NOMINATION: Work of the Year - Jazz
For an original Jazz work of any instrumentation, including improvisatory composition.
A work is defined as a single complete musical composition, or expression. This includes music with movements or sub-works (i.e. song cycles), installations, and real-time compositions (improvised music).
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Sherk by Brekky Boy was my favourite jazz release of 2024. I feel that it is the perfect blend of jazz and beat music with incredible Rhodes playing by composer Taylor Davis, bass playing by Ryan Hurst and drumming by ARIA nominated Alex Hirlian. The improvised comping by the Rhodes compliments the synth melody and the breakbeat "JD Beck" style drumming in the B section is a nice touch. The song also has almost 130,000 streams on Spotify.