Perspectives by Kyle Chenoweth

Perspectives began as an attempt to find my own way of generating musical ideas for composition. Through exploring this idea in my Honours year at The Victorian College of The Arts, I was drawn to some of my favourite paintings and places as sources of inspiration, using them as mirrors for emotion and imagination rather than constraints of form. It was an effort to connect more deeply with my inner self, to write from my ear and what I felt. The process became less about constructing pieces and more about uncovering them, allowing ideas to come and go, be right or wrong and figuring it all out.

Perspectives is both a reflection and a release, a glimpse into how I hear the world, and how the world continues to shape what I hear.

Recorded over two sessions, September 27, 2023 and August 3, 2024

Kyle Chenoweth is a Naarm/Melbourne-based trombonist and composer whose music blends deep jazz tradition with an adventurous, personal voice. Both poised and exploratory, his sound reflects a bold, emerging identity in Australian jazz.