Flora Carbo

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Flora Carbo
Genres Jazz
OccupationMusician
Instrument Saxophone
Website https://floracarbo.com/

Flora Carbo is an Australian jazz musician based in Melbourne. [1]

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Career

Flora Carbo began playing saxophone at the age of 12, and became interested in jazz after visiting the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz. [2] She later completed a Bachelor of Music at the University of Melbourne. [3]

With her band the Flora Carbo Trio, she released her debut album Erica in 2018, with Isaac Gunnoo and Maddison Carter. [4] They performed at that year's Stonnington Jazz Festival. [2]

In 2019 she attended the Banff Centre's Workshop in Jazz and Improvised Music in Canada where she met Australian musicians Audrey Powne, Tamara Murphy, and Kyrie Anderson. [5] They recorded an album of improvised jazz which was released under the name Aura in 2021. [6] The group later performed at that years Melbourne Jazz Festival. [7]

Flora Carbo's debut solo album Voice was released at the beginning of 2020, and was to be followed by a European tour. This was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, [8] but she was able to perform as part of a digital festival at that year's Melbourne Jazz Festival. [9]

She released her EP Arthur's Walks in 2022, [10] a collection of work inspired by walking. It was recorded at home and was her first self-produced music. [11] The EP entered the Australian Independent Record Labels Association's charts, reaching #7 in their Independent Label Singles chart and #3 in the 100% Independent Singles chart. [12]

Carbo was Melbourne Jazz Festival's 2022 Take Note Jazz Leader, their annual artist development and gender equity initiative. She received support in the development of a new work Ecosystem which was premiered at the festival opening night. [13] [14] [15]

Awards

Discography

Albums

EPs

References

  1. ↑ "On the Couch with Flora Carbo". Australian Arts Review. 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  2. 1 2 Fotakis, Nikolas (2018-08-22). "Flora Carbo: 'I am striving for total honesty'". AustralianJazz.net. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  3. ↑ "Flora Carbo | Australian Jazz Real Book". australianjazzrealbook.com. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  4. ↑ Raupach, Alex (2018-09-02). "Erica | Loud Mouth - The Music Trust Ezine" . Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  5. ↑ "Is jazz winning an Aria? … Sounds jazzy to me". Ausjazz Blog. 2021-12-11. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  6. ↑ "Aura, by Aura". Bandcamp. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  7. ↑ Gaunt, James (2021-11-30). "Aura - At Melbourne Jazz Fest". Rhythms Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  8. ↑ Cahill, Mikey (2020-04-27). "Grounded jazz saxophonist plans to 'dream big' after lockdown". The Age. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  9. ↑ Cowley, Des (September 2020). "CD: jazz 2". Rhythms Magazine. p. 76. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  10. ↑ "Introducing Take Note Leader Flora Carbo". ABC Jazz. 2022-03-28. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  11. ↑ "The Freedman Jazz Fellowship finalists: their video recordings and project ideas | Loud Mouth - The Music Trust Ezine". 2022-09-11. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  12. ↑ "This Week In The Charts – February 28, 2022 - Australian Independent Record Labels Association". Australian Independent Record Labels Association. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  13. ↑ "Take Note Leader: Flora Carbo". PBS FM. 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  14. ↑ Mitchell, Roger (2022-08-17). "Heavens above – it's going to be a hell of a party". Ausjazz Blog. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  15. ↑ Radbourne, Lucas (2022-08-18). "Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2022". Beat Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  16. ↑ Briggs, Maddy (6 September 2022). "Winner of the 2022 Freedman Jazz Fellowship announced". Limelight. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  17. ↑ Wise, Brian (2019-09-30). "The Bell Awards 2019". Rhythms Music Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  18. ↑ "FREEDMAN JAZZ FELLOWSHIPS 2019: THE 3 FINALISTS, THE OPERA HOUSE CONCERT | Loud Mouth - The Music Trust Ezine". 2019-07-28. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  19. ↑ Kee, Joanne (2018-06-19). "Freedman Jazz Fellowship 2018". Jazz Australia. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  20. ↑ "2017 Generations in Jazz hailed a huge success". Naracoorte Herald. 2017-05-08. Archived from the original on 2022-10-13. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  21. ↑ Kee, Joanne (2016-11-02). "National Jazz Awards 2016 winner". Jazz Australia. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
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