Upcoming Events

Coursed Waters Album Launch “Sensemaker”

3:00pm (EST) 4:00pm (DST)
Saturday 11 October 2025
Lagavulin

Coursed Waters is a high-energy modern jazz quartet led by saxophonist and composer Sam Gill. The band features four of Australia's most creative and critically-acclaimed improvisers:
Sam Gill - alto & soprano saxophones
Novak Manojlovic - piano
Jacques Emery - double bass
James McLean - drums

In October, Coursed Waters celebrate the release of their sophomore album 'Sensemaker'. Released on Earshift Music, the album's six tracks see the band explore the concept of sense-making: how we understand and engage with the world around us, how we ascribe meaning to our life experiences, and how we co-create the world with those around us.

The new album follows their 2019 debut 'Many Altered Returns' (Earshift Music), which received glowing reviews from Loudmouth (The Music Trust), All About Jazz and Jazz Trail. Here’s what the critics said:

“Many Altered Returns presents Sam Gill’s dextrous and tasteful freely improvised music approach through the eminently cohesive Coursed Waters ensemble”
-Stuart Vandegraaff (Loudmouth, Music Trust, E-Zine)

“One of the most interesting features of Many Altered Returns is the cohabitation of composition and improvisation... they complete each other and work in a sort of supernatural synergy”
-Can This Even Be Called Music