OUR BEST BIDS TO HELP BERNIE

GIG: Benefit concert for Bernie McGann, 6.30pm to 9.30pm, Sunday, September 1, 2013, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, organised by Melbourne Jazz Co-operative This post is intended to help pass on details already being publicised by the Melbourne Jazz Co-operative, about a benefit concert for revered saxophonist Bernie McGann, who is recovering from illness in Sydney and needs our support. The gig is being held at Bennetts Lane Jazz … Continue reading OUR BEST BIDS TO HELP BERNIE

KEEP THIS NIGHT CLEAR FOR BERNIE

GIG: Benefit concert for Bernie McGann, Sunday 1 September, 2013, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, organised by Melbourne Jazz Co-operative This is one of my favourite pictures of Bernie McGann. I have plenty of others in which he is blowing up a storm, his brow covered in sweat, or gently transporting us with a ballad. But this picture shows Bernie seated, as is his habit, listening … Continue reading KEEP THIS NIGHT CLEAR FOR BERNIE

GRABOWSKY AND McGANN

GALLERY Ausjazz blog was WPAC Theatre on Friday, November 2, 2012 to see Paul Grabowsky on piano with Bernie McGann on alto saxophone at Wangaratta Jazz & Blues Festival. Making up the quartet were Jonathan Zwartz on bass and 2011 National Jazz Awards winner Tim Firth on drums. This gallery presents some images from that concert. Click on an image to see a larger version. … Continue reading GRABOWSKY AND McGANN