Doors 5pm
Show 6pm
She has been called “a mover and a shaker” and “a cornerstone of the Australian Jazz scene”. She is “WA’s First Lady of Jazz” and “the earth mother of Perth’s chanteuses”, not to mention “a complete stylist with brilliant scat technique” and “one of the finest jazz vocalists this country has produced”. With a career spanning over half a century, she has performed for the Queen and the Pope and is responsible for some of the most innovative jazz projects and festivals that Western Australia has ever seen. She is a West Australian Music (WAM) Hall Of Fame Inductee.
Her name is Helen Matthews and tonight, vocalists Ali Bodycoat and Libby Hammer, along with longtime contemporaries Ray Walker, Mike Nelson, Peter Jeavons, Garry Howard and special guest Sue Bluck, come together to perform the music for which Helen is well-known, and to celebrate and acknowledge her exceptional achievements.
