SNEAK PREVIEW: Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2014 Information about a couple of major concerts for this year’s MIJF have been released ahead of time, but the main program launch takes place tonight (Wednesday, March 19). Ausjazz knows what’s in store, but cannot reveal the goodies until the embargo is lifted. Watch this space. However, in the spirit of Julian Assange and Edward Snowden, Ausjazz loves … Continue reading FESTIVAL SPRINGS A LEAK
MINI REVIEW The End / Kneebody (US), The Forum Upstairs on Sunday 2 June 2013 at 7pm, Melbourne International Jazz Festival The crowd was noticeably younger at The Forum Upstairs for this gig, and expectations were high for the genre-bending five-piece US band Kneebody, billed as combining “the depth of jazz, the swagger of hip-hop and the conviction of rock” in a “no holds barred brand … Continue reading THE END BEGINS, AN ENCORE ENDS
AWARDS NIGHT On Thursday next week, May 2, at the Regent Theatre Ballroom, the glitterati of the national jazz scene will gather for the 2013 Australian Jazz Bell Awards. Sadly, Graeme Bell, MBE, AO, after whom these awards are named, died last year, so it will be the first ceremony without him. One of the most respected Australian jazz musicians, Bell was unable to attend the 2012 awards … Continue reading AND THE WINNERS ARE …
