Sketches of Jazz on 2CBD FM

30/07/2025

"Sketches of Jazz" is no more. It's time slot is filled with the new version of the Here & Now on 2CBD FM show from the start of August 2025.

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21/07/2025

Next show will be on Sunday 27 July.
The feature this week will be the debut album from FAIRTRADE NARCOTICS, released on 7July 2024 on Groovecult Records.

We broadcast on 2CBD FM in Glen Innes (105.9) & Deepwater (91.1). Also streaming across the universe on www.radio2cbd.com.au & on the Community Radio Plus APP. Enjoy any way you want - just be sure to enjoy all these magical creations.
Show theme music: Fat Freddy's Drop "Cortina Motors"

Our show has 3 parts:
a. Feature album from 7pm.
b. After about 8pm, a CRN syndicated show from 2MBS: "A Jazz Hour with Barry O'Sullivan". Barry always has a studio guest.
c. From about 9pm, an overnight & evolving playlist of cool recent Australian jazz including each week's feature album. All the way through to the Monday Breakfast show.
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Release Information

FAIRTRADE NARCOTICS is a genre bending jazz-rock band from Naarm / Melbourne, Australia.

Led by bandleader and core songwriter Brooke Kymberley (vocals, trumpet, guitar) the project has built a steady reputation as a recurring live act in the Naarm/Melbourne circuit over the past 6 years, and continues to grow a multifaceted, eclectic discography with the arrival of their first self-titled album.

Comprising 9 tracks featuring singles Jojoba and Cerulean, the FAIRTRADE NARCOTICS LP was entirely self-recorded, produced and independently released through their studio label Groovecult Records.

Since recruiting George Inglis (production, lead guitar) Luca Soprano (drums, percussion) and Dermot O’Brien (trombone) the group have supported bands S*x on Toast, The Empty Threats and performed at Melbourne venues The Espy, The Night Cat, and The Curtin to name a few.

14/07/2025

Remember, from August 2025 we are rolling the "Sketches of Jazz on 2CBD FM" into the new version of "Here & Now on 2CBD FM". Same time slot, different show.

The syndicated "A Jazz Hour with Barry O'Sullivan" from 2MBS FM will still appear from time to time.

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14/07/2025

Next show will be on Sunday 20 July.

The feature album will be "Toby Wren Standards Trio, Live at JMI". Its due to be released on 24 July 2025 by 4000 Records. This is #018 in their very successful "Jazz in Meanjin" series of releases. All of which are available on Bandcamp.

We broadcast on 2CBD FM in Glen Innes (105.9) & Deepwater (91.1). Also streaming across the universe on www.radio2cbd.com.au & on the Community Radio Plus APP. Enjoy any way you want - just be sure to enjoy all these magical creations.

Show theme music: Fat Freddy's Drop "Cortina Motors"

Our show has 3 parts:
a. Feature album from 7pm.
b. After about 8pm, a CRN syndicated show from 2MBS: "A Jazz Hour with Barry O'Sullivan". Barry always has a studio guest.
c. From about 9pm, an overnight & evolving playlist of cool recent Australian jazz including each week's feature album. All the way through to the Monday Breakfast show.
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Release Information
Known for their artistry and dynamic interplay, the Toby Wren Standards Trio presents fresh interpretations of jazz standards, blending tradition with inventive flair. Expect sophisticated improvisation, deep musical connection, and a performance that breathes new life into classic repertoire.

Toby Wren has been an improvising guitarist and prolific composer in the Australian jazz scene since 2000. For this performance he is joined by Andrew Shaw, who seamlessly integrates knowledge of carpentry in the construction of his relentlessly driving double bass playing, and Aaron Jansz, known for his scathing product reviews and because he can run further than anyone, on this occasion wringing the nastiest swing grooves out of a drum kit this side of the river.

Personnel:
Toby Wren - guitar
Andrew Shaw - double bass
Aaron Jansz - drums

Andrew Garton

Release date: July 24, 2025

07/07/2025

Next show will be on Sunday 13 July.

Feature Album: "Live @ Boom!" by Polymorphic Orkestra. Released 2 May 2025 on Bamboozle Music.

