Rachelle Eastwood Quartet

Rachelle Eastwood Quartet

Brisbane based flutist Rachelle Eastwood launches the DJC “Pop-Up” series at Moons in 2025, performing her original compositions and standards with a quartet including Simon Eastwood (double bass), Bill Martin (piano) and Carl Woodward (drums). Eastwood has studied jazz in a range of musical contexts, which influence her arrangements and her improvisational style, including elements of funk, hip-hop, neo-soul and traditional Afro-Cuban rhythms.

Rachelle began her flute career in the classical world, performing with local orchestras and the NZAF band. Her eclectic tastes eventually led her into the jazz world, where she can often be heard playing flute funk or performing with the beloved anarchistic jazz group The Troubles. Rachelle lived in Montreal for two years, further expanding her skills on the jazz flute. She has also spent time in Cuba, studying with the great Orlando 'Maraca' Valle, and in New York. While in Canada, Rachelle performed…