REVIEW Ausjazz blog picks some highlights from the 2012 Melbourne International Jazz Festival: All up, Ausjazz went to all or part of 15 MIJF gigs this year. This is an attempt to pick out some highlights, though there will be posts about individual concerts when time permits. A few explanatory notes: First, I chose not to review the Opening Gala: The Way You Look Tonight … Continue reading ISN’T IT GRAND, NORWEGIAN BAND
Ausjazz blog previews the Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2012, which was launched on March 13: The hubbub on level 24 of The Langham in Melbourne gave way to attentive silence yesterday evening as Murphy’s Law treated the assembled multitude to about four minutes of Big Creatures & Little Creatures: The Modular Suite. The music was a welcome relief from the necessary formalities of the official … Continue reading FESTIVAL TAKES TO THE SKIES
GIG: WPAC theatre, 11pm, Friday, October 29 Oliver Lake alto saxophone, Jared Gold on Hammond B3, Chris Beck drums, Russell Gunn trumpet GERRY Koster of ABC radio’s Jazz Up Late was our smooth host for the first concert by an overseas ensemble, easing the expectant audience into a live broadcast. There were three concerts by this quartet during the festival, as well as a solo … Continue reading WANGARATTA JAZZ 2010 — OLIVER LAKE ORGAN QUARTET
