Julien Wilson / Carl Dewhurst Quartet

Julien Wilson (saxophone) and Carl Dewhurst (guitar) met in 1994 and have been playing together ever since. They are two of Australia’s most in-demand and highly regarded performers on their respective instruments. For ten years they toured together with the AAO. For the last twenty years Carl has been playing with Julien’s Sydney quartet a couple of times a year.

More recently they have been working on a co-led project which focusses on a shared passion for rhythmic devices for composition and improvisation. They are both direct and energetic performers and deep listeners who have experience playing the blues, funk, free improvisation, and various jazz styles, but manage to bring all their influences together in their own music. Earlier this year they played at Milton Festival in March with Hamish Stuart and Stu Hunter and played a season of gigs in June in Sydney and Melbourne with Simon Barker, Cameron Undy, Sam Bates, Scott Tinkler, Yunior Terry and Ebs Daramola.

For this performance, supported and presented by the Melbourne Jazz Co-op, they will perform a selection of original music with Sam Bates (drums) and James Gilligan (electric bass).

Presented by The Melbourne Jazz Co-operative:

The Melbourne Jazz Co-operative is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting and promoting original live jazz performance by established and emerging artists in Melbourne.

Since 1983 our objectives have been to increase the exposure of contemporary jazz performance by making it accessible to audiences, and to provide award waged performance opportunities for emerging and established artists.

In addition to support derived from member contributions, the MJC is assisted by  the Victorian Government, through Creative Victoria, via its Arts Development Programs. MJC was assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body from 1983-2017 inclusive, and was delighted to receive Australia Council funding of $60,000 for our 2019 program.

The MJC received $40,000 from the Australia Council over the 2021/2022 Financial Year, and was pleased to received a grant of $75,341 from Creative Australia (with Music Australia contribution) for our 2025 Annual Program.

Our sold-out 40th Anniversary Concert at the Melbourne Recital Centre in May 2023 was supported by a $20,000 grant from Creative Victoria’s Creative Projects program.