Category: MELBOURNE JAZZ FRINGE FESTIVAL 2011

Posts related to this exciting festival, which opens the jazz festival season each year by tapping into rich veins of experimental and adventurous music by Australian musicians.

MELBOURNE JAZZ FRINGE FESTIVAL 2011

THREE TURKS & A WASP / FRAN SWINN QUARTET & ROCKIE STONE: INFORM

Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival’s APRA Composer Commission Concert at BMW Edge, Friday May 6, 2011 Commission concerts are always a highlight of the Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival, but by their nature they involve taking risks. Whether it is Ren Walters carefully placing a group of musicians in the Iwaki Auditorium and giving them minimal guidelines in a work that could go anywhere, or Gian Slater … Continue reading THREE TURKS & A WASP / FRAN SWINN QUARTET & ROCKIE STONE: INFORM

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MELBOURNE JAZZ FRINGE FESTIVAL 2011

PETER KNIGHT SOLO / MOTION

Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival heads west for a double bill at Dancing Dog Cafe/Bar, Thursday, May 5, 2011 Two MJFF festival outings this year were unprecedented — not because of their content but rather their location. Instead of being held in the central city area or to the north, in Brunswick or Northcote, these gigs were in Footscray, at the popular Dancing Dog Cafe and … Continue reading PETER KNIGHT SOLO / MOTION

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MELBOURNE JAZZ FRINGE FESTIVAL 2011

BAND OF FIVE NAMES

MJFF/MJC Transitions Series, Tuesday, May 3, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club Simon Barker drums, Carl Dewhurst guitar, Matt McMahon piano, Phil Slater trumpet Bringing the Band of Five Names to Melbourne was a coup for the Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival and bound to be a highlight of a program that included the premiere local performance of Andrea Keller‘s Place and a commission work by Fran Swinn … Continue reading BAND OF FIVE NAMES

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