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Jessica Nicholas

Jessica Nicholas ABC Jazz
Page added Dec 1, 2011 Updated Feb 24, 2013

Jessica ranges widely across the jazz spectrum, with an emphasis on contemporary artists and current releases from Australia and abroad. On-air Thursday at 2pm, repeated Sunday at noon.

Jessica has a particular interest in European jazz, where some of the most interesting developments in jazz are taking place. She is also fascinated by the way jazz and improvised music are influenced by other musical forms such as classical and world music.

Coming Up

Snarky Puppy
Broadcast:
Thu 23 May 2:00pm
Sun 26 May 12:00pm

Jessica Nicholas plays music from a band touring Australia in June... Dallas/NY instrumental group 'Snarky Puppy'. Complete playlist here.

Latest Episode

Kurt Ellingaudio
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Broadcast:
Thu 16 May 2:00pm
Sun 19 May 12:00pm

Some fantastic vocal renditions creep into this week's show, including from Kurt Elling and Michelle Nicolle. More here.

Recent Episodes

Stephen Magnusson accepting Best Australian Contemporary Jazz Album audio
Broadcast:
Thu 9 May 2:00pm
Sun 12 May 12:00pm

Jessica Nicholas samples music from the 2013 Bell Award winner of Best Contemporary Jazz Album - Stephen Magnusson, and his album 'Magnet'.

Dr Lonnie Smith and Jamire Williams audio
Broadcast:
Thu 2 May 2:00pm
Sun 5 May 12:00pm

With Australia poised for a wave of international jazz arrivals in June we look back on some of the acts from 2012, including Dr Lonnie Smith.

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Broadcast:
Thu 25 Apr 2:00pm
Sun 28 Apr 12:00pm

Jazz festival time in Australia is approaching and in this episode, Jessica plays many of the visiting artists. Listen on-demand now.

Marius Neset
Broadcast:
Thu 18 Apr 2:00pm
Sun 21 Apr 12:00pm

This week: Norwegian saxophonist Marius Neset's new album 'Birds', with elaborate compositions that resemble miniature orchestral suites.

Gian Slater
Broadcast:
Thu 11 Apr 2:00pm
Sun 14 Apr 12:00pm

We hear a handful of new albums this week, including the Bell Award nominated disc from Gian Slater and Jamie Oehlers - 'The Differences'.

Kenny Wheeler
Broadcast:
Thu 4 Apr 2:00pm
Sun 7 Apr 12:00pm

This week we hear from two jazz legends, Kenny Wheeler and Wayne Shorter, who are still pushing themselves into unexplored musical territory.

Comments

On Apr 29, 2013. 11:08am
ABC Jazz said

Thanks for the comment Ed. We glad you like the show and we'll pass this on to Jessica Nicholas.
Regards,
ABC Jazz

On Apr 28, 2013. 1:13pm
Anonymous said

Hi, Jessica

Great live shows ... have always loved the jazz stream on my dig radio, but having a laid-back friendly voice introducing items is great .... a great program to do computer programming to! Should be more of it!

Keep it up.
Ed

On Mar 31, 2013. 11:22am
Anonymous said

Hi Jessica, listening to your show in Auckland. What a breath of fresh air. More power to your great musical taste. Regards, Bobby

On Mar 25, 2013. 12:56pm
ABC Jazz said

Hi there, you can catch Jessica Nicholas' show at 2pm on Thursdays and 12pm on Sundays. No digital radio on the Gold Coast, so you could tune-in online at abc.net.au/jazz, or perhaps on Digital TV..?

Thanks for listening,
ABC Jazz

On Mar 22, 2013. 3:44pm
Anonymous said

HI Jessica - oh great one who knows everything there is to know about jazz and more - I live on gold coast Qld what freq do I tune to to catch your shows on Th 2pm (or 3pm here)

On Jan 6, 2013. 6:14pm
tylers said

My mother listened on Friday night/Saturday to a terriffic remix of Don Burrows Mississipi Mud.It had just been remixed by Billy Armstrong and she is deperate to get a copy of this track.I was wondering if you could let us know where we could purchase a copy please.It would make her day.

Regards Christine

Normas daughter.

