This week on Friday Night Live we will be bringing to you a live recording of the Julien Wilson Trio at the Gods Cafe Jazz Series, November 2007. The concert will feature Julien Wilson on tenor sax, Steven Grant on piano accordian and Geoff Hughes on guitar.

Julien Wilson is the recipient of the 2006 Music Council of Australia / Freedman Fellowship for Jazz. The funds from the Fellowship enabled him to travel to Europe and New York. In November his trio performed 14 shows in Europe, including two sold out performances at the Berlin Jazz Festival. Wilson and Magnusson then spent a month in New York writing and recording an album with Jim Black, Mark Helias & Barney McAll.

In addition to composing for and running his own trio and quartet, Julien co-leads assumptions and Snag, and is a regular member of The Australian Art Orchestra, Ishish, Rumberos, Murphys Law, the Black Arm Band, The Bennetts Lane Big Band, Twelve Tone Diamonds, Nashua Lee’s Rabid Hawke, Los Cabrones and the Jex Saarelaht Quartet.

Julien’s debut album, while you were sleeping, was a finalist for Best Australian Contemporary Jazz Album in 2007 and was nominated for an ARIA for Best Jazz Album. The CD features a wide variety of Julien’s original compositions performed by his trio & quartet, and includes a live DVD featuring his trio. His second album, Julien Wilson Trio – Live was released at the end of 2007.

Friday Night Live features live performances from the ArtSound recording studios and pre-recorded concerts from venues around the Canberra region including the Gods Cafe, Canberra Southern Cross Club, the Street Theatre as well as some of the world’s top festivals. You’ll hear interviews with band members and news of the latest jazz gigs around Canberra.

So tune  in every Friday Night between 8-10pm for the best in live jazz from around Canberra, Australia and Europe.