Stephen Magnusson Essentials

While definitely a jazz musician, Stephen Magnusson is so malleable a player that he defies typical genre constraints. An in-demand collaborator, he has lent incisive, articulate guitar to fellow Aussie jazz aces like Barney McAll and Mike Nock, as well as to alternative mainstays like Sinead O'Connor and John Cale. He's one-third of singer Katie Noonan's ARIA-winning trio Elixir, while his own quartet Magnet brings a diffuse ambience to improvised adventurism.