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Is jazz winning an Aria? … Sounds jazzy to me.

REVIEW Melbourne International Jazz Festival December 2-5 2021 Stories. That’s what music is about, whether those stories are conveyed via a festival, a concert, a suite, a song or a solo. Words, whether explanatory or in songs, can help tell stories. Other stories are passed on without words, conveyed powerfully in notes and passages that stir emotions and provoke responses. The short story of this … Continue reading Is jazz winning an Aria? … Sounds jazzy to me.

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ENJOY WOMEN AT WORK

PREVIEW: Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival 2018 It’s time to once again do what we ought to be doing all year — celebrating the importance and contribution of women in the valuable work of making music, especially jazz. Melbourne and Sydney have excellent festivals to help us enjoy the work of women composers and improvisers, so let’s support these gigs. I was unable to make … Continue reading ENJOY WOMEN AT WORK

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ENSEMBLE MEETS ALL EXPECTATIONS

REVIEW Everything It Could Be, Kennedy Snow joins Nina Ferro and a string quartet, 7pm Friday 9 March 2018, The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre. Melbourne drummer and composer Sonja Horbelt took great care with the line-up for this outing with vocalist Nina Ferro, ensuring that it was, in the words of the final piece played, Everything It Could Be. Acclaimed R&B and jazz vocalist Ferro … Continue reading ENSEMBLE MEETS ALL EXPECTATIONS

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