I am completely thrilled to announce that The LL Duo, with Scott Leishman and his guitar and my vocals, will be performing three shows at the 30th Anniversary Thredbo Jazz Festival. Dates: Sat 28 April and Sun 29 April 2017. if you love Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass, you will love the LL Duo. Visit LL’s official site at http://www.llduo.info […]
ast night I attended my first ever proper awards night as an invited guest, The Art Music Awards presented by APRA and the Australian Music Centre, with a lot of the ‘high flyers’ of the jazz, classical and experimental music scene in Australia. It was a real thrill to be invited and I was looking forward […]
The Record Crate in Glebe has a pretty little music room above its selection of vintage and collector vinyls downstairs. If you can make your way up the rickety stairs, you’re guaranteed an intimate live music experience. Thankfully as a singer, I didn’t have to lug any major gear up those little stairs. RichMachine (drummer […]
Here’s a little teaser from the first recording session LL Cool Jazz did a couple of weeks ago. These three songs will be on the album! Hot off the recording desk, mastering is yet to be done. If you’ll listen carefully, you can hear all my breathing and my leather shoes creaking. Tee hee. We’ve […]
What a great Sunday I had! In the morning I was invited by Amanda Easton to be a part of the film clip shoot for her new song “New Bohmemians”. What a great song, a great idea and great vibe/feel. Amanda invited about 12 indie artists to be a part of her clip, to celebrate our […]
First recording date set After a number of weeks rehearsing with Scott, we’ve finally booked ourselves into our first recording session. The LL Cool Jazz recording begins in the studio on Tuesday 21st October 2014. We’re imagining that we’ll need a few sessions to get the tracks down, but it shouldn’t take too long to […]
Jazzy Cello with LL Cool Jazz For your info, LL Cool Jazz is Scott Leishman on guitar and Anne-Lise Larsen (that’s me) on vocals. The name comes from the two x Ls from our surnames, and we play… cool jazz. 🙂 Well, this afternoon we were supposed to be rehearsing – our last rehearsal – […]
Hi Everyone! I hope you’re having a lovely day. The weather here in Sydney is crisp and clear. Such a beautiful winter. There’s something I want to share with you because it’s something I’m very excited about. That may be an understatement. You know the feeling when you’re on the cusp of finally beginning to live a lifelong […]