<p>International Jazz Vocalist <a href="https://www.hettykate.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hetty Kate</a> spoke with Bent Notes about her brand new album &#8211; the first in a series of four, being released on November 7, 2025 at <a href="https://thejazzlab.com.au/event/hetty-kate-quintet-spring-album-release/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Jazzlab</a> in Brunswick.  The series is called <strong>JAZZ IN FOUR SEASONS</strong>, with Volume 1 being the SPRING edition, recorded in the Spring in Prague, and being released in Spring in Australia.</p> <p><a href="https://joy.org.au/bentnotes/wp-content/uploads/sites/107/2025/10/HettyKateSpringInFourSeasonsSpring.jpg?x35425"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-3303 alignright" src="https://joy.org.au/bentnotes/wp-content/uploads/sites/107/2025/10/HettyKateSpringInFourSeasonsSpring-300x300.jpg?x35425" alt="" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://joy.org.au/bentnotes/wp-content/uploads/sites/107/2025/10/HettyKateSpringInFourSeasonsSpring-300x300.jpg 300w, https://joy.org.au/bentnotes/wp-content/uploads/sites/107/2025/10/HettyKateSpringInFourSeasonsSpring-150x150.jpg 150w, https://joy.org.au/bentnotes/wp-content/uploads/sites/107/2025/10/HettyKateSpringInFourSeasonsSpring.jpg 696w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></p> <p>In her chat with Bent Notes presenter David Moyle, Hetty talks about the skills of her chosen musicians &#8211; both as players &#8211; and as arrangers, and her intention to record each of the four albums in different cities, with Jazz musicians each time selected from those cities &#8211; Four Albums, Four Seasons, Four Cities!</p> <p>The musicians on Jazz In Four Season&#8217;s Vol 1: SPRING are Jiří Levíček on piano, Libor Šmoldas on guitar, Tomáš Baroš on bass, and Tomáš Hobzek on drums, with three guest musicians: Robert Fischmann on flute, Rob Millet on cimbalom, and Jan Brádač on violin.</p> <p>The album is released on Friday November 7, 2025 on <a href="https://hettykate.bandcamp.com/album/jazz-in-four-seasons-spring-vol-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bandcamp</a></p> <p>Hetty also spoke of her recent experiences with golf-ball sized hailstones in Brisbane, and Gongs in China!</p> <p>See Hetty&#8217;s Touring schedule around Australia on her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hettykate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> page.</p> <p>In Melbourne Hetty will be launching the album at <a href="https://thejazzlab.com.au/event/hetty-kate-quintet-spring-album-release/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Jazzlab</a> on Friday and Saturday November 7 and 8 2025;</p> <p>playing with her B2 Quintet on November 19, 2025 at <a href="https://www.monash.edu/performing-arts-centres/event/hetty-kate-latc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Count&#8217;s:</a> and</p> <p>playing with her Quartet on November 20, 2025 at the <a href="https://www.uptownjazzcafe.com/nov.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Uptown Jazz Cafe</a></p> <p><em>Hetty Kate was guest of Bent Notes on Sunday November 2, 2025<br /> </em>Bent Notes – 2 hours of Jazz and Improvised Music – 7 o’clock every Sunday night<br /> <span style="color: #ff00ff"><strong>JOY 94.9 – Out.Loud.Proud – Your Voice – Your Radio Station</strong></span></p> <p><a href="https://joy.org.au/support-joy/donate" rel="payment">Support this podcast, Donate to JOY;</a> <a href="https://joy.org.au/support-joy/become-a-member" rel="payment">Become a member</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://joy.org.au/bentnotes/2025/11/hettys-four-seasons-kicks-off-with-spring/">Hetty&#8217;s Four Seasons kicks off with Spring</a> appeared first on <a href="https://joy.org.au/bentnotes">Bent Notes</a>.</p>