In The Spotlight

New Releases

Check out details of new releases and read reviews from around the country and overseas.

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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.

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Marilyn Crispell@Jazz Now

American pianist Marilyn Crispell headlines this year's Jazz Now series at the Sydney Opera House.

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Piano Party

Mike Nock and Chris Abrahams are among the performers at SIMA's piano fundraiser on Wednesday, 30 July.

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The Sounds of Surprise

Guitarist Carl Dewhurst takes to the stage in a new play at Belvoir Street.

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Jazz Scene

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Brisbane - Jazz on Sunday

Posted on 9th July, 2008

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Squall

Posted on 25th June, 2008

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MFO NATIONAL TOUR

Posted on 20th June, 2008

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Jazz in the Vines

Posted on 20th June, 2008

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Concepts of Jazz

Posted on 14th June, 2008

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National Big Band Composition Awards

Posted on 18th May, 2008

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Devonport Jazz - July 24, 25, 26, 27

Posted on 8th May, 2008

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Tony Hobbs - Funeral Service

Posted on 30th April, 2008

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Trio Apoplectic - May Tour

Posted on 17th April, 2008

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Sound Travellers: Funding Announced

Posted on 9th April, 2008

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Seeking submissions

Posted on 11th February, 2008

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Gig Guide

Use the calendar below to see listed gigs in the Jazz Australia directory.

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Reviews

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

Features

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.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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