The Glider

NICK GARBETT’S

THE GLIDER

Coming off the back of Garbett’s 2018 Freedman Jazz Fellowship win, and subsequent relocation to Italy, The Glider captures a period of travel, discovery, and reconnection between old friends. The result is a meditation on colour, texture and rhythm, with musical landscapes and electronic flourishes reminiscent of Jon Hassell and Brian Eno’s Fourth World, all grounded in a distinctly Australian celebration of togetherness. 

"You find that a lot of jazz players in Australia practice out in the bush to get that sense of spice in their playing, and that's really reflected here. It's a very particular kind of Australian music in the way it's joyous and uplifting, as well as having a real elastic sensibility. I love the way this moves." KCRW

With most of the project’s musicians still in Berlin, Nick Garbett has assembled an Australia-based lineup for the album’s release, with Matt Keegan (sax), Dave Rodriguez (guitar), Aykho Akhrif (percussion), Finn Ryan (drums) and Pat Harris (bass) all enlisted to bring The Glider to life on stage for the first time.

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