Composer, bass player and vocalist Esperanza Spalding has become one of the most important voices in 21st century jazz. She has also worked across almost every style of music with some legendary musicians (Wayne Shorter, Stevie Wonder, and Janelle Monáe to name a few). Her latest collaboration is an album with Brazilian singer songwriter Milton Nascimento and includes songs in Portuguese and English, as well as surprising covers of The Beatles and Michael Jackson.

Melbourne-based Affinity Quartet drop by The Music Show studio to perform live. This award-winning ensemble has found considerable success in performance competitions both here and overseas. There’s a lot of repertoire out there for string quartets, and they let us in on their process for selecting and performing the classics, as well as commissioning new pieces from Australian composers like Alice Chance.