A FRACTION TOO MUCH FUSION?

INTERVIEW Kavita Shah will perform at Uptown Jazz Cafe on Monday, June 5, at 7.30pm as part of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival. Kavitah has kindly taken the trouble to respond to some questions from Roger Mitchell for Ausjazz blog. Originally it was intended that these responses be incorporated into an article, but lack of time has ruled that out, so they are presented in … Continue reading A FRACTION TOO MUCH FUSION?

REVERBERATIONS OF SOUND

REVIEW: Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2017 KAGE: Out of Earshot, 7.30pm, June 1, 2017 at Chunky Move, 111 Sturt Street, South Melbourne What a change to review a performance that is not a one-off. The dance group KAGE, which was established in 1997 by Victorian College of the Arts dance graduates Kate Denborough and Gerard Van Dyck, will present this dance theatre  many times during the … Continue reading REVERBERATIONS OF SOUND

NOSTALGIA LIVES: THE JAZZLAB OPENS

PREVIEW: The Jazzlab, 27 Leslie Street, Brunswick I have a soft spot for nostalgia. I cling on to the familiar. In the jazz scene this year there have been some momentous changes, and I find it all too easy to wish things could stay as they have been. When Adrian Jackson parted ways with Stonnington’s annual festival of Australian jazz, handing the artistic direction to a … Continue reading NOSTALGIA LIVES: THE JAZZLAB OPENS