SARAH DWYER AND MICHAEL BROWN

Sarah Dwyer and Michael Brown are a unique jazz duo whose choice of music and penchant for period costume effortlessly transports their audience back to the clubs and dancehalls of the 1920’s to the 1940’s.

Sarah's voice simmers, as she toys with the well known melodies of traditional jazz standards and tempts her audience with the pair’s dynamic originals.

Michael is an accomplished guitarist who effortlessly infuses their timeless repertoire with a fresh and colourful sound. Spending a night with Sarah and Michael is a rare opportunity to experience music infused with romance, elegance and passion.

Sarah Dwyer and Michael Brown Repertoire

1. A Fine Romance
2. Ain't Misbehavin'
3. All of Me
4. Autumn Leaves
5. Back in Your Own Backyard
6. Besame Mucho
7. Blue Moon
8. Blue Skies
9. Blues in the Night
10. Body and Soul
11. Caravan
12. Carelessly
13. Cheek to Cheek
14. Fever
15. Fly Me to the Moon
16. Have You Ever Been Lonely?
17. Honeysuckle Rose
18. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
19. I Cover the Waterfront
20. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
21. It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
22. La Vie En Rose
23. Like Someone in Love
24. Loverman
25. Lullaby of Birdland
26. Me, Myself and I
27. Mona Lisa
28. Morning
29. My Baby Just Cares For Me
30. Out of Nowhere
31. Paper Moon
32. Pennies from Heaven
33. Perhaps
34. Poor Butterfly
35. Sentimental Journey
36. September Song
37. Stardust
38. Stormy Weather
39. Summertime
40. Sway
41. T'aint Nobody's Biznezz if I Do
42. Them There Eyes
43. The Very Thought of You
44. The Way You Look Tonight
45. These Foolish Things
46. True Love
47. Undecided
48. What a Little Moonlight Can Do
49. What is this Thing Called Love?
50. What'll I Do?
51. When Sunny Gets Blue
52. Without Your Love
53. Who's sorry now?
54. You Were only Fooling
55. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To

An interview with Sarah Dwyer...

Sarah Dwyer is unusual among classically trained singers; how many can claim to have fronted a punk band in their youth? A founding member of Melbourne based a cappella group Vox Populi, Sarah continues an eclectic musical journey with the release of a new CD which marks her return to one of her first loves – the jazz standards of the 30s and 40s.

When did you have your first encounter with the jazz style?

When I was young, my Mum and I would sit on the couch in our dressing gowns and watch the Bill Collins Saturday Night movie while my Dad was out playing in his band. A lot of the time they’d show musicals, often old Fred Astaire movies, which featured many of the jazz standards that are the backbone of my repertoire today. Those musicals were really important; although there was always music in the house, my parents didn’t play a lot of the jazz greats at home back then.

Did you get straight into jazz singing when you had the chance?

No, not at all… my main musical outlet during my adolescence was as a lead singer in a punk band, though I was also being classically trained and performed in musicals, choirs and eisteddfods along the way. It’s strange though, when I was around sixteen I remember saying I’d like to be a jazz singer. I don’t think I knew what I was talking about, I just had this image of myself singing in this smoky club…

Sprawled on piano?

…yeah, and I just thought it was kind of cool. But I hadn’t listened to much jazz at that point, certainly none of the greats. There was just something bubbling away at the back of my mind I guess.