Louise Blackwell
Louise Blackwell is a celebrated French chanteuse and her band ‘Lou Blackwell and the French Set’ is the premier French musical act of Adelaide’s live music scene.
Louise started out as an actor in Geoffrey Rush’s MAGPIE THEATRE many years ago... [Truncated for brevity, but I have the full content in my memory]
Living in Paris, she really wanted to pursue her singing, so she started singing her Irish repertoire in the Irish pubs of Paris, then went on to study jazz vocal technique with two major Paris jazz singers, the Americans Sara Lazarus and Michèle Hendricks.
Louise eventually landed back in her hometown of Adelaide, singing in jazz gigs with the Bruce Hancock trio. Bringing her love of French culture to Adelaide audiences, she invited some of Adelaide’s finest jazz players to form a first-rate French musical act, performing a finely chosen repertoire from the great French chanson tradition.
Julian Ferraretto
Violinist Julian Ferraretto has been in demand as a soloist and ensemble player both in and out of the UK Jazz scene and in Australia.
Mark Ferguson
Composer/arranger/pianist Mark Simeon Ferguson was born in Whyalla into a musical family and raised in the lower North. As a pianist he has performed with artists including Rufus Wainwright, Lady Rizo, and Mark Murphy.
Joshua Baldwin
Coming from a musical family, Josh was drawn to the drums at a young age. He has established himself as one of Adelaide’s leading drummers.
John Aué
John Aué is a fulltime bass teacher and lecturer in Jazz Studies at the Elder Conservatorium. He has played with many of the jazz luminaries such as Don Burrows and James Morrison.