Images of and thoughts about jazz gigs at Melbourne venues
Before you get your hopes up, saxophonist Jacam Manricks is returning from New York only during his tour, but he’s in Melbourne on Sunday night at Bennetts Lane. The line-up is exciting, especially as bassist Linda Oh (who was born in Malaysia, studied in Perth and went to Manhattan School of Music in New York) will be visiting for the first time since her hit … Continue reading JACAM MANRICKS RETURNS WITH LINDA OH
COMING GIG: 8pm, Thursday, March 31, Dizzy’s Jazz Club, 381 Burnley St, Richmond Sonya Veronica vocals, Mark Fitzgibbon piano, Howard Cairns double bass and Raj Jayaweera drums. Sonya Veronica has requested that Ausjazz blog mention her debut performance at Dizzy’s, which she says will be “a combination of jazz standards and a few chanson Francaise, like Léo Ferré’s Avec Le Temps“. ABC Jazz includes in … Continue reading Sonya Veronica @ Dizzy’s
Tuesday, March 22 at 9pm, Bennetts Lane, Melbourne CALLUM G’FROERER QUARTET Perth-based trumpet player Callum G’Froerer leads a new quartet featuring Brett Thompson (Perth) on guitar, Alex Boneham (Sydney) on bass and Hugh Harvey (Melbourne) on drums. We had two glimpses of Callum G’Froerer in 2010. In July he was with the Mace Francis Orchestra at Bennetts Lane, his solos featuring in There’s Nothing to … Continue reading GIGS NOT TO MISS 3 — TUESDAY
