Group

Alex & Nilusha

From
Australia
Since
2008–present
Releases
3
  • jazz

About

Alex & Nilusha was an Australian jazz collaboration led by percussionist Alex Pertout and vocalist Nilusha Dassenaike. Their work incorporated the influences of their Latin American (Pertout) and South Asian (Dassenaike) heritages.

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Recordings featured various Australian and international guests, including American guitarist Mike Stern, Egyptian percussionist Hossam Ramzy, Australian pianist Paul Grabowsky, Indigenous Australian singer-songwriter Tom E. Lewis, Latin jazz flautist Dave Valentin, Australian guitarist Leonard Grigoryan, Puerto Rican pianist Edsel Gomez, Cuban Tres master Pancho Amat, Cuban violinist William Roblejo, and trumpeter Miroslav Bukovsky.
ABC Jazz named their debut album Moments in Time as Album of the Week and listed it among the Top 5 Australian Jazz Albums of 2012. ABC Radio National featured the album on The New Music Show, with Andrew Ford interviewing them about how their heritages impact their style and highlighting the cultural importance of the album. Their 2014 release Tales To Tell was awarded the ‘Premio Internacional’ at the 2015 XIX CubaDisco Music Awards in Havana, Cuba.

From Alex & Nilusha on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Discography

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Data from MusicBrainz, saved 12 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.