Jiem // Novak Manojlovic
Event description
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Jiem
Jiem are a contemporary quintet that explore the dynamic spectrum of jazz, both rhythmically and melodically with compositions by horn players Tessie Overmyer and Miles Rooney. They develop their sound throughout each performance from restrained and delicate interplay, grounded in their close musical connection, to high energy, complex virtuosic improvisations.
Emerging out of Sydney’s exciting music scene, Jiem consists of Tessie Overmyer, Miles Rooney, Ryu Kodama, Harry Birch, and Matt Harris – all graduates of the prestigious Sydney Conservatorium of Music. The unique personalities and stylistic qualities of each member form a synergetic ensemble that is far greater than the sum of its parts.
Influenced by great Australian innovators such as Phil Slater, Simon Barker, Andrea Keller, Jonathan Zwartz, and Barney McAll - Jiem are marking their presence in an exciting new chapter of Australian Jazz.
Novak
Novak Manojlovic is a pianist/composer/improvisor based in sydney whose work describes a fascination with contrasts; new and old, acoustic and electronic, diatonic and atonal, abrasive and meditative. in navigating the friction between conflicting aesthetics across the breadth of his output, one can hear his efforts to move traditional composition and performance practice into a contemporary context through sonic manipulation, visual augmentation and harmonic iconoclasm. In 2019 novak was awarded the freedman fellowship (jazz)
A big thank you to Judith Neilson AM and Phoenix Central Park for letting us use this wonderful space!