Zephers Jazz present The Zela Margossian Quintet at Four Winds
Sat, 24 Sept
|Windsong Pavillion at Four Winds
Much loved friends Zephyrs Jazz and Four Winds reunite to present the ‘heartfelt’, ‘entrancing and dazzlingly unique’ pianist/composer Zela Margossian and her ARIA Award-nominated Quintet (‘ZMQ’).
Time & Location
24 Sept 2022, 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Windsong Pavillion at Four Winds, Four Winds Rd, Barragga Bay NSW 2546, Australia
About the Event
Zela Margossian’s late-2018 debut album, Transition, created a sensation both here and overseas. She certainly attracted Zephyrs Jazz’s attention, and Four Winds is thrilled that Zela and her Quintet will spend a week as Artists-in-Residence prior to their concert.
The liner notes to Transition describe its music as ‘melodies that juggle speed, calculation and experimentation alongside a sometimes soft, windswept mood’. It blends jazz with the Armenian, middle-eastern and classical traditions and with the music of ethno-jazz greats such as Tunisia’s Dhafer Youssef and fellow Armenian Tigran Hamasyan.
Transition attracted an ARIA nomination for Best World Jazz Album and enthusiastic and influential reviews. Prestigious performance invitations soon followed, including: the Beirut International Jazz Festival and Sydney’s International Women’s Jazz Festival.
Three years later, Zela and her Quintet have consolidated their reputation with their February 2022 release of a second enthusiastically received album, The Road. As the title implies, the album…
