A BOOST TO AUSTRALIAN EXPORTS?

PICTORIAL UPDATE: Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Saturday 31 May, 2014 at The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre Festivals are about more than just providing a feast of music. Through masterclasses and conversation sessions they perform an educative role — for lovers of music and students taking the rocky road to becoming working musicians. Over recent years it has been hard to keep count of how many … Continue reading A BOOST TO AUSTRALIAN EXPORTS?

I WENT, I SANG, I RECORDED

BRIANA COWLISHAW BAGS A DEBUT ALBUM IN NEW YORK: Sydney vocalist/composer Briana Cowlishaw, who recorded her debut album When Fiction Comes to Life in New York last year, is coming to Melbourne and will also perform at Wangaratta Jazz & Blues Festival this year. Cowlishaw recorded the album during a visit to New York, collaborating with musicians including Aaron Goldberg (piano), Reuben Rogers (bass), Gregory … Continue reading I WENT, I SANG, I RECORDED

MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL — DAY 8

Please scroll down for Sangam review CONVERSATIONS: ON TRADITION AND PROGRESS at The Wheeler Centre with ADRIAN JACKSON, JASON MORAN, SOPHIE BROUS, JOHN McBEATH, SCOTT TINKLER Post to come THE CLAUDIA QUINTET at BMW Edge Post to come THE MUSIC OF JOHN HOLLENBECK: JOYS AND DESIRES at BMW Edge with Theo Bleckmann and the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra Post to come SANGAM: CHARLES LLOYD WITH ZAKIR … Continue reading MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL — DAY 8