Preview: Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival, including 2013 APRA Composer Commission Concert, Sunday 5 May, 2-8pm at Northcote Town Hall Lovers of popular music, including fans of classical and opera, may regard many incarnations of jazz as being on “the fringe”. Purely in terms of bums on seats at concerts, that is probably a reasonable view. But anyone familiar with the improvised music on offer in … Continue reading DON’T LET YOUR FRINGE DOWN
Ausjazz Blog previews the Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2013 and finds the program highly accessible and aiming to appeal to audiences that may not be attracted to “jazz” ___________ It’s time to get excited. There is less than a month to go before three key jazz festivals in Melbourne bring out crowds of music lovers attracted by the buzz and the hype to hear some … Continue reading DON’T MENTION THE J WORD
RANT Anzac Day seems a good opportunity for reflection. A week or so back I was gearing up to post about the coming season of jazz festivals in Melbourne and the need for us to get off our couches and venture into the wintry nights to hear live music, prodded or encouraged perhaps by a surge in publicity about the delights of improvised music. I … Continue reading Now, more than ever, seems it fit to have a Melbourne jazz fringe
