January 2019
Daniel Gassin Trio feat. Hugh Stuckey (Paris/New York/Melbourne)
Third-place in the 2013 National Jazz Piano Award and a semi-finalist at the Bosendorfer Jazz Solo Piano Competition at the 2007 Montreux Jazz Festival, Australian/French pianist and composer Daniel Gassin is on a brief annual visit from Paris, where he has been based for the last six years. He has performed with many leading French jazz musicians, as well as visiting U.S. artists Dave Liebman, George Garzone, John Riley and Bob Sheppard. He is presenting mainly original material in a…
Find out more »Fermanis/Davis Quartet (debut)
Experienced guitarist Craig Fermanis co-leads a new project group with alto saxophonist Angela Davis, who has become an in-demand player since moving to Melbourne from studies in New York a few years back. In this project they take their overall inspiration from the melodic approach of the classic Konitz/Jim Hall collaboration, with sympathetic support from Sam Anning (bass) and Sam Bates (drums). They will be performing some originals from the co-leaders, together with some reworked standards
Find out more »February 2019
Tony Gould 79th Birthday Celebration
Sun 3rd February @ 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm - This special concert celebrates the birthday – and ongoing career - of the highly respected pianist/composer Dr. Tony Gould, who retired from his fulltime position as Professor of Music at Monash University at the end of 2015.
Find out more »Denson-Baartz Quartet (Brisbane/NSW) – debut, CD launch
This relatively new group is co-led by pianist Louise Denson and alto saxophonist Martha Baartz, two of the most prominent women in Australian jazz.
Find out more »Louise Goh debut / CD launch
Trained in both classical piano, and Jazz & Improvisation (VCA), accomplished pianist and keyboardist Louise Goh launches her new solo album, It’s the little things, recorded in May, with collaborators Craig Strain (electric bass), Darryn Farrugia (drums) and Gideon Brazil (tenor saxophone & flute).
Find out more »Josh Kelly Trio
Saxophonist Josh Kelly (alto & soprano sax), an emerging young talent, who is the recipient of the 2019 PBS Young Elder of Jazz Award (a $10,000 Commission for a work to be performed as part of the 2019 MIJF).
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