Melbourne International Jazz Festival
Melbourne Women's International Jazz Festival
The Catholics
Katie Noonan
Renee Geyer
Rai Thistlethwayte
Nock, Stuart, Wilson, Zwartz – This World (Syd/Mel)
Yunior Terry (USA)
Alma Zygier
The Rookies
Andrea Keller Curates
Melbourne Jazz Co-Op
Alma Zygier Band
Alma Zygier is bewitching and idiosyncratic, both playful and peculiar. Singing jazz and blues from the pre war song book, She imbues it simultaneously with both power and fragility whilst...
MJC Presents: Sherlock Hanlon – ‘Stravinsky’ Album Launch
‘Stravinsky’ is the second album by jazz guitarist James Sherlock and MSO bassist Ben Hanlon’s Melbourne based duo project. With shared backgrounds in classical music and jazz, the duo is...
Andrea Keller’s Piano Club: Grabowsky, Williams (USA), Teakle
Three solo piano sets performed by Paul Grabowsky, Brett Williams (USA), and Max Teakle and then a chat. Like Fight Club, but with pianos
Jazzlab Mini-Orcheztra
Melbourne’s own Jazzlab Orchestra returns to the Jazzlab as the Jazzlab Mini-Orcheztra for some social distance conscious fun. The group presses re-set on the big band tradition: creating visionary, original,...
Nick Haywood Trio
This performance is a celebration of the critically acclaimed album "Back to the Garden" by Nick Haywood Trio with Petra Haden. The album was launched in September but lockdown prevented...
MIJF: Mat Jodrell Sextet – ‘Grateful’ Album Launch
Trumpeter Mat Jodrell is one of the most exciting voices in jazz today. Having recently returned to Melbourne after almost a decade performing in New York, Jodrell will lead an...
MIJF: Luke Howard Trio – ‘Sanctuary’ Album Launch
Comprised of Luke Howard (piano), Jonathan Zion (bass) and Daniel Farrugia (drums), Luke Howard Trio’s minimalist aesthetic blends elements of improvised and popular music, with enthralling compositions by both Howard...
MIJF: I Hold The Lion’s Paw – ‘Lost In Place’ Album Launch
Jon Hassell meets Ornette Coleman, meets Sun Ra. I Hold the Lion’s Paw sounds familiar and, at the same time, like nothing else you’ve ever heard. Presenting a long-awaited sophomore...
MIJF: Torrio! feat. Ilaria Crociani – MOTUS ANIMI
There is something elusive yet so distinctive in Italian music that makes it immediately recognisable. It allows Alessandro Scarlatti or Barbara Strozzi's music to be performed alongside Ennio Morricone or...
MIJF: Spirograph Studies – Lowlights Album Launch
Post-rock, post-jazz and post-minimalism. Spirograph Studies build dreamy aesthetics and cinematic sounds into the release of their long-awaited second album Lowlights. In this much-anticipated album launch, bassist Tamara Murphy leads...
MIJF: Late Night Jams
Led by local legends The Rookies, these spontaneous, all improvised and unrepeatable festival-only sessions celebrate our Melbourne jazz community alongside Festival artists dropping in to jam – you never know who'll end up on stage.
Free Entry
MIJF: Take Note 2021 Commission – Ellie Lamb’s Between Worlds
Trombonist, composer and leader of MIJF’s Take Note program Ellie Lamb premieres their ambitious commission, exploring themes of identity and the experience of living between genres and genders. Ellie’s suite...