Indigenous Artist in Residence, Noongar woman Bumpy. Image: RM REVIEW Melbourne International Jazz Festival, 18 – 27 October 2024 Each concert has stories. Each listener finds their own. Each player shares some of what brought them to the stage – some of that journey. Do festivals have stories? Yes, but only in the way patrons (and reviewers) collate cues and clues along the way. After … Continue reading No Herbie, but plenty of telling stories
PREVIEWMelbourne International Jazz Festival 202320-29 October 2023 Jazz pops its head up again next month, this year in the wake of a referendum on whether to enshrine an Indigenous voice to parliament in the Australian constitution. Whether jazz finding its voice can dispel the pervasive gloom that surely will follow a divisive No campaign full of negativity and fearmongering remains to be seen, but the … Continue reading Jazz finds its voice
NEWS Headline artist announced, Melbourne International Jazz Festival, May 31 to June 9, 2019 Herbie Hancock will be back in town once again, this time to close this year’s Melbourne International Jazz Festival in June. Announcing this news today, festival artistic director Michael Tortoni said, “We are excited to make this early announcement and extremely honoured that Herbie Hancock is returning to Melbourne to close … Continue reading HERBIE HANCOCK’S RETURNING
