In The Spotlight

New Releases 2009

Check out details of new Australian releases.

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Jazz and Digital Radio

The ABC has flicked the switch on digital radio and as part of the new services on offer is a dedicated jazz channel.

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Montreal Jazz Festival

Photographer Nyani Quarmyne is covering the Festival International De Jazz De Montréal for the Jazz Australia website. Follow his pictorial adventures in music.

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Jazz Scene

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Sound Travellers - Grants for 2010

Posted on 12th June, 2009

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Jazz in the Pines

Posted on 10th June, 2009

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National Jazz Awards 2009

Posted on 20th May, 2009

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Valley Jazz Festival Vocal Award

Posted on 9th May, 2009

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Rafael Karlen Nominated for Two Bell Awards

Posted on 17th April, 2009

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Mace Francis Orchestra Launches New CD

Posted on 16th April, 2009

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Sean Wayland Writes with Madeleine Peyroux

Posted on 15th April, 2009

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Andrea Keller - National Tour

Posted on 14th February, 2009

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Sound Travellers -

Posted on 14th February, 2009

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Bell Awards 2009

Posted on 14th February, 2009

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Roberto Fonseca in Sydney

Posted on 14th February, 2009

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Jazz job: SIMA is hiring

Posted on 10th February, 2009

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2009 Melbourne Jazz Fringe Composers Commission

Posted on 24th December, 2008

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The Necks - National Tour

Posted on 15th December, 2008

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Scholarship winners set to travel

Posted on 13th December, 2008

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Mikhail Rudy and Misha Alperin

Posted on 13th December, 2008

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Nows the Time Summer Series FM 99.3

Posted on 9th December, 2008

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Bob Barnard celebrates his 75th on NTT

Posted on 27th November, 2008

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APRA Professional Development Awards

Posted on 23rd November, 2008

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austraLYSIS : Sonic Textuality

Posted on 23rd November, 2008

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So Many Notes! A Celebration of Jewish Jazz

Posted on 13th November, 2008

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VALE WILL POSKITT

Posted on 12th November, 2008

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The Live Music ® evolution

Posted on 9th November, 2008

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The International Song Writing Competition

Posted on 9th November, 2008

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Jazzgroove Fundraiser

Posted on 9th November, 2008

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austraLYSIS : Sonic Textuality

Posted on 9th November, 2008

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WAYJO - COOKIN AT THE BAKERY

Posted on 9th November, 2008

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JIM KELLY WORKSHOP SERIES

Posted on 26th October, 2008

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Unity in Diversity featuring Sandy Evans

Posted on 23rd October, 2008

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Vale Dave Way

Posted on 19th October, 2008

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THE SUBTERRANEANS ARE BACK AT THE EMPIRE!!!

Posted on 25th September, 2008

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Gerard Masters - Five-City Tour

Posted on 25th September, 2008

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Murphy's Law's double CD release

Posted on 16th September, 2008

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Jazz Competition Seeks Young Musicians

Posted on 16th September, 2008

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Hervey Bay Jazz and Blues Festival

Posted on 14th September, 2008

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NOWnow

Posted on 14th September, 2008

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Joe Lovano on Frank Presley's Nows the Time

Posted on 27th August, 2008

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Perth Jazz Club - Progress Report

Posted on 30th July, 2008

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Broadbeach - Blends of Jazz

Posted on 30th July, 2008

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Jazz in the Vines

Posted on 20th June, 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

Bruce Cale Quartet - On Fire – The Sydney Concert (1980) >

13th May, 2009
Review by John McBeath

Darren Heinrich Trio - New Vintage Tunes for Hammond Organ >

13th May, 2009
Review by John McBeath

James Ryan Trio - Bitter Sweet >

13th May, 2009
Review by John McBeath

Barney McAll - Flashbacks >

19th April, 2009
Review by Mark F. Turner

Greg Coffin Trio - It’s Neither Either Or. It’s Both And. >

19th January, 2009
Review by John McBeath

Gerard Masters Trio - Pendulum >

14th October, 2008
Review by John McBeath

Murphy’s Law - Tanuki’s Revenge >

7th October, 2008
Review by John McBeath

West End Composers Collective - Driving Hat >

1st October, 2008
Review by John McBeath

Kidney >

1st October, 2008
Review by John McBeath

James Le Fevre Quintet - Point A >

8th September, 2008
Review by John McBeath

Tina Harrod - Worksongs >

25th August, 2008
Review by John McBeath and John Shand

Sally Ford - Births, Deaths & Marriages >

19th August, 2008
Review by John McBeath

Logic? - Native Strut >

3rd August, 2008
Review by John McBeath

Andrew Robson Trio - Radiola >

26th July, 2008
Review by John McBeath

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

Features

Wangaratta Panorama

30th June, 2009

We are approaching the 20th anniversary of the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues. I have reviewed every year but one, writing at first for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, then in more recent times for the SIMA website. To mark this extraordinary anniversary, SIMA have assembled below all the Wangaratta reviews I have done for them...

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Tour Reviews

3rd June, 2009

Australia has recently played host to some of the most creative musicians playing jazz-based music. Here are some responses to concerts held in Melbourne and Sydney.

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Creative Flight of a "Fabulous Flamingo"

13th May, 2009

Looking back pianist and composer Mike Nock describes himself as a “bit of a wild kid.” At the age of 16 he pawned his saxophone and travelled from his New Zealand hometown of Nguarawahia to Wellington. Once there, he played piano in a Maori/Pakeha...

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Mike Nock honoured at Bells

23rd April, 2009

Pianist, composer, educator and jazz icon Mike Nock was honoured this evening at the 2009 Australian Jazz "Bell" Awards with induction into the Graeme Bell Hall of Fame.

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Barney McAll In New York

19th April, 2009

Composer and pianist Barney McAll is a leading light of the new Brooklyn—the New York borough that is the fount of much that is new in jazz. The spectrum of McAll's music is wide, ranging from mood-setting jazz ensemble recordings to electronica. But it all comes down to the notes, and their relation to each other...

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