30 YEARS OF JAZZ MUST COUNT FOR SOMETHING

Will Arts Victoria notice? The co-operative that it recently decided was not worth a penny will turn on a mini festival of four concerts to mark its 30 years of bringing live improvised music to Melbourne audiences: Melbourne has recently had cause to grieve. Its vibrant jazz scene has been threatened by Arts Victoria‘s mystifying decision not to provide any financial support in 2013 to … Continue reading 30 YEARS OF JAZZ MUST COUNT FOR SOMETHING

MELBOURNE JAZZ CO-OP FIGHTS BACK

There will be no Arts Victoria money for the Melbourne Jazz Co-operative next year, unless pressure can be applied to have this decision reversed. Now the co-operative is putting its case: The MJC has issued the following statement: The State’s Arts Victoria has again set itself on a collision course with the local jazz community over its latest rejection of two funding applications from the … Continue reading MELBOURNE JAZZ CO-OP FIGHTS BACK

ARTS VICTORIA DUMPS MELBOURNE JAZZ CO-OP

There will be no Arts Victoria money for the Melbourne Jazz Co-operative next year, unless pressure can be applied to have this decision — described as “so obviously wrong” by Adrian Jackson — reversed. As anger in the jazz community in Melbourne turns to planning for a public campaign to demonstrate that patrons and musicians are not happy, we are all being urged to take … Continue reading ARTS VICTORIA DUMPS MELBOURNE JAZZ CO-OP