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Cinematic and dream-like, Spirograph Studies sculpt live soundtracks, creating different moods and soundscapes. They use influences from post-rock and minimalism to create their post-jazz, genre-bending sound. They introduce themes which slowly build to fill out the space they perform in, drawing on different sonic influences for each track. They are playing an extended series of...
Xani is a Naarm/Melbourne-based contemporary violinist who has been pushing the boundaries of violin playing over the last two decades. Using electronic effects and live looping, Xani’s compositions, songs and improvisations are creative, inventive and exploratory. Over three weeks, Xani will be joined by special guests to explore and improvise new music inspired by jazz,...
Fresh from a national tour the Sam Anning Septet have been performing the music from this album to sold out audiences all over the country. The music has reached new depths and taken on a whole new life. Melbourne bassist-composer Sam Anning’s third septet album Earthen, is dedicated to the indomitable spirit of Australian music icon...
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...
This is an 18+ event Welcome to my first Headline show! Me and a team of amazing musicians are putting together a memorable experience that will be something out of a movie, this is about to be the best show I’ve done yet, I want to thank all my supporters for being there for me...
Three musicians immersed in high art and low culture form one of Australia’s most commanding bands. Guest soloist with Melbourne Symphony Chamber, band leader, pianist and fiddle-singer Jenny M. Thomas is joined by double bassist Dan Witton and drummer Chris Lewis in what they describe as a post-modern bush band. Using trad Australian songs as their source material their...
Guitarist Matt Hoyne brings a new quintet to the MJC Series at The Jazzlab to present a collection of original music to be performed by a stellar line-up of Melbourne’s most creative improvisers. “Ghost Songs” is a suite of music derived from an unlikely source of inspiration; the slightly creepy, faceless music produced and owned...
Andrea Keller Curates Jenny Barnes (voice), Niran Dasika (trumpet), Sam Anning (double bass) & Andrea Keller (piano)
Melbourne’s own Jazzlab Orchestra presses re-set on the big band tradition: creating visionary, original, genre-bending jazz music with a 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 Orchestra continues the tradition of the Bennetts Lane Big Band with a monthly...
Xani is a Naarm/Melbourne-based contemporary violinist who has been pushing the boundaries of violin playing over the last two decades. Using electronic effects and live looping, Xani’s compositions, songs and improvisations are creative, inventive and exploratory. Over three weeks, Xani will be joined by special guests to explore and improvise new music inspired by jazz,...
After touring the globe with Aussie super group The Ten Tenors and capturing the nations hearts as a semi-finalist on The Voice Australia, Callum Warrender is back in Melbourne and bringing his electrifying tenor vocals to The JazzLab stage! “A voice so powerful it can take you to another dimension.” - Rita Ora From yelling...
Chelsea Wilson brings her soul-jazz sound to The Jazz Lab. Described as a modern day 'renaissance woman' (Blue in Green UK), and a ‘soul-jazz powerhouse’ (Beat Magazine), she is an accomplished songwriter, vocalist, broadcaster and producer. An internationally acclaimed live act, she has performed at Glastonbury Festival UK, Byron Bay Bluesfest, London Jazz Cafe and...