Michelle Nicolle Trio - Celebrating Album Release The Silent Wish

Sat, Mar 22

Tickets: $25.50 - $55.50 (price includes $5.50 processing and ticketing fee) 7:00 show: Doors @ 6:00 9:15 show: Bar @ 6:00, Doors @ 8:30 Experience the Voice of Jazz: Michelle Nicolle – Australia’s Finest Jazz Vocalist Michelle Nicolle, hailed as Australia’s preeminent female jazz singer, is a living embodiment of artistry and elegance in the jazz world. An internationally touring artist for over 25 years, she has performed throughout Europe and Asia, with highlights including the North Sea Jazz Festival, Tokyo Jazz Festival, Jarasum Jazz Festival (South Korea), and the Prague Jazz Festival. She has sung with Wynton Marsalis and the JLCO with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, as well as with Kurt Elling. A multi-award winner, Michelle’s accolades include the prestigious Bell Award (2017), National Jazz Award (1998), three-time A.R.I.A. finalist (Australia’s ‘Grammy’ equivalent), and the 2024 Music Victoria Award for “Best Jazz Work” for The Bach Project, cementing her as a national treasure with global appeal. “...a free-ranging singer with a sumptuous tone and exemplary intonation...” — The NYC Jazz Record, 2023 “Michelle is a singer born to sing, born to charm, enlighten, and seduce through music.” — Kurt Elling, 2012 “If there’s such a phenomenon as the perfect jazz singer, Michelle Nicolle is far and away my choice.” ***** — The Weekend Australian, 2023 In recent years, Michelle has been making regular trips to the U.S., performing at The Blue Building (NYC), JazzVox (Seattle), Jazz Lounge Live (San Diego), and Kulak’s Woodshed (LA), while also conducting workshops at CSUN, Frost School of Music (Miami), UNT (TX), and CSULB. She has been slowly finding “her people,” one of them being legendary jazz guitarist Larry Koonse. The multi-Grammy-nominated, LA-based guitarist (Natalie Cole, Billy Childs, Bob Mintzer) and Michelle played together for the first time in early 2020. In June 2024, they recorded a duo album of beautiful songs, and these concerts at The Black Cat will be part of the launch mini-tour for the album, The Silent Wish. Band Lineup: Michelle Nicolle, Vocals Larry Koonse, Guitar Ari Giancaterino, bass