Number Junky (WA) // Cope St Parade

"Monday Night Confessions" is a weekly show presenting original jazz/improvised music. Run out of Church Street Studios in Camperdown, Sydney, we acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, and pay our respects to their elders past, present and emerging.

29th September 2025 - Number Junky (WA) // Cope St Parade

Number Junky (WA)

Kristian Borring - guitar
Zac Grafton - bass
Peter Evans - drums

The inventive Danish/Australian trio Number Junky from Perth have become known for combining exciting rhythms and odd-time signatures with lyrical melodies and lush harmony. Led by internationally acclaimed guitarist Kristian Borring (“post-bop wizard” – Vintage Guitars) and the “hip and capable” (Ivan Rod) rhythm section of Zac Grafton (b) and Peter Evans (d), the group portray earthiness and complexity in composition and improvisation with exciting and cutting-edge original jazz tunes and re-workings of standards. Their latest offering, the album ‘Birak’, a nod to the seasons of the first nations ‘Noongar’ people in WA, was recorded on the back of the trio’s last tour of the Eastern States, is praised for its memorable themes and great playing (Dingo Jazz) and dedication to tightly woven interplay (Rhythms Magazine).

The trio also host the monthly residency The Villa House Sessions in Perth and they have done numerous collaborations with names such as Fabian Almazan, Will Vinson and Jamie Oehlers.

“This is a particularly well-balanced trio that has developed a close and very impressive rapport, intimate and intelligent and with a keen eye for detail. It makes for absorbing and very satisfying listening” – The Jazz Mann (UK)

"Inventive and unyielding...memorable themes and great playing" – Dingo Jazz Magazine (AUS)

Cope Street Parade

Justin Fermino - saxophones/voice
Aaron Flower - guitar/voice
Ben Panucci - guitar/voice
Sam Dobson - double Bass/voice

Formed in 2009, The Cope Street Parade are considered one of Australia’s most established creative music ensembles. They blend spicy rhythms with unique song-writing that span the genres of jazz, folk, pop, gypsy and swing. With tender ballads and rollicking dance numbers they capture the spirit and warmth of early music styles and cheekily blur the lines between the contemporary and the classic. Influences include Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima, Father John Misty and Leadbelly.

The hot sounds of gypsy swing mixed with elements of New Orleans traditional jazz meld together to create a style of music that sounds both new and old yet always uniquely Australian. Think if Django Reinhardt met Louis Armstrong in a good old country pub.

The Cope Street Parade have performed at major music festivals and venues across Australia, such as the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz, Sydney Festival, Bellingen Winter Festival, Manly Jazz Festival, Jazzgroove Summer Festival. In 2018 and 2019 they toured Europe, each year performing 25 concerts in Italy as well as concerts in Germany. The band has also been lucky enough to collaborated with Lulo Reinhardt, Peter Horsfall, Christa Hughes, Dan Barnett, Geoff Bull, Bob Henderson and Bob Barnard. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2010 and since then they have released seven albums to rave reviews and captivated audiences across Australia and the world.

'I've seen Cope Street a bunch of times now and every single time I leave the venue smiling with a skip in my step. A bunch of finely trained muso's who play for the audience, not at them. Their style rolls from Aus-twanged blues to whimsical Italo-pop and washes down you like a pint of your favourite beer. Beautiful!' - Paul Mac

“This is ecstasy.” - John Clare, Sydney Morning Herald

“The tenor is Fermino's instrument and he produced the romantic, rhapsodic elements and the dark, muscular drive characteristic of early Coleman Hawkins.” - Sydney Morning Herald

“It’s like Belle Epoque Paris decided - against the laws of space and time - to hold a luau in Redfern.” - Max Lavergne, Triple J

“A parallel in some ways to the Hoodangers in Melbourne. Here, the Cope Street Parade presents…the sentimental, the directly emotional and the downright funny and sometimes bawdy.” - Music Trust, Loud Mouth.

“…Fermino’s songwriting is too personal to be pretence, some of the elements border on farcical yet their heartfelt and impeccable performance carry them easily.” – Lucian McGuiness, Australian Jazz

Doors 7:30pm

Show 8:00pm

Tickets: $15 Student / $25 General Admission

BYO drinks