REVIEW Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival3 – 10 December 2023 The Jazzlab Synchronicity – it turns out on checking the definition – was the wrong word to sum up outings in this year’s MWIJF, though that initially came into my addled brain. A better word may be reciprocity, but more of that later. Synchronicity – “a simultaneous occurrence of events that appear related but have … Continue reading A thread opens, snails outpaced
PREVIEW Moreland City Phoenix Project, Saturday 12 December at 7.30pm, Cross Street Music Hall, 11-17 Cross St, East Brunswick I don’t know who took the photograph above, but what a great shot of these esteemed gentlemen. When I read the headline on the accompanying flyer — Handing over the baton concert — I jumped to the erroneous conclusion that Dr Tony Gould was to assume command … Continue reading A NEW GOULD LEAGUE
CD REVIEW / MWIJF PREVIEW Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival: Martha Baartz Quintet Dream Drops CD launch, Wednesday 11 December 2013, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, 8.30pm Alto saxophonist Martha Baartz was lost to the Melbourne jazz scene when she returned to northern New South Wales a while ago after 12 years down south, but she has visited for MWIJF gigs in 2010 and 2011. This … Continue reading WINE, WOMEN AND SONG — IT’S A DREAM DROP
