CELEBRATING THE LIVING ROOM THEATRE'S 24th BIRTHDAY

The Living Room Theatre in association with Kawai presents

Delay 45 + On The Telephone

On the Telephone is the debut duo of Uma Volkmer (trumpet) and Naoko Uemoto (saxophone). They are interested in crafting heartfelt sounds that parallel the ways in which they experience cloud gazing — by stretching out the evolution of ideas, moulding textural landscapes and finding abstraction. Their music serves as a gentle invitation for collective listening and feeling.

Delay 45 is an acclaimed jazz & improvisation quartet led by trumpet/composer Tom Avgenicos, alongside close collaborators Roshan Kumarage (piano), Dave Quinn (bass), and Ashley Stoneham (drums). With a musical relationship that stretches back as far as their high school years, Delay 45 have created a performance style that flows seamlessly between structure and spontaneity. Simple, recurring motifs interspersed with tight-knit interplay and textural dynamism characterise their performance style. Their sophomore release Flux and their multidisciplinary music-dance work Ghosts Between Streams expands yet refines their innovative and individual approach to performance with remarkable agility, musicality, and finesse, demonstrating how they are one of the most exciting ensembles to emerge in recent years from Australia’s jazz and improvised music scene.

They have performed at some of Australia's most prestigious concert venues and festivals including Sydney Opera House, Phoenix Central Park, The Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Melbourne Recital Centre, and MONA.

"a bold new chapter in Australian jazz". - Sydney Morning Herald

“The four members of Delay 45 have developed an approach to performing that is creative and individual…” - Loud Mouth

"once in a generation" - The Australian

“freshly minted contemporary jazz bursting with panache”- All About Jazz

Tom Avgenicos, trumpet/composer
Roshan Kumarage, piano
Dave Quinn, bass
Ashley Stoneham, drums

www.tomavgenicos.com/delay-45/

image: Delay 45(Jordan Munns)

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Ms Kitteridge & Bok Choy is part of LRT’s music program, as well as our research into how we hear and why we listen, or don’t.