PICTORIAL UPDATE: Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Saturday 31 May, 2014 at The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre Festivals are about more than just providing a feast of music. Through masterclasses and conversation sessions they perform an educative role — for lovers of music and students taking the rocky road to becoming working musicians. Over recent years it has been hard to keep count of how many … Continue reading A BOOST TO AUSTRALIAN EXPORTS?
Please scroll down for Sangam review CONVERSATIONS: ON TRADITION AND PROGRESS at The Wheeler Centre with ADRIAN JACKSON, JASON MORAN, SOPHIE BROUS, JOHN McBEATH, SCOTT TINKLER Post to come THE CLAUDIA QUINTET at BMW Edge Post to come THE MUSIC OF JOHN HOLLENBECK: JOYS AND DESIRES at BMW Edge with Theo Bleckmann and the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra Post to come SANGAM: CHARLES LLOYD WITH ZAKIR … Continue reading MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL — DAY 8
FORUM ON IDENTITY AT THE WHEELER CENTRE Paul Grabowsky was the consummate moderator for this discussion, which had in the panel Charles Lloyd, Martin Jackson, Theo Bleckmann and, at late notice, Gian Slater. It was a great success and I understand it was recorded for broadcast on the ABC. They covered a lot of ground, starting with how jazz is defined, how the local scene … Continue reading MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL — DAY 6
