PREVIEW Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues, November 3 – 5, 2017 The 28th Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues will be the first without Adrian Jackson at the helm as artistic director. Instead, the programming team consists of Adam Simmons and Zoe Hauptmann for jazz, and Scott Solimo and Frank Davidson for blues. This change led to some understandable concern on the part of … Continue reading WANGARATTA 2017: JAM-PACKED JAZZ
REVIEW Angela Davis Quartet, Melbourne Women’s International Jazz festival, Wednesday 9 December, 8.30pm at Bennetts Lane Line-up: Angela Davis alto sax, Tony Gould piano, Sam Anning bass, Sam Bates drums I’m showing my age, but the name Angela Davis brings to my mind the 1960s political activist in the US rather than a young saxophonist. But it’s time for me to move on. In music, as in food, I am a lover … Continue reading COOL SAX AND SAM’S KITCHEN
FORUM ON THE UNDERGROUND AT THE WHEELER CENTRE Brotzmann: You can’t change the world with music Han Bennink, Peter Brotzmann and Brian Chase, along with Australian writer Jon Dale, were panelists in the first of three panel discussions at the Wheeler Centre. It was an opportunity to see these guys in civvies and reflecting on their craft, but the discussion was initially rocky. Moderator Joel … Continue reading MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL — DAY 3
