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JAZZ FESTIVALS

Hyphens aside, a festival with plenty on the bill

PREVIEW Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival 2025 7-14 December The Jazzlab As the year rushes madly towards its end, we should not forget all the music Sonja Horbelt has put together in the Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival for 2025. Program and artist details are available on the festival website, but here’s a quick guide to what’s in store this year. A missing hyphen should … Continue reading Hyphens aside, a festival with plenty on the bill

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ARTICLES, JAZZ FESTIVALS

A thread opens, snails outpaced

REVIEW Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival3 – 10 December 2023 The Jazzlab Synchronicity – it turns out on checking the definition – was the wrong word to sum up outings in this year’s MWIJF, though that initially came into my addled brain. A better word may be reciprocity, but more of that later. Synchronicity – “a simultaneous occurrence of events that appear related but have … Continue reading A thread opens, snails outpaced

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The voices have it

PREVIEW Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival 2023 The Jazzlab It is appropriate that this year’s Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival will feature a live-streamed symposium bound to provide insights into a key feature of this year’s comprehensive program at The Jazzlab in Brunswick– vocalists. On Saturday 9 December, in a live-streamed session moderated by Australian pianist Andrea Keller – Head of Jazz and Improvisation at … Continue reading The voices have it

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