Gemma Farrell Quintet "The View From The Top" Album Launch

The Gemma Farrell Quintet (GFQ) is Gemma Farrell’s main original jazz project. Their debut performance was for the Perth Jazz Society (PJS) at the Perth International Jazz Festival (PIJF) in 2015. They continued to perform around Perth, playing at the Ellington, the Laneway Lounge, the Moon & Four5Nine, before launching their debut album in June 2018, called “Organised Chaos.” The album was featured on RTRFM and ABC Jazz as the local feature album for a week, & they were nominated for Best Jazz Act at the 2018 WAM awards, where they also performed. GFQ has performed at the 2018 & 2019 PIJF, In The Pines 2019, and the 2019 King Street Corner Pocket Jazz Festival. GFQ was nominated for Best Jazz Act at the 2019 WAM awards. In November 2019, GFQ toured Australia, performing at the Sydney Women’s International Jazz Festival, Jazz Music Institute Brisbane & the Jazzlab Melbourne. In 2020 they performed at the Duke of George & the Ellington Jazz Club before performing at the Rechabite, the Perth Festival, the Neon Picnic and the York Jazz Festival in 2021. GFQ have bookings coming up at PIJF on tour in Busselton in November and recorded their second album in December 2021, which will be launched in May 2022. As well as Gemma Farrell on Saxophones, the group consists of Sam Hadlow on Trombone, Dan Garner on Guitar, Kate Pass on Bass & Ryan Daunt on the Drums.