REVIEW Melbourne International Jazz Festival, 20 – 29 October 2023 To pianist Nduduzo Makhathini, the telling of a story can liberate and heal. The Blue Note artist from South Africa told his audience at The Jazzlab on the final night of the festival that performances are moments of emptying, an opportunity for us to dissolve for a second and to think about ourselves in the … Continue reading Glimpsing a collective consciousness
REVIEW Melbourne International Jazz Festival14-23 October 2022 Optimism flowed freely in the first Melbourne International Jazz Festival freed from covid-19 lockdowns, pouring into venues filled with animated crowds so gleeful to be waiting with others in anticipation of the live music in store. Surely the musicians, festival organisers, sponsors, volunteers and even hard-working staff at venues must have felt this surge in excitement, the buzz … Continue reading Great ways to escape a sack o’ woe
PREVIEW Diomira, The Australian Art Orchestra, The Substation, Newport Saturday, October 7 at 8pm. 1 hr, no interval Tickets $49 ($39 concession) If you are up for a challenge, members of the Australian Art Orchestra are ready to play with our perceptions of what we hear and what we imagine we have heard at The Substation tonight. Sparked off by one of the imaginary lands in … Continue reading HEAR HEAR! (OR DID WE?)
