New Releases
Check out details of new releases and read reviews from around the country and overseas.
Jazz Invasion
The list of international jazz names to visit Australia in 2008 is more impressive than at any time in the past 25 years, writes the Herald's John Shand.
Marilyn Crispell@Jazz Now
American pianist Marilyn Crispell headlines this year's Jazz Now series at the Sydney Opera House.
Piano Party
Mike Nock and Chris Abrahams are among the performers at SIMA's piano fundraiser on Wednesday, 30 July.
Brisbane - Jazz on Sunday
Posted on 9th July, 2008
Squall
Posted on 25th June, 2008
MFO NATIONAL TOUR
Posted on 20th June, 2008
Jazz in the Vines
Posted on 20th June, 2008
Concepts of Jazz
Posted on 14th June, 2008
National Big Band Composition Awards WINNER ANNOUNCED
Posted on 19th May, 2008
National Big Band Composition Awards
Posted on 18th May, 2008
Devonport Jazz - July 24, 25, 26, 27
Posted on 8th May, 2008
Position Vacant: Jazzgroove Label Manager
Posted on 7th May, 2008
Tony Hobbs - Funeral Service
Posted on 30th April, 2008
Trio Apoplectic - May Tour
Posted on 17th April, 2008
Sound Travellers: Funding Announced
Posted on 9th April, 2008
Seeking submissions
Posted on 11th February, 2008
Use the calendar below to see listed gigs in the Jazz Australia directory.
Wanderlust - When in Rome
7th July, 2008
Review by John McBeath
Richard Maegraith Band - Free Running
7th July, 2008
Review by John McBeath
Oehlers, Grabowsky and Beck - Lost And Found
30th June, 2008
Review by John McBeath
Tim Stevens Trio - Mickets
30th June, 2008
Review by John McBeath
Julien Wilson Trio - Sound Vault
30th June, 2008
Review by John McBeath
Bunbury International Jazz Festival
26th May, 2008
Review by Peter Kenyon
Joe Chindamo - Duende: The Romantic Project
17th March, 2008
Review by John McBeath
The Vampires - South Coasting
12th March, 2008
Review by John McBeath
Matt Keegan Trio - Tone Imagination
27th February, 2008
Review by John McBeath
Bennett's Lane Big Band
5th February, 2008
Review by John McBeath
Nicki Parrott - Moon River
4th February, 2008
Review by Elliott Simon
Mike Nock Project - Meeting of the Waters
29th January, 2008
Review by John McBeath and John Kelman
Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra - Dream Wheel
29th January, 2008
Review by John McBeath
Steve Hunter Band - Dig My Garden
29th January, 2008
Review by John McBeath and Greg Levine
Zoe and the Buttercups / Arrow
13th December, 2007
Review by John Shand
Judy Bailey Honoured
22nd July, 2008
Pianist and composer Judy Bailey has been honoured with the award for distinguished services to Australian music at the annual Classical Music Awards.
Wang Festival Program Launched
15th July, 2008
"The Festival That Ate Wangaratta." So said Victorian Parliamentary Secretary for Public Transport and the Arts, Rob Hudson this evening in launching the 19th Annual Wangaratta Festival of Jazz. It had a certain ring to it... not in a bad way, of course...
The Goldberg Variations
14th July, 2008
Aaron Goldberg Trio
Sound Lounge, Sydney
June 12 & 13
There are times when a great jazz piano trio will give me the satisfaction of a Beethoven string quartet. More accurately, a related satisfaction. There is rarely extended development of a theme, the appearance of a second subject, et al...
Melbourne Jazz: An American Perspective
9th July, 2008
The 2008 edition of the annual Melbourne International Jazz Festival got off to a rocky start before the festival even commenced, with numerous headlining acts canceling for various reasons, up to just a few weeks before the festival's first notes: guitarist...
Vale Danny Moss
4th July, 2008
Danny Moss, who died in Perth, on May 28 aged 80, was a tenor saxophonist much admired for his warm, gruff tone and forthright approach.










