Vazesh

Vazesh perform long-form improvisations inspired by the Persian Radif and renowned Iranian tar player Hamed Sadeghi’s (Eishan Ensemble) music. Featuring Sadeghi alongside award-winning saxophonist-bass clarinettist Jeremy and bassist Lloyd Swanton (The Necks, the catholics), this is an exciting collaboration driven by an exploration of musical discovery.

With inspiration from Anouar Brahem, Dhafer Youssef, Spiritual Jazz, and The Necks, their music draws from many influences and yet sounds uniquely their own.

Vazesh is a fully improvised trio, a unique collaboration and their performances are inspired simultaneously by the vibe, audience, venue and elements around it. Their debut album captures the spontaneous composition of the group, something that is often difficult to replicate in a studio setting.

• Hamed Sadeghi – tar

• Jeremy Rose – saxophone and bass clarinet

• Lloyd Swanton – bass

Bassist Lloyd Swanton is co-founder of one of the great cult bands of Australia, the piano trio The Necks. They have released 20 albums since 1986 and regularly perform throughout the world. They were the first band to receive the Richard Gill Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music at the 2019 Art Music Awards. Swanton appears on over ninety albums, including several ARIA Award winners, and has produced four ARIA Award winners by Bernie McGann.

Saxophonist-composer Jeremy Rose leads a multi-dimensional career spanning a dozen releases of original music with collaborative and solo projects across the world, including The Earshift Orchestra, Jeremy Rose Quartet, and The Vampires. He has received recognition through nominations for the ARIA Awards, Australian Music Prize short-listing, two Jazz Bell Awards, the APRA Professional Development Award for Jazz, a four-time finalist for the AMC Art Music Award for Excellence in Jazz and runner up at the National Jazz Awards saxophone competition.

Hamed Sadeghi is a renowned Persian tar player and composer. He has performed at festivals, venues and concert halls around the world as solo and collaborative musical and theatrical projects. He has been nominated at the Sydney Theatre Awards for the best main-stage score and AMC Art Music Award for best Chamber Music. His band Eishan Ensemble has been touring regularly nationally and internationally.

It’s the closest thing to telepathy I’ve seen. The audience applauds, satisfied by the class, the brevity, the structural perfection and rich invention of Rose, Sadeghi and Swanton’s Vazesh.” ★★★★★ Limelight Magazine – review of the Sydney Opera House show.

“Captivating…. the uncanny effect being of three human voices singing in harmony.” ★★★★ SMH John Shand

“It’s an exceptional accomplishment to make music sound this easy.” All About Jazz

2021 ARIA AWARD FINALIST Jazz Album of the Year

2021 Art Music Award FINALIST Jazz/Improvised Music Performance of the Year