JMI LIVE: LACHLAN MCKENZIE & BRENDAN ST LEDGER [VIDEO]

JMI Live may be closed, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the gigs are still going ahead online, every Thursday. This week it featured Lachlan McKenzie and Brendan St Ledger.

3 Questions for Sam Anning [VIDEO]

In this episode I’m talking to bassist Sam Anning,a major player in Australian jazz.

Melbourne International Jazz festival surviving these digital times

MIJF presents These Digital Times, an online music festival series featuring local and international artists

JMI LIVE: KRISTIN BERARDI & STEVE NEWCOMB [VIDEO]

JMI Live may be closed, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the gigs are still going ahead online, every Thursday. This week it featured saxophonist James Sandon and guitarist Jamie Clark.

Berardi/ Foran/ Karlen create new soundscapes with Pascal Schumacher

“Pascal brings a real sense of soundscape to the Berardi/ Foran/ Karlen music; he thinks texturally, but also melodically. So when we added him to the group, it brought so much colour and depth to the sound, but also without standing out. To us it sounds like a natural fit.”

3 Questions for Tim Newhouse [VIDEO]

In this episode I’m talking to the 24-year-old composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist Tim Newhouse.

JMI LIVE: JAMES SANDON & JAMIE CLARK [VIDEO]

JMI Live may be closed, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the gigs are still going ahead online, every Thursday. This week it featured saxophonist James Sandon and guitarist Jamie Clark.

Kirsty Pittman: ‘Samassin is inspired by all of the ethnic influences in Melbourne’

“I am greatly inspired by all of these ethnic influences that are already here in Melbourne. This patchwork is inspiring and Samassin’s music here is global.”

Toby Wren: ‘The Jazz Social is not about hi-fidelity but about celebrating the activity of music-making’

“I don’t have any expectations about whether the Jazz Social will continue after the shutdowns. It might be unique to this time and place, but on the other hand I also think it does something different to a regular gig. It’s a different medium.”

JMI LIVE: Armstrong/Jenner Standards Duo [VIDEO]

JMI Live may be closed, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the gigs are still going ahead online, every Thursday. This week it featured pianist Eden Armstrong and guitarist Royce Jenner.