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Co-presented with Melbourne Jazz Co-op MWIJF Little Big Band directed by Angela Davis Featuring Tertiary students from Monash University, Box Hill Tafe and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music playing the music of Australian composers as well as classic big band arrangements from the swing era and beyond. Come and hear the talents of tertiary students...
Monash University Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance are passionate supporters of Australian Music, Gender Diversity, and Jazz and Improvisation. We are proud to sponsor the MWIJF, and thrilled to have our students perform, listen and learn through the fantastic artists and events featured within the festival. This concert will feature student ensembles...
Lucy Clifford (Syd) Album Release Show Phil Noy - Tenor Fran Swinn - Guitar Lucy Clifford - Bass Jessie Cox - Drums Bassist Lucy Clifford premiers her debut album ‘Between Spaces Of knowing’ live on Friday December 13th at the Melbourne Women’s International Jazz festival, with an instrumental offering of jazz and improvised music, anchored...
Rose Bray Emerging artist Rosie Bray is a student of Jazz Vocal Performance at Monash University, having transferred from the Australian National University earlier this year. Crossing state lines, Rosie has performed gigs at Smiths Alternative, Canberra and the Brunswick Green, Melbourne. Here, she has engaged in solo and duo acts, making beautiful jazz-infused music...
Co-presented with Melbourne Jazz Co-op Genevieve Kuner Trio Gen Kuner: Alto Saxophone Andrew Saragossi: Soprano and Alto Saxophones Dylan van der Schyff: Drum Kit and Percussion Gen Kuner is a Melbourne/Naarm-based saxophonist, improviser and composer who explores extended techniques and intricate soundscapes. She delves into the art of improvisation, often blending semi-composed pieces with unconventional playing methods. Her creative process...
Angela Davis (saxophone), Julien Wilson (saxophone), Sam Anning (double bass), Dave Beck (drum set) & Andrea Keller (piano)
Remembering Elvin Jone’s Live at the Lighthouse. In 1972 Elvin Jones group, which included David Liebman, Steve Grossman and Gene Perla, played a date at the Lighthouse Café in San Francisco. It was recorded, and released as Live at the Lighthouse. It instantly became a seminal recording in jazz after Coltrane. We are thrilled to...
Australian Music Prize-nominated composer Luke Howard has been described as “absolutely heavenly” (Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC Radio 6) and his music as “an ambient masterclass” (Musos’ Guide), but no words can fully capture the potency of Howard’s enthralling compositions. A pianist since childhood, Howard has scored films and performed with artists as diverse as Lior...
Remembering Elvin Jone’s Live at the Lighthouse. In 1972 Elvin Jones group, which included David Liebman, Steve Grossman and Gene Perla, played a date at the Lighthouse Café in San Francisco. It was recorded, and released as Live at the Lighthouse. It instantly became a seminal recording in jazz after Coltrane. We are thrilled to...
Melbourne based sextet ‘Cannonball’ presents its take on the timeless works of jazz/groove/soul master Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley. Fronted by acclaimed vocalist Chantal Mitvalsky, and featuring some of Australia’s finest jazz musicians, Cannonball will captivate you with its blend of soulful classics, infused with jazz, blues & gospel, and cemented in a deep, infectious groove. The...
Formed around the turn of the century by double bassist Steve Purcell as a Count Basie style dance band, The Pearly Shells Swing Orchestra has evolved over more than 15 years to become a unique Melbourne musical institution with an enormous repertoire of original charts and ties through out Melbourne’s musical universe. The Pearly Shells...
Support Act - Cool Out Sun With his shamanic appearance and emblematic headdress, AURUS has established himself as a true musical and visual UFO. "He has absorbed all the sounds of the world, from the New York Bronx to African tribes, through British pop, without forgetting maloya, his roots. He has stored them all in...