REVIEW: CD launch, Crossing Roper Bar Volume 2 — The Ghost Dances, Young Wägilak Group & Australian Art Orchestra, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Tuesday 27 May, 2014 This was a CD launch and a live music performance. It was also a challenging and moving personal experience that has stayed with me over the months since it took place — in the brief lull between two … Continue reading A VOICE TO PROPEL AND PUNCTUATE
BREAKING NEWS: Wangaratta Jazz & Blues Festival line-up announced for its 25th year, Friday 31 October to Monday 3 November. The embargo has just been lifted and Adrian Jackson‘s line-up for the four days and nights of the pre-Melbourne Cup Day long weekend of jazz and blues can be revealed, featuring more than 300 musicians in more than 80 concerts on the main program, and … Continue reading THE ONE THAT DIDN’T GET AWAY — ENRICO RAVA
PICTORIAL UPDATE: Oehlers/Harland/Rogers/Grabowsky, MIJF Club Session at Bennetts Lane 9.30pm Tuesday 3 June 2014 Someone I know has taken issue with whether this festival ought to offer artists whose work does not have sufficient relevance to jazz. Well, that debate aside, the issue does not arise when it comes to the two sets by these four players. If this was a footy dream team exercise and these players … Continue reading WHY WE LOVE JAZZ
