Great gig with Chris Tarr, Pete Jeavons, Steve Russell, Simon Jeans and Dylan Hooper.

http://www.echo.net.au/2016/12/telling-her-story/#.WEJPned5lwM.facebook
 

Album:  Weave 
Artist:   Leigh Carriage 
Release Date: 2016 
Label:    Independent 
http://jazz.org.au/weave-leigh-carriage/

Weave is a collection of ten original heartfelt songs representing key events and milestones in the Byron Bay vocalist Leigh Carriage’s life.This poignant and beautifully crafted collection of original compositions subjecting nature,complicated love,atonements to dear friends and a tragic event that changed her life make up her fifth album following on from the success of her highly acclaimed  Mandarin Skyline. 

Woven into the fabric of this album is the musical input from an extremely impressive line up of mainly Melbourne based top flight musicians to compliment Carriage’s creative output. With Steve Russell on piano,Steve Magnusson on guitar,Danny Fisher on drums,Frank Di Dario and Brendan Clarke alternating on bass there are also outstanding contributions from the horns of Julien Wilson,Carl Mackey,Phil Noy and Angela Davis plus numerous others on strings and vocals. 

The album emanates feelings of joy,passion and pain and an overall mood of introspection.On the outstanding tracks Blank Slate and Catapult (dedicated to fellow Byron Bay musician the late saxophonist Dave Ades) Carriage attains her star status vocally with faultless technique,sublime control and some very fine scatting. 

Rhythm Section: Stephen Magnusson (guitar), Frank Di Sario (bass), Steve Russell (piano) and Danny Fischer (drums). Horns: Julien Wilson, Carl Mackey, Phil Noy, Angela Davis, Tony Buchannan and Carlo Barbaro. Strings: Lizzy Welsh, Charlotte Jack, Natasha Conrau and Anna Webb.

http://eastsidefm.org/jazz-made-australia-5th-september-2016-leigh-carriage-weave/

Woven together: On this week's new music set we're giving vocalist Leigh Carriage's latest CD a spin, which features a star cast of Australian heavyweights.  

Leigh Carriage has enlisted the help of a number of local stalwarts, including Julien Wilson, Angela Davis, Stephen Magnusson and Danny Fischer to name a few. Her new album is called Weave, and it contains a selection of original material. We'll sample one of those on this episode - a track called 'Filament.' 

Broadcast  Sep 5, 2016. 9:00pm - 9:30pm  & Sep 10, 2016. 10:00am - 10:30am

http://abcjazz.net.au/programs/new-releases/woven-together

Thrilled to be performing at this years festival with a stella ensemble: Stephen Magnusson,Toby Hall, Steve Russell, Frank Di Sario and Carl Mackey. 



http://wangarattajazz.com/artists/leigh-carriage/​