JAZZ MUSICIANS TO STORM PARLIAMENT

PROTEST: Delegation seeks to meet Premier Baillieu The Melbourne Jazz Co-operative’s campaign to have its State Government funding restored for 2013 is gathering momentum and moves to the next stage on Wednesday 20 February. A printed version of a petition with hundreds of signatures — seeking the restoration of Arts Victoria funding — will be presented to State Parliament by Labor MP Martin Foley. At … Continue reading JAZZ MUSICIANS TO STORM PARLIAMENT

BITTER, BUT OH SO SWEET

REVIEW: Melbourne Jazz Co-operative 30th Anniversary Concert — Sunday, January 27 at The Edge, Federation Square at 2pm The music spoke most eloquently at The Edge on Sunday, but some perceptive words accompanied it. Paul Grabowsky, one of three musicians to perform at the Melbourne Jazz Co-operative’s first concert, held at RMIT’s Glasshouse Theatre on the Sunday afternoon of January 30, 1983, was obviously struggling … Continue reading BITTER, BUT OH SO SWEET

WE SHALL NOT BE QUIET

FLASH MOB MARKS MOMENTOUS OCCASION: The Melbourne Jazz Co-operative’s 30th anniversary, Fed Square to City Square, Friday 25 January 2013 I was half expecting a loud protest, with discordant horns blaring their displeasure at the sudden cessation of funds to the co-op from Arts Victoria, accompanied perhaps by deep grumbles of drums and strident sounds of reeds run dry. What eventuated was a demonstration that … Continue reading WE SHALL NOT BE QUIET