PREVIEW Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues, October 28-30, 2016 It’s a little late for a preview of a festival that opens this week, but it seems wrong not to take a look into the crystal ball and consider the delights of this year’s Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues, which opens for the 27th time on Friday. Adrian Jackson, creative director and for many … Continue reading WHAT WANGARATTA’S DISHING UP
PREVIEW: Melbourne International Jazz Festival, May 30 to June 8, 2014 The best time to judge the worth of any music festival is when it’s all over, but I’ll go out on a limb and say that there is a good vibe about this year’s Melbourne dip of the collective toe into the diverse waters that link to jazz. In a preview to the 2013 … Continue reading GOOD VIBE AS FESTIVAL BRANCHES OUT
WANGARATTA JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL PREVIEW — PART 2 October 28 – 31, 2011 The line-up for Cup weekend this year at Wangaratta includes enough expatriate musicians to suggest our local performers have all jumped ship in over the years. That’s far from the truth, of course, but the festival does have the pull to entice many musicians back for a visit. Pianist Barney McAll … Continue reading HOME-GROWN HIGHLIGHTS APLENTY
