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Celebrate extraordinary emerging talents in a night of music featuring graduating students from the Jazz and Improvisation department at the University of Melbourne.
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 Melbourne’s own JazzLab Orchestra presses reset on the big band tradition, creating visionary, original, genre-bending jazz music with a strong focus on diversity and inclusivity. Led by composer-arrangers Cheryl Durongpisitkul and Madison James Smith, the orchestra celebrates Melbourne’s next generation of instrumentalists. The ensemble continues the legacy of the Bennetts Lane Big Band through its monthly residency,...
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 Kadambawa is the original project and forthcoming debut album of Melbourne-based drummer and composer Jerush Perera, bringing together contemporary jazz, improvisation, and the rhythmic traditions of Sri Lanka into a deeply personal and immersive musical experience. Drawing from his Sri Lankan heritage alongside Melbourne's vibrant improvised music scene, Perera's compositions explore identity, cultural fragmentation, migration, memory, and...
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 Raw, urban, and unapologetic, Piazzolla Unleashed: Reclaiming the Edge dives headfirst into the street-smart soundworld of Astor Piazzolla; the outlaw genius who tore tango apart and rebuilt it with jazz fire, rock attitude, and Bach-level craft. This is Buenos Aires after dark: gritty, volatile, and electrically alive. TangoMundo brings to the stage Piazzolla repertoire rarely...
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$30.00 – $35.00 |
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 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 into a unique Melbourne musical institution, boasting an enormous repertoire of original charts and strong ties throughout Melbourne’s musical community. The Pearly Shells blend their own arrangements...
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$40.00 – $45.00 |
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 The red-hot jazz ensemble 32 Bars is touching down at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club in Brunswick for an unmissable Saturday night show on October 31st. 32 Bars is making waves with their ambitious project to film 32 brand-new jazz vocal showtunes across Victoria's most iconic music venues—each song composed and arranged for full jazz ensemble...
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$40.00 – $45.00 |
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 A gutsy & arresting interpretation of Leonard Cohen's powerful works. D'Arrietta and his band provide gutsy and arresting interpretations of Cohen's powerful works, framed by a personal narrative. The stories give an insight into Cohen's life and the motivations behind the songs, with a sprinkling of laconic humour. Few bodies of musical work rouse, seduce...
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 Peggy Lee (cello), Niran Dasika (trumpet, Dylan van der Schyff (drums) and Andrea Keller (piano)
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 A night to celebrate improvisation and spontaneity. The Hue Blanes Trio hosts an evening where anything is possible, and where everyone is invited to create musical magic on Melbourne’s most hallowed podium. About Hue Blanes: Hue Blanes is no stranger to Australian ears. The musical savant has graced Melbourne’s jazz clubs for more than two...
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$10.00 – $15.00 |
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 About Barney McAll: Barney McAll stands as one of Australia’s most visionary and uncompromising musical voices – a GRAMMY-nominated, ARIA-winning pianist, composer, and producer whose work defies categorization. He has released 28 acclaimed solo albums, performed on over 100 recordings, and collaborated with Sia, Daniel Merriweather and jazz legends including Gary Bartz, Dewey Redman, Maceo...
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$30.00 – $35.00
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 La Influencia is a 12-piece Afro-Cuban salsa band from Melbourne, led by pianist Daniel Mougerman (The Bamboos) and timbalero Salvador Persico (Blue King Brown). Tonight they perform original music alongside the music of Cuban heavyweights Alain Pérez, Havana D'Primera and Irakere. La Influencia has played the Melbourne International Jazz Festival and White Night, and the...
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 Presented by 3MBS, Abbey Paige Williams makes her JazzLab debut this November, presenting an intimate evening of jazz standards, golden-age musical favourites and contemporary songs that have shaped her musical world. Inspired by artists including Ella Fitzgerald, Julie London, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee, as well as contemporary artists such as Laufey, Stella...
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 “Bright Phantoms” is the debut album from Naarm based experimental duo Lillian Albazi and Oscar Neyland, bringing voice and double bass together in a restless and richly textured sound world. Weaving together fragments of post-punk, folk, modern classical, noise, found percussion, free improvisation and rock. At its centre is the interplay between double bass and...
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 The Melbourne Jazz Co-operative is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting and promoting original live jazz performance by established and emerging artists in Melbourne. Since 1983 our objectives have been to increase the exposure of contemporary jazz performance by making it accessible to audiences, and to provide award waged performance opportunities for emerging and established...
