Michelle Nicolle is celebrated as Australia's finest female jazz singer.

Bell Award (2017), Mo Award 2001, 2003 & 2004, National Jazz Award (1998) winner and A.R.I.A Finalist (Australian β€˜Grammy’s’ equivalent) in 2001, 2004, and 2009.

β€œAll Rise”

Jazz at the Lincoln Centre Orchestra
with Wynton Marsalis

(Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Benjamin Northey,
Michelle Nicolle, Emma Pearson, MSO Chorus, Consort of Melbourne).

β€œThe Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra lived up to its reputation as supreme interpreters of this music, its garrulous horns meshing in seamlessly with the strings and percussion of the MSO. The large chorus – massive in sound – was used sparingly but always to dramatic effect, heightening the emotive reach of the music.

Michelle Nicolle, a renowned local jazz vocalist, was a standout, her resounding gospel cry of β€˜I Say All Rise’ piercing the soul”

β€” Des Cowley, ABR ARTS

The 9th release from the Michelle Nicolle Quartet.

Recorded in Melbourne @pughousestudios
and mixed and mastered in NYC
@marcurselli


Officially released July 7 on
Earshift Music

As well as a great composer J.S. Bach was also one of the great improvisers of his time, a perfect fit for the Quartet’s chamber jazz approach.  Also paying homage to other jazz composers, Ornette Coleman, Monk, and Horace Silver, these arrangements showcase the mastery of J.S. Bach’s compositions and add new flavour and energy to the improvisational elements found (and sometimes lost) in these great works.

 This is undoubtedly modern music, yet steeped in one of the richest of all musical traditions.     

β€œIt’s bats and wonderful and so virtuosic…some amazing ensemble work going on. It’s so startling and wondrous.”  Paul Kildea

THE BACH PROJECT

THE BRUNSWICK GREEN

EVERY THURSDAY SINCE 2007

Since 2007 Michelle has been playing in the gorgeous front room of the 'Brunny Green' every Thursday night, singing and reimagining your jazz requests. The Melbourne Jazz scene is alive and as amazing as ever. As a kicker into 2022 Michelle is re-jigging her residency by featuring a different line-up each week.


Some of Australia's finest and most creative musicians will join Michelle and they’ll be bouncing off classic tunes/not-so-classic tunes, some requests, and most importantly off each other!

Book your ticket here.

EVENTS