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.
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"..an exceptional singer... who deserves attention as an
original and inspiring Jazz artist." - Cadence Magazine
(USA), June 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
Line-up: 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
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TOUR
DATES 2009/2010
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27 November - Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre
(NSW)- bookings: 6298 0290
– www.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 |
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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.
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"
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"..an exceptional singer... who deserves attention
as an original and inspiring Jazz artist." - Cadence Magazine
(USA), June 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 Line-up:
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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
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www.michellenicolle.com |
