REVIEW Ausjazz blog picks some highlights from the 2012 Melbourne International Jazz Festival: All up, Ausjazz went to all or part of 15 MIJF gigs this year. This is an attempt to pick out some highlights, though there will be posts about individual concerts when time permits. A few explanatory notes: First, I chose not to review the Opening Gala: The Way You Look Tonight … Continue reading ISN’T IT GRAND, NORWEGIAN BAND
Ausjazz blog previews the Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2012, which was launched on March 13: The hubbub on level 24 of The Langham in Melbourne gave way to attentive silence yesterday evening as Murphy’s Law treated the assembled multitude to about four minutes of Big Creatures & Little Creatures: The Modular Suite. The music was a welcome relief from the necessary formalities of the official … Continue reading FESTIVAL TAKES TO THE SKIES
PREVIEW Well, Wangaratta Jazz & Blues is being launched tonight in Wangaratta, but Ausjazz can bring you the bones of the program as artistic director Adrian Jackson is telling the event’s home town denizens what’s in store. As predicted by Ausjazz blog, American trombonist Josh Roseman is the headline international artist, performing in two concerts with New York band members Australian expatriate pianist Barney McAll, … Continue reading TIME TO BONE UP ON WANGARATTA JAZZ 2011
