Ben Hauptmann, what would you say to a total stranger to get them to come to your gig tonight?

“By paying attention to what I liked about my own playing and focusing on developing that, I naturally created a mash-up of everything I love about music. All the greatest players, recordings, and gigs I’ve experienced filter through me — and what I love about all of that became my voice, my sound.”

REVIEW: Jazzgroove Festival, January 2016

” This year’s Festival program was put together smartly by Jazzgroove to get all the flavours of jazz rubbing up against each other and to pleasantly jolt by contrast.”

John Clare reviews Jazzgroove Summer Fiesta

Sydney’s Jazzgroove association fifth Summer Fiesta was spread over three venues in Ultimo: Foundry616, Lord Wolseley (I was judged too declassé to admit here) and […] Read More

Ben Hauptmann on Lekker

When we knew we were going to be talking about Lekker on the AustralianJazz.net podcast, we thought it might be good to ask him a […] Read More

Q&A with Ben Hauptmann – 2007 NJA finalists

Ben Hauptman responds to the 2007 Jazz Australia Q&A, featuring finalists in the National Jazz Awards. The National Jazz Awards are performed and announced at the […] Read More