Scene set for a gig Again, pending some additional words about this evening at Chapel Off Chapel, here are some images to provide an idea of the atmosphere — at times the dry ice “smoke” wafting across the performers was enough to make us prepare our bushfire survival plans, but it contributed to the mood. Miriam Zolin introduces the musicians Jex Saarelaht Quartet With Saarelaht … Continue reading Stonnington Jazz — Day 7
My intention was to make it to Make It Up Club, Bar Open, in Brunswick St, Fitzroy, where some 15 musicians were offering some avant garde improvised music, but the night ended where it began, in a pool of poetry and other literary delights, along with music, at Bennetts Lane. Launch of extempore issue 2 Martin Jackson, of the Melbourne Jazz Co-operative, officially launched the … Continue reading Melbourne Jazz Fringe 2009 — Day 5
Paul Grabowsky: Shirley Avenue — Grand Organ Commission The picture below shows the wilds of Shirley Avenue, Glen Waverley, the place that inspired Paul Grabowsky’s composition for the Melbourne Town Hall grand organ or, as he put it, “the street where I grew up”. The Google Maps version lacks historic integrity, but I was inspired to place it here by a post on Miriam Zolin’s … Continue reading Melbourne International Jazz Festival — Day 6