On Nov 18, 2012. 12:19pm
Anonymous said

We stream ABC jazz live in our shop but there seems to be too much commentary & not enough music

On Aug 28, 2012. 3:23pm
ABC Jazz said

Thanks for the info Michelle...

On Aug 23, 2012. 11:39am
Anonymous said

Hi there, I went to check out live Gypsy Jazz at a place called Kulcha in the heart of Freo on Sunday. Couldn't believe its free entry, and every Sunday and started at 4, I think. They had Ashley Arbuckle 'filling in' for the Belleville Quartet.

Just thought it might be something that the other listeners would want to know about too.

Love the music you're playing!

Michelle

On Aug 20, 2012. 2:46pm
ABC Jazz said

Hello, we think the John Scofield track you were after is:
‘Hammock Soliloquy’ (JOHN SCOFIELD TRIO)
CD: EnRoute, 2004

Other details are now online at:
http://abcjazz.net.au/programs/jessica-nicholas/new-offerings

Thanks for listening!

On Aug 18, 2012. 11:08am
Anonymous said

Hi ... can you provide the tracklist for the Thur 9 Aug broadcast ... there was a John Scofield tune that I want to track down. ... Chris

On Aug 17, 2012. 7:02pm
Cooltrain said

Can't listen to replays of your last two shows as the `play again` link has disappeared. Why?

On Aug 4, 2012. 3:35pm
Anonymous said

Hi Jessica, really enjoyed Best of British with Norma Winstone and the NDR Big Band. Standout track Riverman, the Nick Drake song. Nick Brown, Tawonga, Victoria.

On Jul 6, 2012. 3:17pm
ABC Jazz said

Hi there, we're not sure about a track by Jim Jeffries, but please feel free to check out the audio and tracklist from Jessica Nicholas' show on Sunday, July 1. The show started at 12pm, so I guess the track you're after will around the halfway mark... We hope you can find it with a second listen...
Here's the link:

http://abcjazz.net.au/programs/jessica-nicholas/euro-jazz

On Jul 2, 2012. 9:20pm
Anonymous said

Hi Jessica, I woke up to a great track about 1pm on Sunday July 1st, and I found a note in my phone which said 'Jim Jeffries' Did you play a track by this guy around 1pm on Sunday?? If not, can you list a couple of the tunes played either side of 1pm :)

On Jun 22, 2012. 2:47pm
ABC Jazz said

Hi Belinda,

The track you're after is:
NADEAH – ‘At the Moment’
CD: Venus Gets Even, 2012

You can find the entire playlist for each of Jessica's shows from the links above.

Regards
The ABC Jazz Team

On Jun 17, 2012. 12:59pm
Anonymous said

I just heard a great song by someone called Nadia (around 12.50pm, Sunday 17th June). What was the song and the album it was from? Loved it. aroma_goddessatyahoodotcomdotau.

Thanks,
Belinda

On May 18, 2012. 1:33pm
ABC Jazz said

Hi Annon,
The cover of Romance In The Dark was from our feature CD by Catherine Russell - Strictly Romancin' http://abcjazz.net.au/features/strictly-romancin-catherine-russell
You can also check Jessica's weekly playlist each week, which is published on this page.
Thanks for listening and we hope you continue to enjoy ABC Jazz!

On May 11, 2012. 3:06pm
Anonymous said

Hi Jessica,

Today (Friday 11/05) you played a cover of 'In the Dark' by a female vocalist around 3pm. It was fantastic! Who was the artist?

Thanks!

On Apr 23, 2012. 11:05am
Anonymous said

Hi Jessica,
Can you help with a recently played question please? Last Friday early afternoon - a track by a 'drummer as band leader' recent release. I seem to remember it being a European artist. Very organic and textured with an open 'room sound' ????
Kind Regards,

Paul G Man

On Apr 20, 2012. 11:54am
ABC Jazz said

Hi David,
The artist / track you're looking for is:
JOSH ARCOLEO – ‘Phoenix’
CD: Beginnings, 2012

Regards, the ABC Jazz team.

On Apr 17, 2012. 2:46pm
Anonymous said

hi jessica, last sunday (15/4) you played, around 1.40pm, a track from a young english saxophone player named josh something (peleydo?). can't find a playlist from your program. is is possible to let me know who it was. he was sensational. cheers, david

merritimes@gmail.com

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