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 The inventive Danish/Australian trio Number Junky return with Composure, their third album, taking their new music on a national Australian tour. The trio of Kristian Borring (guitar), Zac Grafton (double bass) and Peter Evans (drums) have toured extensively across Australia in recent years, including a featured performance at the Perth International Jazz Festival in 2024....
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 The SKOB Big Band is back at the JazzLab for 2026, and they are set to light up the stage once again. Formed in 2020, the Old Boys will bring their favourite big band classics as well as show off some new material from the year at their annual JazzLab performance, drawing on funk, swing,...
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 Max Raz-Liebman presents Wodan's Oak: a modern jazz work encompassing jazz fusion, prog-rock, medieval and Renaissance music, live electronics, sampling, storytelling, and many other influences. The piece received the 2025 Allan Zavod Award from Melbourne University for its melding of jazz and classical elements. Set across four movements, Wodan’s Oak tells a story of paganism...
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$30.00 – $35.00 |
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About Barney McAll: Barney McAll stands as one of Australia’s most visionary and uncompromising musical voices – a GRAMMY-nominated, ARIA-winning pianist, composer, and producer whose work defies categorization. He has released 28 acclaimed solo albums, performed on over 100 recordings, and collaborated with Sia, Daniel Merriweather and jazz legends including Gary Bartz, Dewey Redman, Maceo...
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$30.00 – $35.00 |
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 Shapeshifting and soulful instrumental jazz returns with the Nadav Rayman Trio, following the sellout launch of their second album, Sequence, a work that further develops the ensemble's distinctive blend of contemporary soul jazz and hip-hop. The trio – Nadav Rayman (piano), Matthew Coleman (bass) and Michael Evans-Barker (drums) – continues to explore the dynamic intersection...
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$30.00 – $35.00 |
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 Following 2 huge sell out nights Sydney based 13 piece Latin Big Band MUCHO MAMBO returns to the Jazzlab for another great night of big band Mambo, Cha Cha Cha, Salsa and much more. Featuring some of Australia's best Latin and Jazz musicians, the MUCHO MAMBO experience is one of a kind in the music...
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$40.00 – $45.00 |
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The Melbourne Jazz Co-operative is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting and promoting original live jazz performance by established and emerging artists in Melbourne. Since 1983 our objectives have been to increase the exposure of contemporary jazz performance by making it accessible to audiences, and to provide award waged performance opportunities for emerging and established...
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$25.00 – $30.00 |
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 Darcy Gilkerson is a cellist, composer and improviser with a passion for contemporary classical and improvisatory chamber music. The principles of his creative output are to confront classical compositional practices to create music that is current, accessible, and allows for artistic freedom. His album ‘Acteon’ was released last year to great acclaim. The album is...
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 Yunior Terry is a Cuban bassist, violinist, and composer, internationally recognised for his complex grooves and contagious rhythms that fuse jazz with Afro-Cuban traditions. The youngest son of one of Cuba’s most gifted musical families, Terry is a prolific performer driven by a deep belief in the transformative power of live music. Regarded as one of...
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$30.00 – $35.00 |
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About Barney McAll: Barney McAll stands as one of Australia’s most visionary and uncompromising musical voices – a GRAMMY-nominated, ARIA-winning pianist, composer, and producer whose work defies categorization. He has released 28 acclaimed solo albums, performed on over 100 recordings, and collaborated with Sia, Daniel Merriweather and jazz legends including Gary Bartz, Dewey Redman, Maceo...
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$30.00 – $35.00 |
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 Cannonball is a Melbourne-based sextet presenting its take on the timeless works of jazz, groove and soul master Julian “Cannonball” Adderley. Fronted by acclaimed vocalist Chantal Mitvalsky and featuring some of Australia’s finest jazz musicians, Cannonball captivates audiences with a rich blend of soulful classics infused with jazz, blues and gospel, all cemented in a deep, infectious groove....
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$40.00 – $45.00
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 Recently touring across Australia with Josh Groban, Tarryn Stokes returns with a breathtaking and deeply moving tribute to the timeless voice of Eva Cassidy, whose honesty, purity, and effortless musicianship continue to resonate with audiences around the world. In Songbird – The Eva Cassidy Experience, Tarryn honours Eva's most beloved songs, including Songbird, Fields of...
