand
17 April Turkey
18 April Turkey
19 April Turkey
20 April Turkey
24 April Estonia
25 April Estonia
26, 27 & 28 April Finland
30 April, 1 & 2 May Singapore
 
  Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Thailand 2004


Winner of the 2003 “MO” award - Jazz Vocalist of the Year

“Australian jazz singing doesn’t come any better than this”
The Weekend AustralianFeb 2003

Michelle Nicolle vocals
Carl Dewhurst guitar
Ronny Ferella drums
Howard Cairns bass

Download Flyer Art *PDF 254Kb
www.michellenicolle.com

 

  Australia (2003)
 

Barossa Valley, Adelaide, Perth, Port Hedland, Darwin, Cairns, Port Douglas, Townsville, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Bellingen Jazz Festival, Sydney, Wollongong, Shearwater, Hobart, Melbourne,