REVIEW: WANGARATTA JAZZ 2010 ROGER MITCHELL attempts to sum up Australia’s major festival of improvised music in a few words WHEN Mike Nock’s New Quintet opened the 21st annual jazz festival at Wangaratta on Friday, the pianist told the audience, “This is jazz. Things happen.” It was good advice. The festival program had not seemed to promise as much as in recent years. But things … Continue reading THINGS HAPPEN — A FEW WORDS ON WANG
LIVE NEWS: FROM WANGARATTA PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE THEATRE News from Wangaratta: National jazz awards for 2010 as follows: 1. Eamon McNelis, 27, Melbourne 2. Matt Jodrell, 30, from Perth and now New York 3. Nick Garbett, 27, from Sydney. Eamon wins $8000, a studio recording session for Jazztrack with Mal Stanley on ABC Classic FM and an invtiation to appear at Stonnington Jazz Festival in … Continue reading STOP PRESS: NATIONAL JAZZ AWARDS
GIG: Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre Theatre, Friday, Oct. 29, 8pm Mike Nock piano, Karl Laskowski tenor sax, Ben Waples acoustic bass, James Waples drums, Phil Slater trumpet AFTER the vibrant, energetic opening piece, Hop, Skip, Jump, Mike Nock told the audience, “This is jazz. It may seem to be arranged, but things happen. It’s spontaneous. So it’s always going to be new to us.” But … Continue reading WANGARATTA JAZZ 2010 — MIKE NOCK NEW QUINTET
