NEWS Australian Jazz Bell Awards 
2016 shortlist The Australian Jazz Award winners and the Graeme Bell Hall of Fame recipient will be announced at the Australian Jazz Bell Awards on Monday 20 June at Bird’s Basement. The Bells, named in honour of one of the greats in Australian jazz — the late Graeme Bell, MBE AO — have a prize pool of $40,000. Each category title this year … Continue reading BELL AWARDS COMING SOON

Reflection Final Andrea Keller Quartet gig, Uptown Jazz Cafe, 8.30pm Friday, May 13, 2016 Every seat was booked at Uptown as AKQ played its farewell concert. Some people were unable to get in until the second set. And, as Mal Stanley mentioned in his brief introduction, it was a bittersweet occasion because this ensemble — in its various incarnations — has shown such creativity over 17 … Continue reading IT’S BITTERSWEET AS AKQ BOWS OUT

LATE NOTICE: Space Is the Place, Adam Simmons Creative Music Ensemble, Sunday 17 April, Northcote Social Club, 2pm It is short notice, but fans of Sun Ra will kick themselves if they miss this afternoon’s tribute inspired by US jazz artist and interstellar traveller, Sun Ra, delivered by a 14-piece ensemble led by Adam Simmons, endlessly creative Melbourne multi-instrumentalist. This ensemble has performed at Ballarat’s Festival of Slow … Continue reading GO INTO SPACE THIS ARVO