REVIEW Melbourne International Jazz Festival, 16 – 25 October 2026 Exit polls are going to be in the news as voters in the US and Victoria deliver verdicts on the “Mango Mussolini” and the orange wave, but what would audiences have said as they filed out of this year’s array of jazz festival events? Audience involvement – the degree to which they feel connected and … Continue reading What’s the vibe? Jazz festival exit polls reveal all
REVIEW Melbourne International Jazz Festival, 17 – 26 October 2025 The night after this year’s MIJF I went to a concert. A jazz gig. There was an international vocalist, albeit an expat, visiting from Switzerland. The other musicians had been on stage during the festival. It was a sublime experience. It showed how well the improvised music Melbourne had been blessed with over the 10 … Continue reading Music is the best weapon
PREVIEWMelbourne International Jazz Festival 202320-29 October 2023 Jazz pops its head up again next month, this year in the wake of a referendum on whether to enshrine an Indigenous voice to parliament in the Australian constitution. Whether jazz finding its voice can dispel the pervasive gloom that surely will follow a divisive No campaign full of negativity and fearmongering remains to be seen, but the … Continue reading Jazz finds its voice
