About Jake

Jake Dennis is a singer, actor, poet, and educator from Boorloo/Perth, Western Australia.

A soulful jazz, swing, blues, pop, and soul vocalist, Jake Dennis captivates audiences with heartfelt performances. For over twenty-five years, Jake has performed shows at WA’s best venues incl. DownStairs at His Majesty’s Theatre, Ellington Jazz Club, Universal Bar, Perth Town Hall, and the Don Russell, Kalamunda, Koorliny, Mandurah, and Subiaco Performing Arts Centres. He has appeared on Foxtel, Madonna’s Rebel Heart Tour DVD, Backyard Survivor, Access 31, Aurora TV, RTR FM, Telethon, Pirate Radio, Heritage Radio, & Twin Cities Radio.

Jake Dennis has been published in journals such as Art Monthly Australia, Poetry NZ, Frogpond US, Wasifiri UK, Westerly, Canada Haiku Review, and Taj Mahal Review. He won Red Room Poetry’s 2023 #30in30 competition, 2014’s Right Now: Human Rights Poetry Competition, & the 2011 Now & Then: Literature Prize. Currently a Writing WA Emerging Writer, JD was a Young Writer-in-Residence at the KSP Writers Centre and has been a guest author for Big Sky Readers & Writers Festival, the WA Poetry Festival, and KSP’s Festival of the Asian-Australian Voice.

Jake Dennis is a working actor with screen, stage, commercial, and role-play credits. He was the 2009 Editor of Grok Magazine and worked as a freelance journalist for Drum Perth, Science Network WA, Out in Perth, and MeDeFacts. His previously worked for The University of Western Australia, Anglicare WA, The Experience Lab, and volunteered with the Royal Agricultural Society of WA, Salvos, WA Poets Inc, etc.

CONTACT Email: jakedennis@hotmail.com Mobile: 0407 320 054 Facebook: Jake Dennis (Entertainer) YouTube: Jake Dennis Twitter: #poetofjazz Instagram: @poetofjazz

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