REFLECTION: Christopher Hale’s Sylvan Coda opens for Jorge Pardo “Huellas” at Melbourne Recital Centre, Saturday 31 May at 7.30pm Here and Now opens for Larry Carlton Quartet at Melbourne Recital Centre, Wednesday 4 June at 7.30pm In any international festival the established practice is for the visiting performers, as the main drawcards, to be on stage for much longer and to be preceded by support … Continue reading IN SUPPORT OF SUPPORT ACTS
Lots of faces keep turning up at Melbourne International Jazz Festival concerts. Some are fans who can’t resist the live music on offer, others are involved in the “jazz scene” in some way. The faces above, snapped between sets at the Melbourne Recital Centre, are those of Gerry Koster of the ABC’s Jazz Up Late program and John McBeath, who reviews the festival for The … Continue reading JAZZ GLITTERATI AT LARGE
PICTORIAL UPDATE: Oehlers/Harland/Rogers/Grabowsky, MIJF Club Session at Bennetts Lane 9.30pm Tuesday 3 June 2014 Someone I know has taken issue with whether this festival ought to offer artists whose work does not have sufficient relevance to jazz. Well, that debate aside, the issue does not arise when it comes to the two sets by these four players. If this was a footy dream team exercise and these players … Continue reading WHY WE LOVE JAZZ
