PREVIEW Melbourne International Jazz Festival, June 3 – 12, 2016 SOME of the main drawcards at this year’s festival are well-known knowns — Wayne Shorter, Esperanza Spalding, Gary Bartz — but it’s a big program with plenty of other artists to be excited about. Stats don’t put flesh on the bones, but over 10 days the festival will stage 74 events involving 335 artists (75 international and 260 Australian), … Continue reading LONG LOOK AT A SHORTER FESTIVAL
MINI REVIEW Melbourne International Jazz Festival Club Sessions at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club: 10.30pm Monday 3 June 2013 — David Ades & Friends 8pm Tuesday 4 June 2013 — Open Loose 10.30pm Tuesday 4 June 2013 — Snarky Puppy On 26 August last year, musicians gathered at Uptown Jazz Cafe in a benefit concert for saxophonist David Ades, who was in Germany receiving treatment for … Continue reading SINKING INTO THE SAXOPHONY
NEWS: Melbourne International Jazz Festival, until Sunday, June 9 Just announced! More Snarky Puppy love can be expressed in two club sessions this Tuesday night, 4 June. The one at 8pm at Bennetts Lane is sold out, but there is now another at 10pm. Tickets are strictly limited. So the gigs at the Lane that night will be: In the club (smaller room): Open Loose (8pm) … Continue reading PUPPY LOVE OVERFLOWS
