Is jazz winning an Aria? … Sounds jazzy to me.

REVIEW Melbourne International Jazz Festival December 2-5 2021 Stories. That’s what music is about, whether those stories are conveyed via a festival, a concert, a suite, a song or a solo. Words, whether explanatory or in songs, can help tell stories. Other stories are passed on without words, conveyed powerfully in notes and passages that stir emotions and provoke responses. The short story of this … Continue reading Is jazz winning an Aria? … Sounds jazzy to me.

FINDING COMMON GROUND

QUICK PREVIEW Melbourne International Jazz Festival, 1-10 June, 2018 Program details are now out for the 21st MIJF, which this year aims to demonstrate that “jazz can happen anywhere”. Over 10 days more than 100 events will feature almost 400 Australian, international and emerging artists. The usual detailed preview of the festival will be published when time permits, but here is a taste of what’s … Continue reading FINDING COMMON GROUND

LIVE A LITTLE WITH LIVE MUSIC

PREVIEWS Ben Winkelman Trio, The Salon, MRC, Melbourne, 11 March 2016 at 7pm It began in Perth, jumped to Portland and tonight the Ben Winkelman Trio National Tour 2016 arrives at Melbourne Recital Centre for a Melbourne Jazz Co-operative gig at 7pm. The tour, which takes in eight other cities after tonight, will launch the pianist / composer’s fourth album, The Knife, released in Australia … Continue reading LIVE A LITTLE WITH LIVE MUSIC