LONG LOOK AT A SHORTER FESTIVAL

PREVIEW Melbourne International Jazz Festival, June 3 – 12, 2016 SOME of the main drawcards at this year’s festival are well-known knowns — Wayne Shorter, Esperanza Spalding, Gary Bartz — but it’s a big program with plenty of other artists to be excited about. Stats don’t put flesh on the bones, but over 10 days the festival will stage 74 events involving 335 artists (75 international and 260 Australian), … Continue reading LONG LOOK AT A SHORTER FESTIVAL

HOT JAZZ IN SUMMER SESSIONS

MUSIC ALERT Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2016 Summer Sessions  9 – 17 January 2016 Summer sessions for this year’s Melbourne International Jazz Festival are back this month. Vince Jones Quartet launched proceedings with two gigs and the re-opened Bennetts Lane Jazz Club will this weekend host Ethio-jazz giant Hailu Mergia, Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii’s astounding improvisation project KAZE, as well as a celebration of Australian saxophone legend … Continue reading HOT JAZZ IN SUMMER SESSIONS