MWIJF launches LUMINA award

The Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival and The University of Melbourne are proud to announce the inaugural LUMINA Composition Award. This award is open to […] Read More

The promise of Ally Hocking Howe

What makes Ally Hocking Howe’s EP ‘The Feather Came First’ a great listen is not the music itself, but the promise it carries: the promise of a great composer, and a great musician, who can mover through genres and blend elements from all sorts of sources to create something new

Fiona Burnett: ‘Morgana always challenged the stereotype of jazz’

“Morgana was a positive force in my life and gave me a lot of purpose”

Wangaratta Jazz goes digital

When the decision was made to move to an all-online mode of delivery, the Festival reached out tokey organisations across the nation. What came back was unreserved enthusiasm, generosityand drive to make things happen.

3 Questions for Andrea Keller [VIDEO]

In this episode I’m talking to Melbourne-based pianist and composer Andrea Keller

Andrea Keller’s Transients vol. 1 & 2: seminal Australian jazz recordings

Andrea Keller’s piano is central to her Transients trios, a thing of wonder that binds together these conversations with her fellow musicians.

Elly Hoyt – The Composers’ Voice: Female stories told from a female perspective

Elly Hoyt has harnessed the power and beauty of music, not simply for its own sake, but to give voice to those we have heard far too little from.

The 2019 Australian Jazz Bell Awards winners

The 17th annual Australian Jazz Bell Awards acknowledged and applauded excellence of creativity, recording, performance and presentation of jazz in Australia.

Kathleen Halloran: ‘Whatever we do, we do it with a smile!’

“I love sitting in the middle of Darryn and Kim when they talk about musical experiences theyve shared from times before I was born, soaking everything up like a sponge, to the point that it feels like I was there too!”

Andrea Keller: ‘I understood the responsibility of sharing, nurturing and leading by example’

“I didn’t set out to have a band with two basses. It was funny that it didn’t occur to me until a while in, that I’d run the Andrea Keller Quartet for 13 years as a bass-less ensemble and now my next major ongoing adventure as a bandleader involves an ensemble with two bass players!”