Valley Jazz Festival
Jazz Queensland is looking for artists to appear at the 2009 Valley Jazz Festival, presented from May 12 - 17 next year.
Jazz:Now
US pianist Marilyn Crispell is the featured artist at this year's Jazz:Now series at the Sydney Opera House, 10-13 September.
Bell Jazz Lecture
Drummer John Pochee will deliver the 2008 Bell Jazz Lecture on 13 September - "Things ain’t what they used to be".
Sound Travellers - Grants Available
Posted on 28th August, 2008
Frank Interviews the Masters
Posted on 27th August, 2008
Joe Lovano on Frank Presley's Nows the Time
Posted on 27th August, 2008
"UPTOWN JAZZ CAFE", NEW JAZZ VENUE OPENING IN MELBOURNE
Posted on 2nd August, 2008
Perth Jazz Club - Progress Report
Posted on 30th July, 2008
National Jazz Writing Competition - Shortlist Announced
Posted on 30th July, 2008
Broadbeach - Blends of Jazz
Posted on 30th July, 2008
Brisbane - Jazz on Sunday
Posted on 9th July, 2008
MFO NATIONAL TOUR
Posted on 20th June, 2008
Jazz in the Vines
Posted on 20th June, 2008
Use the calendar below to see listed gigs in the Jazz Australia directory.
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
Mace Francis: A Dream Come True
3rd September, 2008
Touring opportunities for artists in a range of minority genres, including jazz and improvised music, will be increased if an innovative new project proves successful.
National Jazz Writing Competiton
28th August, 2008
The winners of the 2008 National Jazz Writing Competition have been announced at the Melbourne Writers Festival.
Bruce Clarke - 1925-2008
25th August, 2008
Melbourne guitarist and teacher Bruce Clarke, who was this year honoured with a Medal of the Order of Australia for his services to the arts, died on 24 July aged 83.
Ron Falson - 1928-2008
20th August, 2008
Ron Falson, one of Australia's foremost jazz musicians, was a regular in the nightclubs that boomed in Sydney after World War II, particularly Joe Taylor's Celebrity Club, where he and Don Burrows formed the "frontline" of a celebrated house band.
Andrew Robson: Freedom Now
19th August, 2008
In many ways Sydney saxophonist Andrew Robson is the epitome of the contemporary Australian jazz musician, an artist who is at once working to advance the jazz tradition while at the same time successfully exploring other musical terrain.










