REVIEW 2019 Melbourne International Jazz Festival – May 30 to June 9 “If music’s not intense, it’s not good.” That throwaway line by a wonderful Melbourne musician came as an instant response to my summation of the Vijay Iyer Trio’s outing at The Jazzlab on Sunday, June 2 as part of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival. In the trio’s fourth outing at the festival, US … Continue reading IS INTENSE … IS GOOD?
NEWS Headline artist announced, Melbourne International Jazz Festival, May 31 to June 9, 2019 Herbie Hancock will be back in town once again, this time to close this year’s Melbourne International Jazz Festival in June. Announcing this news today, festival artistic director Michael Tortoni said, “We are excited to make this early announcement and extremely honoured that Herbie Hancock is returning to Melbourne to close … Continue reading HERBIE HANCOCK’S RETURNING
Q&A The Mayor of Wangaratta, Cr Dean Rees, was quick to respond to these questions, put to him today (February 5), about the future of the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues, which has been postponed by a year until 2020: Ausjazz: In the Wangaratta Chronicle you were quoted as saying that the council would be staging a music festival in November this year that … Continue reading THE MAYOR’S PERSPECTIVE ON WANG
