Jazz festivals in and around Melbourne and Victoria
Gian Slater and the Silo String Quartet THE Melbourne Jazz Fringe opened at the Iwaki Auditorium hard on the heels of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival and will overlap Stonnington Jazz by a day or two. It’s great to have all this live music, but perhaps it would be better if they were spaced a little apart on the calendar. It makes it hard for … Continue reading MELBOURNE JAZZ FRINGE 2009 — COMMISSION CONCERT
Ethan Iverson’s Cocktail Hour If this really is a tradition of Iverson’s, it’s a pretty nice one. Upstairs at The Forum seemed a comfy enough place to sip something strongish and let the piano man play. So, after assuring us that America invented jazz and the cocktail, Iverson said he always played standards, that Mood Indigo and I Remember You were already on his list … Continue reading Melbourne International Jazz Festival — Day 7
Paul Grabowsky: Shirley Avenue — Grand Organ Commission The picture below shows the wilds of Shirley Avenue, Glen Waverley, the place that inspired Paul Grabowsky’s composition for the Melbourne Town Hall grand organ or, as he put it, “the street where I grew up”. The Google Maps version lacks historic integrity, but I was inspired to place it here by a post on Miriam Zolin’s … Continue reading Melbourne International Jazz Festival — Day 6
