Articles and images related to the 2014 Melbourne International Jazz Festival
Lots of faces keep turning up at Melbourne International Jazz Festival concerts. Some are fans who can’t resist the live music on offer, others are involved in the “jazz scene” in some way. The faces above, snapped between sets at the Melbourne Recital Centre, are those of Gerry Koster of the ABC’s Jazz Up Late program and John McBeath, who reviews the festival for The … Continue reading JAZZ GLITTERATI AT LARGE
PICTORIAL UPDATE: Oehlers/Harland/Rogers/Grabowsky, MIJF Club Session at Bennetts Lane 9.30pm Tuesday 3 June 2014 Someone I know has taken issue with whether this festival ought to offer artists whose work does not have sufficient relevance to jazz. Well, that debate aside, the issue does not arise when it comes to the two sets by these four players. If this was a footy dream team exercise and these players … Continue reading WHY WE LOVE JAZZ
PICTORIAL UPDATE: Way Out West plays Footscray Community Arts Centre, 7.30pm Tuesday 3 June for the Melbourne International Jazz Festival It was a significant milestone last night when Peter Knight‘s ensemble Way Out West played in Footscray at the venue in which the band — with a slightly different line-up — played its first gig 14 years ago. It was also significant in that the … Continue reading BREAKING NEW GROUND OUT WEST
