MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL — DAY 8

Please scroll down for Sangam review CONVERSATIONS: ON TRADITION AND PROGRESS at The Wheeler Centre with ADRIAN JACKSON, JASON MORAN, SOPHIE BROUS, JOHN McBEATH, SCOTT TINKLER Post to come THE CLAUDIA QUINTET at BMW Edge Post to come THE MUSIC OF JOHN HOLLENBECK: JOYS AND DESIRES at BMW Edge with Theo Bleckmann and the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra Post to come SANGAM: CHARLES LLOYD WITH ZAKIR … Continue reading MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL — DAY 8

MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2010 — DAY 2

OVERGROUND AT MELBOURNE TOWN HALL Han Bennink … and again Lots of gigs. Lots of noise, but some quiet moments as well. Music non-stop from 2pm Saturday until 8:30pm in four Melbourne Town Hall venues. Having emerged late the previous night from the finale of Melbourne’s jazz fringe festival, which has for years had its full day of music entitled Big Arse Sunday, I could … Continue reading MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2010 — DAY 2

HEAD IN THE CLOUDS

INTERVIEW Charles Lloyd: I’m going to sing my song anyway A spiritual man is blowing his horn to try to save the world, Roger Mitchell discovers CHASING Charles Lloyd is like grabbing at the tail of a cloud. You can barely grasp his idea before the alert 72-year-old saxophonist and flautist has floated away to a new insight. “I’m a dreamer. I’m born into the … Continue reading HEAD IN THE CLOUDS