Duties related to a certain annual report have delayed this post, but if you haven’t heard the latest on the national jazz awards at this year’s Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues then read on. Ten drummers will perform in competition during the festival, which runs from Friday, October 28 to Monday, October 31 October, competing for a first prize of $8000 and a studio … Continue reading THE DRUM ON NATIONAL JAZZ AWARDS FINALISTS
LIVE NEWS: FROM WANGARATTA PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE THEATRE News from Wangaratta: National jazz awards for 2010 as follows: 1. Eamon McNelis, 27, Melbourne 2. Matt Jodrell, 30, from Perth and now New York 3. Nick Garbett, 27, from Sydney. Eamon wins $8000, a studio recording session for Jazztrack with Mal Stanley on ABC Classic FM and an invtiation to appear at Stonnington Jazz Festival in … Continue reading STOP PRESS: NATIONAL JAZZ AWARDS
Oliver Lake is one of the international artists at Wangaratta Jazz ARTICLE: Wangaratta Jazz demystified — ROGER MITCHELL reflects on the musical feast about to unfold this weekend HE wears a black beret to match his clothes, snaps his fingers to a private beat and calls everyone “man”, but you won’t often find him among the madding crowd on Cup weekend at Wangaratta Jazz. He … Continue reading TIME TO BERET THAT MAN IN BLACK
