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
___________ 7. sculthorpe’s work in safe hands These highlights chosen by Ausjazz blog — 12 great reasons for not missing the Wangaratta Jazz and Blues Festival — are not ranked in any order, but this is one concert I really do not want to miss. In 2009 I had the privilege to interview Peter Sculthorpe and Phil Slater before the performance of The Sculthorpe Songbook at … Continue reading HOMAGE TO A GREAT COMPOSER
MJFF/MJC Transitions Series, Tuesday, May 3, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club Simon Barker drums, Carl Dewhurst guitar, Matt McMahon piano, Phil Slater trumpet Bringing the Band of Five Names to Melbourne was a coup for the Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival and bound to be a highlight of a program that included the premiere local performance of Andrea Keller‘s Place and a commission work by Fran Swinn … Continue reading BAND OF FIVE NAMES
