REVIEW: Melbourne Jazz Co-operative 30th Anniversary Concert — Sunday, January 27 at The Edge, Federation Square at 2pm The music spoke most eloquently at The Edge on Sunday, but some perceptive words accompanied it. Paul Grabowsky, one of three musicians to perform at the Melbourne Jazz Co-operative’s first concert, held at RMIT’s Glasshouse Theatre on the Sunday afternoon of January 30, 1983, was obviously struggling … Continue reading BITTER, BUT OH SO SWEET
Will Arts Victoria notice? The co-operative that it recently decided was not worth a penny will turn on a mini festival of four concerts to mark its 30 years of bringing live improvised music to Melbourne audiences: Melbourne has recently had cause to grieve. Its vibrant jazz scene has been threatened by Arts Victoria‘s mystifying decision not to provide any financial support in 2013 to … Continue reading 30 YEARS OF JAZZ MUST COUNT FOR SOMETHING
GIG PREVIEWS: Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, December 11 and 16, 9pm Sydney launched the Australian jazz community’s attack on misogyny after Julia Gillard’s famous speech, but before Melbs took up the baton this year, but the balance is now being redressed in an onslaught helped along by three women trumpet players. I say “Yay!” to that. The Melbourne Women’s International … Continue reading HORN PLAYERS IN MELBS ONSLAUGHT ON MISOGYNY
