35 YEARS IN ONE DAY

PICTORIAL RETROSPECTIVE Melbourne Jazz Co-operative’s 35th Anniversary celebration, Sunday 28 January from 12.30pm to 8.30pm, Moreland City Band Hall, 16-22 Cross Street, Brunswick East To celebrate its 35th Anniversary, the MJC held an eight-hour music feast featuring eight outstanding groups. This line-up for this big-arse Sunday equivalent (remember those?) was, I believe, put together by Eugene Ball. Let’s hear it for EB, because it was fantastically … Continue reading 35 YEARS IN ONE DAY

WANGARATTA 2017: JAM-PACKED JAZZ

PREVIEW Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues, November 3 – 5, 2017 The 28th Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues will be the first without Adrian Jackson at the helm as artistic director. Instead, the programming team consists of Adam Simmons and Zoe Hauptmann for jazz, and Scott Solimo and Frank Davidson for blues. This change led to some understandable concern on the part of … Continue reading WANGARATTA 2017: JAM-PACKED JAZZ

Suite for a shy revolutionary

“In music you are allowed more elbow room to find your own way to whatever you interpret the music to be. So I think that’s a kind of interesting wrinkle in music, that because of its abstract nature it actually allows the listener to participate maybe a bit more with their own creativity and their own spontaneity … “ INTERVIEW Ronan Guilfoyle talks about his … Continue reading Suite for a shy revolutionary