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Just Jazz Radio Interview | Steve Hart – Monday May 2nd, 2021

Radio interview as broadcast on ‘Just Jazz’ on Sunday May 2, 2021

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Evan was interviewed for radio by Steve Hart about his new album release “Groove House”. Evan talks about his musical journey, influences and inspirations which culminated in the new album “Groove House”.

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This week's charts updates for Groove House!⠀⠀

This week's charts updates for Groove House!⠀⠀
🎵#63 on the Smooth Jazz Global Radar Chart⠀
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@felixmeredithmusic ⠀⠀
@thomaslorenzomusic ⠀⠀
@smoothjazzglobal ⠀⠀
@suesmoothjazz

This week's charts updates for Groove House!⠀
🎵#64 on the Smooth Jazz Global Radar Chart⠀
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@staggderek ⠀
@felixmeredithmusic ⠀
@thomaslorenzomusic ⠀
@smoothjazzglobal ⠀
@suesmoothjazz

This week's charts updates for Groove House!⠀
🎵#49 on the Smooth Jazz Global 50 Below Chartbound.⠀
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@staggderek ⠀
@felixmeredithmusic ⠀
@thomaslorenzomusic ⠀
@smoothjazzglobal ⠀
@suesmoothjazz

This week Groove House for the very first time is.

This week Groove House for the very first time is.......⠀
🎵#39 on the Smooth Jazz Global Listener Countdown ! Voted by the listeners for the listeners !⠀
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@nateharasim ⠀
@staggderek ⠀
@thomaslorenzomusic ⠀
@smoothjazzglobal ⠀
@suesmoothjazz
@michael.oliphant
@felixmeredithmusic
@aidan.sax
@cmintslice
@smoothjazzsitges
@smoothjazzmag
@smoothjazz.melbourne

‘Groove House’, the first track on my new EP,

‘Groove House’, the first track on my new EP, invokes that feeling of laid back, sweet grooves!⁠
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@nateharasim⁠
@staggderek⁠
@smoothjazzglobal⁠
@suesmoothjazz⁠
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The full EP is available for purchase on my website and streaming on @spotify and @applemusic. ⁠
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Follow the link in my bio

This week's chart update for Groove House! 🎵#66

This week's chart update for Groove House!
🎵#66 on the SmoothJazz.com Global Radar Chart for a total of 18 stations and 75 spins.@nateharasim
@staggderek
@michael.oliphant
@felixmeredithmusic
@aidan.sax
@cmintslice
@thomaslorenzomusic
@smoothjazzglobal
@suesmoothjazz

Snippet of ‘Groove House’, track 1 from my Gro

Snippet of ‘Groove House’, track 1 from my Groove House EP. ⁠
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@nateharasim⁠
@staggderek⁠
@smoothjazzglobal⁠
@suesmoothjazz⁠
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The full EP is available for purchase on my website and streaming on @spotify and @applemusic. ⁠
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Follow the link in my bio

This week's charts updates for Groove House!🎵

This week's charts updates for Groove House!🎵#21 (up from #154) on the SmoothJazz.com Global 50 Below Chartbound.🎵#45 (up from #55) on the SmoothJazz.com Global Radar Chart with +3 adds and +11 spins.
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Total of 18 stations reporting and a total of 75 spins.@nateharasim @staggderek @michael.oliphant @felixmeredithmusic @aidan.sax @cmintslice @thomaslorenzomusic

Another incredible review, this time from Music Mo

Another incredible review, this time from Music Monthly! Thanks team!

This week's charts updates for Groove House!🎵

This week's charts updates for Groove House!🎵#42 (up from #179) on the SmoothJazz.com Global 50 Below Chartbound.🎵#55 (up from #72) on the SmoothJazz.com Global Radar Chart with +3 adds and +9 spins.
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Total of 15 stations reporting and a total of 64 spins.Go team!⁠
@nateharasim @staggderek @michael.oliphant @felixmeredithmusic @aidan.sax @cmintslice @thomaslorenzomusic @smoothjazzglobal @suesmoothjazz

‘Groove House’, the first track on my new EP,

‘Groove House’, the first track on my new EP, was inspired by a little club I used to play in York Street called @bakerslanebar with Brendon Siemsen (Guitar) and Nick Parker (Keyboards) on Tuesday nights in Launceston. It’s where I first started bringing my original material to perform live, and the first group I played in which understood the music!⁠
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@nateharasim⁠
@staggderek⁠
@smoothjazzglobal⁠
@suesmoothjazz⁠
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The full EP is available for purchase on my website and streaming on @spotify and @applemusic. ⁠
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Follow the link in my bio

Groove House made the Top 10 on the@smoothjazzglob

Groove House made the Top 10 on the@smoothjazzglobal spincrease this week!⁠
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Go team!⁠
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@nateharasim⁠
@staggderek⁠
@michael.oliphant⁠
@felixmeredithmusic⁠
@aidan.sax⁠
@cmintslice⁠
@thomaslorenzomusic⁠
@smoothjazzglobal⁠
@suesmoothjazz

