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MIJF 2011

MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2011 — PREVIEW

Saturday, June 4 — Monday, 13 June It’s eclectic. It’s like an octopus. Yes, just when you thought the word eclectic had become too hackneyed a term, there is really no better way to describe this year’s MIJF, which had its program launch at 6pm today. The program devised by Sophie Brous is indeed wide-ranging, broad-based, extensive, comprehensive, varied, diverse, catholic, all-embracing, multifaceted, multifarious, heterogeneous, miscellaneous … Continue reading MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2011 — PREVIEW

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JAZZ FESTIVALS

Melbourne Jazz Fringe 2009 — Day 6

Frisell — Music inspired or written by Bill Frisell Phil Bywater made a point after the first set at Uptown Jazz Cafe that the Fringe Festival had come up with the idea of having a Bill Frisell tribute before the Melbourne International Jazz Festival decided to invite him to Melbourne. When the Fringe organisers heard he was coming, the invited him to stay over for … Continue reading Melbourne Jazz Fringe 2009 — Day 6

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CD REVIEWS

Blueprint — Coco’s Lunch

(Sound Vault) CELEBRATING the voice as an instrument of beauty has been the joyful mission of Coco’s Lunch since it first came together in 1994. This sixth album, recorded at shows in Sydney, Brisbane, Hong Kong and the 7th International Taipei Choral Festival, breaks a five-year drought for devotees of the female vocal quintet. Three earlier albums, including A Whole New Way of Getting Dressed … Continue reading Blueprint — Coco’s Lunch

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