
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.
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.
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.
The club may be closed, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the JMI LIVE gigs are still going ahead online
“My goal with the Jazz Melbourne Orchestra is to create a world class big band in Melbourne that performs regularly at larger concert hall style venues.”
“We’ve had people come up to us at gigs and tell us they hate Jazz, but they love our music. It’s nice to change people’s perspectives.”
A dream team of the vibrant Melbourne Jazz Community responded to Fem Belling’s call to arms, donating their time, talent and inspiration to heal the wounds and help Wildlife Victoria in its life-saving work.
This summer, MONA is hosting a marathon of sorts. Forty-two days of free live music on the lawns at the museum, from 20 December 2019 to 31 January 2020.
” We don’t confine ourselves to particular genres, or traditional interpretations of genres, and we don’t pre-determine too much about the music. All of us love pop, and have listened to loads in our time on the planet. And Brazilian tunes creep in because I find it hard to omit these from any setlist I’m involved in! Aside from that, Stoneflower creates a very gentle, magical sonic palette that doesn’t attempt to prove anything to listeners.”
The event program features three ensembles performing in solidarity with asylum seekers imprisoned under Australia’s watch; Jackie Bornstein’s Jazz and Social Justice, Oscar Neyland’s Wirecutters, and Julien Wilson’s Autonomous Resilience Collective.
Two interviews with Marc Hannaford who is currently touring Australia with his New York Trio. In the first one, the brilliant pianist talks about his life in New York, and his current musical pursuit. In the second, he remembers his trio with Allan Browne and Sam Pankhust, documented in the album Monday Dates.