Thanks to #jazzmonthly for their fantastic review

Thanks to #jazzmonthly for their fantastic review on our EP⁠
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https://www.jazzmonthly.com/evan-carydakis-groove-house/

Snippet of ‘Groove House’, track 1 from my Gro

Snippet of ‘Groove House’, track 1 from my Groove House EP. ⁠
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@nateharasim⁠
@staggderek⁠
@smoothjazzglobal⁠
@suesmoothjazz⁠
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The full EP is available for purchase on my website and streaming on @spotify and @applemusic. ⁠
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Follow the link in the bio ⁠

We’ve hit the listening loft – check us out at

We’ve hit the listening loft – check us out at @smoothjazzglobal

Happy International Jazz Day⁠ ⁠ 📸@melanie_k

Happy International Jazz Day⁠
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📸@melanie_kate_photography

EP OFFICIALLY RELEASED TODAY!⁠ “Acclaimed, Aus

With over 500 gigs under our belts together, Brend

With over 500 gigs under our belts together, Brendon Siemsens and I have just a few funny stories from along the way.⁠
On one occasion, I remember us doing 4 gigs in one day starting at 12pm at @monamuseum in Hobart, moving to the Squires Bounty at 4pm, then off to @thewinstonbar at 6pm, with our final show at @republicbarcafe at 9pm that night…and it was a Sunday!⁠
Jez (who ran @republicbarcafe at the time) laid down the law when we arrived at the last venue for the night: No other gigs in Hobart on a weekend when we’re playing for him. We’ll never try that again!⁠
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📸@melanie_kate_photography

I’ll be at the Kingsway Bar on Apr 29, playing w

I’ll be at the Kingsway Bar on Apr 29, playing with Brendon Siemsen. Performance starts at 8pm, tickets are limited so get in quick folks.⁠
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Book via my website, events page. ⁠
@kingsway_bar

I met Andrew Dennis through Brendon Siemsen, in fa

I met Andrew Dennis through Brendon Siemsen, in fact Brendon introduced us. If I had an anecdote about Andy, it would be that he is one of the few drummers that I know who can play melodically on the drum kit. In the absence of a melodic instrument, don’t forget! If you listen to just his playing, he always lets you know where the song is at, and as a drummer, that’s a great skill to have! ⁠
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@andrewgrahamdenn⁠
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📸@melanie_kate_photography

Introducing Ben Brinkhoff. I met Ben through a sin

Introducing Ben Brinkhoff. I met Ben through a singer called @janelle.stowe (introduced by Brendon Siemen). Ben first did a gig with us at @thehomesteadtas in Hobart, and my earliest memory of him was that he is a vegetarian – that’s it! (WEIRD I know – but I am a meat eater and in our ethnic household growing up vegetarian was not a lifestyle we had ever heard of!)⁠
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It wasn’t until our first major festival performance in 2018, when things started to take off for me as an artist, that I realised how great a player he is. I had written some Coltrane-influenced material that required an intensity and inventiveness in the style of the classic Coltrane Rhythm Sections. That’s when Ben absolutely shone, and he has been the only choice for bass ever since!⁠
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📸@melanie_kate_photography

New release out 26th April 2021.⁠ Signup for exc

New release out 26th April 2021.⁠
Signup for exclusive content via my website.⁠
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Introducing Brendon Siemsen, member of the Evan Ca

Introducing Brendon Siemsen, member of the Evan Carydakis Quartet.⁠
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I met Brendon when I first came to Tasmania from Melbourne in about 2013. He was the first great musician I played with, and we have been performing together ever since.⁠
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We have done well over 500 gigs together all over Tas and intrastate, from Oyster Bay to Wynyard and EVERYWHERE in between!⁠
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📸@melanie_kate_photography

The event on Saturday was brilliant! HUGE thanks g

The event on Saturday was brilliant! HUGE thanks go out to the crowd that showed up to support the quartet!⁠
The location was superb with amazing acoustics – we loved watching the audience get grooving.⁠
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Big thanks to the financial supporters that brought many of the aspects together - @rant_arts (@kitty_taylor_77 and Nathan Tucker), #artstasmania, and the @auscouncilarts. Without this help, we wouldn’t have been able to bring this free event to life. ⁠
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Thanks also to the team on stage and behind the scenes - @Brendon Siemsen, Ben Brinkhoff, @andrewgrahamdenn, @Adrian Barrett, @808touring, @jbmp_tas⁠, @melanie_kate_photography⁠

Always great to hear the warm-up tones of Ben Brin

Always great to hear the warm-up tones of Ben Brinkhoff 🎶⁠
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The team are all warmed up and ready! 15 minutes t

The team are all warmed up and ready! 15 minutes to go!⁠
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Brendon Siemsen, Ben Brinkhoff, @andrewgrahamdenn, @theajhardy, James Burke

Only 1 sleep to go! I'm so looking forward to gett

Only 1 sleep to go! I'm so looking forward to getting together with the quartet again and bringing you original smooth jazz that is uplifting, inspiring, and guaranteed to keep you listening. We still have a few FREE tickets left - just follow the link on my website to secure yours!

