the AU interview: Tarik Graves of Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (Chicago)
Reaching our shores in June for Vivid Sydney, Tarik Graves of Hypnotic Brass Ensemble shares what it's like busking in Chicago, working with Damon Albarn and their dream to someday play the White...
View ArticleMelbourne Jazz Festival announces Sun Ra Arkestra 2nd Show & Overground Lineup
"Surreal. Astonishing. Unmissable" The world-famous Sun Ra Arkestra bring their iconic live performance to Australia for the first time. With their Forum Theatre show nearly sold out, Melbourne...
View ArticleSonny Rollins - The Melbourne Town Hall (06.06.2011)
It is not going to be possible to construct a review of tonight’s show at The Melbourne Town Hall without gushing, and so I only hope that by the end of this article you will understand the reasons...
View ArticleMelbourne International Jazz Festival Photo Gallery: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble...
Perri Cassie brings us these photos from Tuesday night's Melbourne Jazz Festival performance by Hypnotic Brass Ensemble.
View ArticleMelbourne International Jazz Festival: Raw Materials and Jason Moran & the...
On a cold, dreary winter’s night in Melbourne, hundreds of jazz-lovers congregated at the Forum Theatre for performances from some of the most innovative and impressive jazz pianists in the world. Upon...
View ArticleFaust + Thymolphthalein - The Forum Theatre (10.06.11)
Beat me and send me back to my cave for not having any inkling of who Faust was before this night. I almost missed out on seeing this band for the simple reason that they played here as part of the...
View ArticleMelbourne International Jazz Festival: The Raah Project - Forum Theatre...
Years ago, I was dragged along to see hip-hop outfit True Live at the Evelyn. It was pretty packed, and they were great, but I never would have dreamed that if I were to fast forward to 2011 I would be...
View ArticleMelbourne Jazz Festival delivers their most successful festival in 14-year...
On Monday 13 June the 2011 Melbourne International Jazz Festival came to a rapturous close after ten days of stunning performances and collaborations in the largest and most expansive program ever...
View ArticleMelbourne International Jazz Festival Review: Opening Gala 'Everybody Wants...
On a night in which thunder ripped apart the sky to unleash record-breaking levels of tumultuous rain across the city of Melbourne, a thousand-strong crowd made themselves comfortable in the Palais...
View ArticleMelbourne International Jazz Festival: 'Here Comes the Night - Songs from the...
A mere two minutes before ‘Here Comes The Night: Songs from the Van Morrison Songbook’, was due to start, there was a 50-metre queue stretching far beyond the doors of the Palais Theatre out into the...
View ArticleMelbourne International Jazz Festival Review: Late Night Jam ft. The Grid -...
Guitar cases, musicians and jazz aficionados line the bluestone laneway on a dark, damp Melbourne night. It was just your average Tuesday, but Bennetts Lane had come alive, as it does every other...
View ArticlePhoto Gallery: Chucho Valdes and the Afro Cuban Messengers - Hamer Hall...
The 5 time Grammy Award Winner Chucho Valdes and the Afro Cuban Messengers were playing the Hamer Hall as part of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival. Carl Dziunka went along to capture the night.
View ArticleMelbourne International Jazz Festival Review: Chucho Valdés and the...
Last night I dreamt of Havana. They were dreams of kickin’ back on a beach-front cobblestone street, sipping a Cuba libre, smoking a cigar and grooving along to some smooth Afro-Cuban rhythms as the...
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