Category: The Scene

The Jazz community of Australia and New Zealand

Festivals, Interviews, Jazz in Sydney Posted on

Jess Green: ‘SWIJF is not just the Women’s Festival -it’s Sydney’s Festival!’

An adventurous guitarist, a daring performer, an inventive composer, a dedicated educator, and a champion of equity and inclusion in music and academia, Jess Green has made a name for herself, chasing that creative spark that happens when music takes a turn you didn’t see coming. Now she’s bringing that same fearless energy to her new role, as program director of the Sydney Women’s International Jazz Festival.

Gigs and concerts, Guest Posts, Melbourne Jazz, Reviews Posted on

Night Cat fundraiser: Everything I love about Melbourne music and more

The ‘Soundproof the Future’ fundraiser gig at The Night Cat was everything I love about Melbourne music and more. A veritable melting pot of musical culture and style; multi-cultural, multi-age and cumulative decades upon decades, of honed skill and talent.

Adelaide Jazz, Festivals, Gigs and concerts, Interviews Posted on

Chelsea Lee: ‘I have this deep compulsion to re-create sounds and moods I hyper-fixate on’

“The creativity and exploration harmonically and rhythmically is so special within those relationships [of the Miles and Coltrane bands of the ’60s], and I wanted to emulate that same feeling with my own group.”

Adelaide Jazz, Festivals, Sponsored Content Posted on

Adelaide Jazz Festival is back with a special program for 2025 [ADVERTORIAL]

“An annual jazz festival is an important opportunity to showcase the incredible musical talent here in South Australia,” says AJF Producer and Artistic Director, Kaya Blum. “This year’s program stretches across an exciting range of jazz styles.”