Following their standout performance at the 2021 Melbourne International Jazz Festival, the Johannes Luebbers Dectet (JLD) return to the JazzLab for a night of new and old music. For this performance the unique colours of JLD will collide with the vocal charm of Clancye Milne, performing arrangements of some of their favourite songs, alongside original music from JLD’s four albums.

Featuring the music of one of Australia’s most distinctive jazz composers and arrangers, JLD is a jazz chamber group  that combines jazz improvisation, orchestral instrumentation and a diverse compositional language, JLD has released four albums, resulting in two jazz ‘Bell’ awards and an APRA/AMC Art Music Award.

This performance will feature special guest Clancye Milne (vocals), Emily Thomas (flute), Ben Opie (oboe), Angela Davis (alto sax), Michael Wallace (tenor sax), Paul Williamson (trumpet), Jordan Murray (trombone), Tim Hannah (French horn), Pat Jaffe (piano), Tamara Murphy (bass) ad Aaron McCoullough (drums), Johannes Luebbers (composition/musical director).