We broadcast on 2CBD FM in Glen Innes (105.9) & Deepwater (91.1). Also streaming across the universe on www.radio2cbd.com.au & on the Community Radio Plus APP.
Enjoy any way you want - just be sure to enjoy all these magical creations powered by A.M.R.A.P. this week

Show theme music: Fat Freddy's Drop "Cortina Motors"
Our show has 3 parts:
a. Feature album from 7pm.
b. After about 8pm, a CRN syndicated show from 2MBS: "A Jazz Hour with Barry O'Sullivan". Barry always has a studio guest.
c. From about 9pm, an overnight & evolving playlist of cool recent Australian jazz including each week's feature album. All the way through to the Monday Breakfast show.
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Release Information
Recorded live at the Boom! International Festival of Percussion at the Seymour Centre, Sydney. The Live@Boom! album captures the Polymorphic Orkestra in full flight with guest artist and Saxello master Robert Vincs from melbourne. The band said "This is our sixth album, and although each one is special to us and offers a different journey for us and the listener, we feel this Live@Boom! album, really captures the essence of the Polymorphic Orkestra".

Artists:
• Ed Goyer - Vibraphone, Mallet Kat, Percussion
• Ed Rodrigues - Drums Drum triggers, iPad, Percussion
• Lee McIver - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Laptop, FX, Audio data.
• Robert Vincs - Saxello

Recorded by Richard Hundy
Mixed, Mastered and Produced by Lee McIver

30/06/2025

Next show 6 July. Postponed 29 June show ("Ember" by Coast)

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23/06/2025

Hello all.

First up, sincere thanks for all your support on FB each week. It really affirms my belief in the importance & relevance of new Oz music.

Changes coming: From August 2025 I'm folding this show into my main show "Here & Now", which will take over this timeslot; Sundays from 7pm.

Cheers, Paul

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23/06/2025

Next show Sunday 29 June.

Feature Album: "Ember" by Coast. Released 9 May 2025 on Art As Catharsis

We broadcast on 2CBD FM in Glen Innes (105.9) & Deepwater (91.1). Also streaming across the universe on www.radio2cbd.com.au & on the Community Radio Plus APP.

Enjoy any way you want - just be sure to enjoy all these magical creations powered by A.M.R.A.P. this week

Show theme music: Fat Freddy's Drop "Cortina Motors"
Our show has 3 parts:
a. Feature music from 7pm.
b. After about 8pm, a CRN syndicated show from 2MBS: "A Jazz Hour with Barry O'Sullivan". Barry always has a studio guest.
c. From about 9pm, an overnight & evolving playlist of cool recent Australian jazz including each week's feature album. All the way through to the Monday Breakfast show.

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Ember / album / Release Information

After the successful release of SKIM in 2019 and Live 2023 earlier this year, Paul Derricott’s compositional project returns with nine calculated tracks of experimental jazz fusion. Wild, vibrant and engaging, COAST’s music echoes the textured progressions, spaciousness and ferocity, reflective of artists such as Sky Window, Jonathan Zwartz’s Anamarum, BadBadNotGood and Daniel Rossen’s You Belong There.

"The music on this album was written post-pandemic, feeling the heat from the ground with this concept in mind. The ember of the fire can be the hottest part," Derricott shares.. "This music was written and influenced directly by Gadigal lands, Marrickville, and the Cooks River. It comes at a time when burning brightly seems a bit silly, but something burns nevertheless. Ember is the feeling in my stomach when I don’t have the time to get it all done at once. I will, however, get it all done. Perhaps this is growing up."

The second single, opener and namesake of the album, Ember, opens cool and calm with delicately plucked chords bouncing off smooth drums and a warm bassline. As the song slowly evolves, the drums are tactfully choked to emphasise the rest of the composition and give breathing room to each instrument. The layering of each element makes for a soothing, yet captivating listen - the song is a delight that will surprise listeners again and again on each replay.

Following Derricot’s work touring with Sydney/London-based songstress Georgia Mooney, COAST aim to take Ember live across the country in a continuation of their dramatic and engaging performances. With Derricott’s credentials including credits for acts such as Lanie Lane, the Beautiful Girls, Georgia Mooney, Aloe Blacc, Charenée Wade (USA), and Lakecia Benjamin (USA), COAST remains an exceptional artistic extension of one of Australia’s most prolific and talented jazz drummers.