The diverse interests and explorations of Loretta Palmeiro

In this Changing The Face Of Jazz series the featured musician is saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist Loretta Palmeiro. Loretta has been a member of and soloist in a wide range of ensembles which have made an important impact on Australian music, including the Sirens, the Divergence Jazz Orchestra, and the quintet which has been one of her main projects personally, Spyglass Gypsies. And the diversity in the music these ensembles play shows how broad Loretta’s musical interests are. In this profile produced from an interview with Eastside’s Mick Paddon. From her first experiences in playing the violin, Loretta moved on quickly to the piano and was attracted to the saxophone, literally, by the sounds she heard drifting across her school playground. For this profile, Loretta provided original music from her own recordings: a version of Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise, in a duet with guitarist Richard Ashby; a live recording from the Divergence Big Band; and improvised duets recorded with pianist Mark Isaacs under their chosen name Some Of Two Parts.

This profile in Changing The Face Of Jazz originally went to air  Eastside as part of the show Jazz Made In Australia and was re-broadcast in 2023 in Mick Paddon’s weekly Time and Space which airs on Eastside each Thursday from 12.00-14.00