GIGS NOT TO MISS 1 — TONIGHT

Saturday, March 19 at 9pm, Uptown Jazz Cafe, Brunswick St, Fitzroy INSIDE OUT — CD launch Paul Williamson trumpet, Marc Hannaford piano, Sam Zerna acoustic bass, and James McLean drums launch their new album on Jazzhead, In Cahoots. I’m recycling some pics, so that’s why Eugene Ball sneaks into the frame. But he won’t be in cahoots with this lot when they perform at Uptown … Continue reading GIGS NOT TO MISS 1 — TONIGHT

MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2011 — PREVIEW

Saturday, June 4 — Monday, 13 June It’s eclectic. It’s like an octopus. Yes, just when you thought the word eclectic had become too hackneyed a term, there is really no better way to describe this year’s MIJF, which had its program launch at 6pm today. The program devised by Sophie Brous is indeed wide-ranging, broad-based, extensive, comprehensive, varied, diverse, catholic, all-embracing, multifaceted, multifarious, heterogeneous, miscellaneous … Continue reading MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2011 — PREVIEW