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$45.00 |
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 Now more than two decades into their journey, The Vampires remain one of Australia’s most distinctive and acclaimed ensembles. The ARIA Award-winning group has carved out a unique place in the international jazz scene, melding intertwining saxophone and trumpet lines with hypnotic grooves and genre-defying textures. Their sound is instantly recognisable: immersive, exploratory, and always...
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$40.00 – $45.00 |
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The Melbourne Jazz Co-operative is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting and promoting original live jazz performance by established and emerging artists in Melbourne. Since 1983 our objectives have been to increase the exposure of contemporary jazz performance by making it accessible to audiences, and to provide award waged performance opportunities for emerging and established...
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$25.00 – $30.00
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 Australian singer-songwriter Rick Price has been making music for over 35 years. From the age of nine in country Queensland, he built a respected career as one of Australia’s finest recording artists. His songs continue to receive strong radio airplay to this day. His 1992 debut album Heaven Knows launched him to stardom, with major...
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$30.00 – $35.00 |
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Melbourne’s own JazzLab Orchestra presses reset on the big band tradition, creating visionary, original, genre-bending jazz music with a strong focus on diversity and inclusivity. Led by composer-arrangers Cheryl Durongpisitkul and Madison James Smith, the orchestra celebrates Melbourne’s next generation of instrumentalists. The ensemble continues the legacy of the Bennetts Lane Big Band through its monthly residency,...
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$25.00 – $30.00 |
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1 event,
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About Barney McAll: Barney McAll stands as one of Australia’s most visionary and uncompromising musical voices – a GRAMMY-nominated, ARIA-winning pianist, composer, and producer whose work defies categorization. He has released 28 acclaimed solo albums, performed on over 100 recordings, and collaborated with Sia, Daniel Merriweather and jazz legends including Gary Bartz, Dewey Redman, Maceo...
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$30.00 – $35.00 |
1 event,
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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 into a unique Melbourne musical institution, boasting an enormous repertoire of original charts and strong ties throughout Melbourne’s musical community. The Pearly Shells blend their own arrangements...
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$40.00 – $45.00 |
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 Steve Sedergreen returns to the JazzLab with a lineup built on history, chemistry and serious musicianship. A central figure of the Melbourne jazz scene for decades, Sedergreen brings his unmistakable touch to the piano alongside James Clark (bass) and Andrew Swann (drums) — a rhythm section grounded in feel and experience. Out front, Jacki Gaudion...
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Our Christmas Extravaganza at The Jazz Lab will give our students a truly memorable opportunity to experience the excitement of performing in a professional live music venue. Students will take to the stage performing piano, guitar, ukulele, singing, drums and so many more instruments, showcasing the incredible variety of talent within our academy. Our pianists will have the...
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The Melbourne Jazz Co-operative is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting and promoting original live jazz performance by established and emerging artists in Melbourne. Since 1983 our objectives have been to increase the exposure of contemporary jazz performance by making it accessible to audiences, and to provide award waged performance opportunities for emerging and established...
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$25.00 – $30.00 |
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A night to celebrate improvisation and spontaneity. The Hue Blanes Trio hosts an evening where anything is possible, and where everyone is invited to create musical magic on Melbourne’s most hallowed podium. About Hue Blanes: Hue Blanes is no stranger to Australian ears. The musical savant has graced Melbourne’s jazz clubs for more than two...
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$10.00 – $15.00 |
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 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...
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 Fatai is a dynamic singer-songwriter known for her powerful, soulful voice and emotionally charged performances. Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Fatai first captured the public’s attention with her stunning vocal range and distinctive style, blending elements of soul, pop, and R&B. She quickly rose to prominence through her viral online performances, gaining a dedicated global fanbase....
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 THE JAZZLAB is delighted to welcome back Australia’s legendary jazz vocalist – the man with a voice as cool as a long G&T… VINCE JONES! A true icon of Australian jazz, multi-ARIA-award-winning vocalist, trumpeter and songwriter Vince Jones is one of the country’s most acclaimed and recognisable artists. Celebrating 50 years in the business, this...
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THE JAZZLAB is delighted to welcome back Australia’s legendary jazz vocalist – the man with a voice as cool as a long G&T… VINCE JONES! A true icon of Australian jazz, multi-ARIA-award-winning vocalist, trumpeter and songwriter Vince Jones is one of the country’s most acclaimed and recognisable artists. Celebrating 50 years in the business, this...
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