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

Stonnington Jazz — Day 9

The Sculthorpe Songbook It was a great pity that Peter Sculthorpe, who inspired Phil Slater and Matt McMahon as students and later as the accomplished jazz musicians who brought us this incarnation of the Sculthorpe Songbook, was at the last moment, due to illness, unable to travel to Melbourne for this concert. It was a fitting tribute to one of Australia’s living treasures soon after … Continue reading Stonnington Jazz — Day 9

The composer’s work torn apart

(A shorter version of this article appeared in the Herald Sun on May 22, 2009.) Former students are turning their musical mentor’s work on its ear PETER Sculthorpe has received more than half a dozen 80th birthday cakes so far, but his most valued gift may be to have his music pulled apart and rebuilt. Tim Freedman, of the Whitlams, and vocalist Katie Noonan will … Continue reading The composer’s work torn apart