Flora Carbo + Wilbur Whitta
Wednesday 25 October 2023 from 7pm to 7:40pm
Flora Carbo is a Naarm (Melbourne) based saxophonist who is undoubtedly one of the most exciting up-and-coming improvisers in the Australian jazz scene.
“Her saxophone produces a colourful palette of ideas and she’s eager to explore them all” - Nikolas Fotakis, Australianjazz.net
She was nominated for The Freedman Jazz Fellowship in 2022, 2021, 2019 and 2018, and was a finalist for the Young Australian Jazz Artist of the Year at the 2019 Australian Jazz Bell Awards.
Joining her is award-winning Sydney pianist Wilbur Whitta, who’s recenty recorded his debut album with ABC Jazz. In 2019, he won the UK-based Dankworth Jazz Composition Award.
“[He] will make a substantial contribution to Australian music” – Mike Nock