kansha 感謝 is a collective that brings together Brisbane’s finest improvising creatives intent on exploring musical ideas based on connection, gratitude and community. Together they create colourful musical worlds through the exploration and deconstruction of repertoire created collaboratively by the group.

This recording brings you into the kansha sessions, where once a month we invite the community to share in this creative experience for a morning full of sounds from all areas of the improvised music spectrum. The beauty of these sessions come from the wide variety of creatives that make up the collective, from straight ahead jazz musicians to electronic artists and everywhere in between. These are creatives sharing what they love, in a space they love, with the community they love.

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1. Sun Rising (Callum Pask)
2. Acute Motelitis (Roswell Rudd)
3. Homer (Callum Pask)
4. Feathers and Flying Machines (Molly Quant)
5. Motian Moves (Connor Perkins)
6. Portrait (Mingus)
7. Evidence (Monk; arr: Perkins)


Venue: Echo & Bounce

Date: September 06, 2025

Personnel:
Connor Perkins - bass
Ashley Hutton - tenor sax (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Brodie McAllister - trombone (1, 2, 4, 5, 7)
Callum Pask - keys (1, 3, 4, 5)
Josh Wright - drums and cymbals (2, 3, 5, 7)
Harry Beeton - drums and cymbals (4, 5, 6, 7)
Molly Quant - vocals (4, 5)
Chris James - alto sax (7)

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Andrew Garton

Album photo taken by Paige McKay