A FESTIVAL GUIDE: Wangaratta Jazz & Blues Festival, Friday 31 October to Monday 3 November. It’s that time of year when excitement and an air of expectation begin to override all the mundane matters of life, necessary as they are, and the longing rises to be on the road again to Wangaratta. Once the bags are packed and the journey has begun, there is that … Continue reading BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE — WANGARATTA
BREAKING NEWS: Wangaratta Jazz & Blues Festival line-up announced for its 25th year, Friday 31 October to Monday 3 November. The embargo has just been lifted and Adrian Jackson‘s line-up for the four days and nights of the pre-Melbourne Cup Day long weekend of jazz and blues can be revealed, featuring more than 300 musicians in more than 80 concerts on the main program, and … Continue reading THE ONE THAT DIDN’T GET AWAY — ENRICO RAVA
GIG PREVIEW Jacam Manricks Quartet (New York/Sydney/Melbourne), Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne, 8.30pm Tuesday 20 August 2013, courtesy of the Melbourne Jazz C0-operative What a line-up. Jacam Manricks is visiting from New York to promote his album Cloud Nine, which was recorded in 2011 in Brooklyn with David Weiss on trumpet, Adam Rogers on guitar, Sam Yahel on organ and Matt Wilson on drums. They play … Continue reading HEY MAN*, IT’S MANRICKS