We are thrilled to be able to film the entire conc

We are thrilled to be able to film the entire concert on Saturday, thanks to #artstasmania’s assistance. We hope to release the footage worldwide later this year – so we look forward to having you as a part of our audience!⁠
Get your last minute ticket via my website⁠

A huge thanks to @rant_arts for their grant suppor

A huge thanks to @rant_arts for their grant supporting this weekend’s FREE event!⁠
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Follow the link on my website if you haven’t reserved your seat yet. ⁠

We are very grateful to the @auscouncilarts for as

We are very grateful to the @auscouncilarts for assisting three of the works that we will be presenting at this weekend’s concert. We wrote the works during the pandemic lockdown period, and hope you enjoy them on Saturday! Follow the link on my website if you haven’t reserved your seat yet. Only 4 sleeps to go!

We have just been approved for a grant to help fun

We have just been approved for a grant to help fund our free event next Saturday! Remember there is limited seating, so please secure your ticket today to avoid disappointment via the website.⁠
Thanks to @rant_arts, @kitty_taylor_77 and Nathan Tucker for making this happen for us.

I hope you’re ready to groove with the quartet a

I hope you’re ready to groove with the quartet at our FREE event on March 20! We’ve still got some tickets left, so please secure yours here via the website.⁠
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Ben Brinkhoff, Brendon Siemsen, @andrewgrahamdenn

I’m excited to be bringing you a small snippet o

I’m excited to be bringing you a small snippet of the upcoming EP here. I hope you like it!#evancarydakisjazz #ecjazz #jazz #jazzmusic #modernjazz #musician #music #saxophone #newmusic #newrelease #tasmanianmusic #artstasmania

Our FREE @liveatthechurch event is nearly here! We

Our FREE @liveatthechurch event is nearly here! We’ll be bringing back the original material from The Point Within A Circle – first featured at @monafoma, so if you missed out on seeing us in Jan, make sure you secure your ticket via our website. ⁠
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Supported by @ArtsTasmania⁠

I'll be chatting to Dan on @chillifm this morning

I'll be chatting to Dan on @chillifm this morning about our upcoming FREE event. Listen in to find out more or head to my website to secure your ticket.

It’s great to get the final mixes on the EP in t

It’s great to get the final mixes on the EP in the studio – work continues, but we’re getting closer 🙌🎷⁠
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This week's charts updates for Groove House!🎵#63 on the SmoothJazz.com Global Radar Chart ⁠For a total of 17 stations spinning Groove House for 50 spinswww.smoothjazz.com/charts/radarStephan CarydakisPeter KechayasNate HarasimDerek StaggFelix Meredith Callum Mintzis Thomas Lorenzo Fernandez SmoothJazz.com Global Bijou Music and Recording Studio ... See MoreSee Less

This weeks charts updates for Groove House!🎵#63 on the SmoothJazz.com Global Radar Chart⁠For a total of 17 stations spinning Groove House for 50 spins
https://www.smoothjazz.com/charts/radarStephan Carydakis
Peter Kechayas
Nate Harasim
Derek Stagg
Felix Meredith
Callum Mintzis
Thomas Lorenzo Fernandez
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Bijou Music and Recording Studio

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Hello Evan. So summarising it has gone up how many positions from the release?

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A very happy birthday to Felix Meredith who played the Trumpet on Majorca, from my EP Groove House.Featuring Thomas Lorenzo Fernandez on Spanish GuitarProduced By Stephan CarydakisMixed and Mastered by Nate Harasim ... See MoreSee Less

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This week's charts updates for Groove House!🎵#49 on the SmoothJazz.com Global 50 Below Chartbound.🎵#64 on the SmoothJazz.com Global Radar Chart ⁠Total of 16 stations spinning Groove House for 52 spinswww.smoothjazz.com/charts/chartbound www.smoothjazz.com/charts/radarStephan CarydakisPeter KechayasNate HarasimDerek StaggFelix MeredithCallum MintzisThomas Lorenzo Fernandez SmoothJazz.com Global Bijou Music and Recording Studio ... See MoreSee Less

This weeks charts updates for Groove House!🎵#49 on the SmoothJazz.com Global 50 Below Chartbound.
🎵#64 on the SmoothJazz.com Global Radar Chart
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Total of 16 stations spinning Groove House for 52 spinshttps://www.smoothjazz.com/charts/chartbound
https://www.smoothjazz.com/charts/radarStephan Carydakis
Peter Kechayas
Nate Harasim
Derek Stagg
Felix Meredith
Callum Mintzis
Thomas Lorenzo Fernandez
SmoothJazz.com Global
Bijou Music and Recording Studio

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Great work Evan.

Awesome 👏

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