MJC recommends…
The MJC also recommends SIMA’s Jazz:NOW season.
Beautifully shot studio performances are paired with bonus vintage footage from the Australian jazz documentary The Pulse and features iconic artists including The Necks, Barney McAll, Darren Percival, Scott Tinkler.
Opening the season on Saturday June 6, National Jazz Award-winning bassist and Thirsty Merc rocker Phil Stack meets celebrated jazz and soul vocalist Virna Sanzone (followed by the Bernie McGann Trio with Sandy Evans and the Mike Nock’s Big Small Band).
List of Events
I Hold The Lion’s Paw – Single Launch
Jon Hassell meets Ornette Coleman, meets Tropical F**K Storm. I Hold the Lion's Paw sounds familiar and, at the same time, like nothing else you’ve ever heard.
Nick Haywood Trio
The Nick Haywood Trio is one of Australia’s leading collaborative improvisation ensembles. The trio is known for taking simple themes and allowing complexity to unfold as a collective exploratory process. The trio is bassist Nick Haywood with pianist Colin Hopkins and drummer Niko Schäuble.
Open Home
Open Home is a new ensemble, which offers an invitation to explore the ebbs and flows of life through the compositions of Shaun Rammers (tenor sax and clarinet), a Music graduate of WAPAA.
The Rest is Silence (previously called Carbo Carter Gunnoo) – CD Launch
Bringing together four of Melbourne’s most prodigious young jazz artists, The Rest is Silence’s debut album, A Short Film, explores melodically driven compositions against a backdrop of indie-rock, country, and electronica. Featuring siblings Flora Carbo (alto saxophone) and Theo Carbo (guitar) alongside long-time friends Isaac Gunnoo (double bass) and Maddison Carter (drums)
Josh Kelly’s ‘Displacement’ (Melbourne/Sydney) – Debut
Alto saxophonist/composer Josh Kelly produced the ‘Displacement’ suite as recipient of the PBS-FM Young Elder of Jazz Commission in 2019. This work explores French Impressionism, modal jazz, and syncopated rhythm cycles through the lens of Josh's family's migration around the world.
Callum G’Froerer Quartet– Debut
Callum G’Froerer is a trumpet player active between many musical genres - improvisation, commissioning new contemporary repertoire, and composition.Callum (trumpet and flugelhorn) is joined by Joseph O’Connor (piano), Sam Anning (bass) and James McLean (drumset).
The Melbourne Jazz Co-Op
The Melbourne Jazz Co-operative is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting and promoting original live jazz performance by established and emerging artists in Melbourne.
Since 1983 our objectives have been to increase the exposure of contemporary jazz performance by making it accessible to audiences, and to provide award waged performance opportunities for emerging and established artists. Read more about how we are funded.
News
MJC adopts the WeHaveVoice Collective Code of Conduct
Melbourne Jazz Co-op had proudly adopted the Code of Conduct launched by WeHaveVoice. The WeHaveVoice Collective...
Editorial 24 January 2020
Announcing that MJC was not successful in the last round of funding. Discussion of arts funding more generally
Editorial 13 December 2019
The MJC is commencing its 38th. year of Annual Programs, which has been staged throughout every year since January 1983. However, as you can see, while there are some familiar artists in the program, we are continuing to introduce new artists too.
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