Happy International Jazz Day!

“Henri Matisse once defined Jazz as “rhythm and meaning”. Jazz means music at its most creative, its most free. Jazz means diversity at its most […] Read More

REVIEW: Elly Hoyt – Oranges & Sunshine

Elly Hoyt never shies away from letting her talents – and her amazing vocal range – unfold: one minute she sings the blues with a visceral quality, her voice rooted to the ground; the next, the same voice ascends to the sky.

2015 Australian Jazz Bell Awards: and the nominees are…

The agony and speculation is over. The nominees for this year’s Australian Jazz Bell Awards have been announced. Among them appear, naturally, some of the […] Read More

Nostalgia in Fed Square – the Record Store Day edition

“So, what’s new with Australian Jazz .net?” I can almost hear you ask. A lot and not much, at the same time. Setting up an […] Read More

REVIEW: Michael Griffin & Dale Barlow – Tribute to Cannonball & Coltrane

To see the two men working together, obviously digging each other’s playing was a thrill that pointed to this being one of the jazz gigs of the year for me. Griffin was overjoyed to be locking horns, literally, with the great Dale; Barlow, for his part, equally seemed to enjoy having the younger player’s sparkling alto nipping at his heels, pushing him into some hair-raising tenor work.

Michael Griffin’s Unexpected Greeting

I have come late to the amazing playing of Sydney’s Michael Griffin. Walking into an Andrew Dickerson Quintet gig off the street I was floored […] Read More