Elixir (Australian band)

Elixir
Origin	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Genres	jazz music
Years active	1997 (1997)–present
Labels	Kin Records, Festival Mushroom Records ABC Music

Members	Katie Noonan Isaac Hurren Stephen Magnusson

Past members	River Petein, Nick Stewart

Elixir is an Australian jazz trio formed in Brisbane in 1997 by Katie Noonan and Nick Stewart from ARIA award winning, double-platinum selling band george and River Petein. Isaac Hurren joined the group prior to the release of their debut album. Since then Petein and Stewart have left while Stephen Magnusson joined the group on jazz guitar in 2005.

To date, they have released two studio albums and have won an ARIA Award. “We’re about freedom and spontaneity, particularly in a live set,” explains Noonan.^[1]

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Awards
Title	Album details	AUS	Awards
Elixir	Released: 19 May 2003 Label: Kin Records, Festival Mushroom Records Format: CD, digital download	24^[2]	No.3 on Australian artist chart.
First Seed Ripening	Released: 5 August 2011 Label: ABC Music Format: CD, digital download	64 ^[3]	ARIA Music Awards of 2011 'Best Jazz album'^[4]

References

↑ "Elixir feat. Katie Noonan". www.abcmusic.com.a. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
↑ "WEEK COMMENCING: 26th May 2003 Issue No: 692" (PDF). pandora.nla.gov.au. 26 May 2003. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
↑ "The ARIA Report Week Commencing ~ 15 August 2011 ~ Issue #1120" (PDF). pandora.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
↑ "ARIA Awards - Best Jazz album". www.ariaawards.com.au. Retrieved 25 April 2016.

Katie Noonan

Studio albums	Two of a Kind (with Maggie Noonan) (2004) Before Time Could Change Us (with Paul Grabowsky) (2005) Skin (2007) Second Skin (with John Course & mrTimothy) (2008) Blackbird: The Music of Lennon and McCartney (2008) Emperor's Box (2010) First Seed Ripening (with Elixir) (2011) Songs of the Southern Skies (with Karin Schaupp) (2012) Songbook (2013) Fierce Hearts (The Music Of Love - Song - Circus) (2014) Songs That Made Me (with various artists) (2014) Transmutant (2015) With Love and Fury (with Brodsky Quartet) (2016)

Extended Plays	Songs from the British Isles (with Karin Schaupp) (2011)

Singles	"Time to Begin" "Page One" "Peace is My Drug"

Related articles	george (band) Polyserena Unity The Essential Hits Elixir (Australian band) Elixir First Seed Ripening ARIA Music Awards

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