PREVIEW Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues, November 2-4, 2018 Most music fans going to “Wang” this year will have made that decision some time ago, so this is intended as a guide to the myriad jazz gigs on offer. With the Invictus Games fresh in our minds, the Australian Art Orchestra’s Friday night concert (8pm WPAC Theatre) entitled Sometimes Home Can Grow Stranger than … Continue reading CHORDS REFLECT CRISES, CULTURES
PREVIEW Melbourne International Jazz Festival, 1-10 June, 2018 The 21st MIJF, which over 10 days in almost 100 events will feature almost 400 Australian, international and emerging artists, is only a day away. Already many concerts — An Evening with Branford Marsalis and Sun Ra Arkestra at Melbourne Recital Centre, and the 7pm outing by Nubya Garcia at The Jazzlab — are sold out. A … Continue reading STANDING ROOM ONLY
PREVIEW Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival,November 24 to December 10, 2017 I suppose the reason why we don’t have a men’s international jazz festival in Melbourne – or anywhere – is that it would be doubling up on what we often experience at jazz gigs – that is, a predominance of male performers. So, until that changes, and we no longer need a women’s festival … Continue reading FESTIVAL NOT DOMINATED BY MEN!
