Sam Gill

Scattered

Live at The Church

23 August 2026

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Jazz

Sam Gill is an award-winning Sydney-based saxophonist and composer, and was the recipient of the 2025 Freedman Jazz Fellowship. He leads the innovative quintet Scattered, whose music draws on experimental jazz, chamber music and European folk music traditions, conjuring evocative sound-worlds with lush harmonies, driving rhythms and animated improvisations.

Since forming in 2014, Scattered have carved out a unique space within the Sydney music scene, developing a loyal following of their unique brand of chamber jazz. Their 2020 debut album Perspectival was described by John Shand (Sydney Morning Herald) as “[slicing] through time and space to combine the freedom and complexity of now with an almost urbane salon aesthetic that could be a century old”.

This performance will feature a set of recently-composed music inspired by Sam's 2024 travels in Greece and Bulgaria.

  • SAM GILL
    Carry Like Gossamer
    The Lakes Below Ezeren
    Soft Edge
    Scintilla
    Tracery
    Vanishing Act

Featured Performers

  • Sam Gill

  • Paul Cutlan

  • Luke Sweeting

  • Yutaro Okuda

  • Jacques Emery

This performance will take place at The Church.

The Church is a meticulously restored 19th-century Gothic church in Alexandria, NSW owned by Judith Neilson AM that houses rehearsals and work development for musicians by invitation.

Performance

Performance

Sunday 23 August 2026
4:00pm

Location

The Church
9 Mitchell Rd, Alexandria

Tickets

Free, by ballot only

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