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Bektet – debut/CD Launch
The Jazzlab 27 Leslie Street (off Brunswick Street), Brunswick, VictoriaBEKTET is the brainchild of Melbourne-based saxophonist and composer Jared Becker. The ensemble traverses the energetic and dynamic music of modern jazz, whilst drawing heavily upon the spiritual music of modal improvisation in the release of their debut full-length album, Kinship.
Jex Saarelaht Quartet feat. Stephen Grant, Philip Rex & Niko Schäuble
The Jazzlab 27 Leslie Street (off Brunswick Street), Brunswick, VictoriaEclectic multi-instrumentalist Steve Grant is celebrated for his fluency in a wide variety of musical genres, on an wide range of instruments.
Mary Coughlan (Ireland)
The Jazzlab 27 Leslie Street (off Brunswick Street), Brunswick, Victoria(MJC series interrupted for this visiting international artist)
Aaron Choulai Quintet – Premiere
The Jazzlab 27 Leslie Street (off Brunswick Street), Brunswick, VictoriaIn this performance, Aaron Choulai brings together a quintet of long time collaborators to play original compositions that are a lateral extension of some of his best known projects such as Vada, Raw Denshi and We Don’t Dance for No Reason.
Mark Lockett Quartet feat. Roger Manins (New Zealand/Melb.)
The Jazzlab 27 Leslie Street (off Brunswick Street), Brunswick, VictoriaIrrepressible and dynamic New Zealand drummer Mark Lockett is touring Australia to launch his seventh album, ‘Swings and Roundabouts’.
Gooey Deliria (Adelaide/Melb.)
The Jazzlab 27 Leslie Street (off Brunswick Street), Brunswick, VictoriaGooey Deliria debuted for the MJC last July, and is a collaboration of some of Adelaide and Melbourne’s leading “next generation” artists, with Dylan Paul (double bass), Kyrie Anderson (drums) and Flora Carbo (saxophone), together with the more experienced Dave McEvoy (piano).