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Sandy Evans was awarded an OAM at the Queens Birthday honours list for her service to Australian contemporary jazz music as a composer and musician. Sandy's outstanding achievements included; •Joined, Australian Art Orchestra, 1992.•Co-musical Director, Ten Part Invention, since 1986; Group invited to the Chicago Jazz Festival, 2004.•Formed, Clarion Fracture Zone (quintet), 1987.•Formed the band, Women and Children First, 1983.•Band Leader, Citizens of Earth.•Band Leader, Sandy Evans Trio.•Band Leader, Gest8 (octet).•Member of The catholics, austraLYSIS, Waratah and Mara!, and many jazz ...

National News | JA admin | Tuesday, 15 June 2010 | Hits: 243

The winners announced for the most prestigious awards in Australian Jazz. The Australian Jazz Bell Awards, dubbed ‘The Bells’ in honor of the Australian jazz pioneer Graeme Bell AO MBE, have established themselves in just eight years as a high point on the Jazz calendar. The Jury panel, which includes Australian and international Jazz critics and key figures in the industry - John McBeath, Michael Tortoni, Adrian Jackson, John Shand, Laurence Donohue Greene and Martin Jackson. The Jury panel chose th...

National News | JA admin | Friday, 4 June 2010 | Hits: 149

A new performing arts centre was in place for the twentieth Wangaratta Festival of Jazz. Read reviews and blog posts from the anniversary event to find out what went on inside the venue. John McBeath - The Australian Unlike previous Wangaratta festivals, the twentieth anniversary edition had no overseas big names, throwing a welcome increased emphasis on the abundant and extraordinary Australian talent. Artistic director Adrian Jackson explained that reduced seating in the newly completed Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre, combined with ...

National News | Peter Jordan | Wednesday, 4 November 2009 | Hits: 145

Brisbane saxophonist Zac Hurren has won the 2009 National Jazz Award at the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz.Phil Noy was awarded second prize and Jacam Manricks third.Zac received $6000 prize money plus a studio recording session for Jazztrack with Mal Stanley on ABC Classic FM and an invitation to perform in the Stonnington Jazz Festival in May 2010.Phil Noy was awarded $3000 prize money and Jacam Manricks won $1500.The three judges - Mike Nock, Julien Wilson and Jamie Oehlers - selected ...

Queensland | Peter Jordan | Sunday, 1 November 2009 | Hits: 128

In Australia he was a rising jazz star, but that didn't count for much in the US, where no one knew his name. So it took a certain amount of courage for Barney McAll to wander into New York's Sweet Basil jazz club and offer his services to the owner, Horst Liepolt. It was the mid-1990s, and Liepolt was a well-known producer who had once played a significant role in promoting jazz in Australia. McAll told Liepolt that he was a ...

National News | Ashliegh Wilson | Tuesday, 27 October 2009 | Hits: 132

Pianist, composer, educator and jazz icon Mike Nock was honoured this evening at the 2009 Australian Jazz "Bell" Awards with induction into the Graeme Bell Hall of Fame. "This is not just about me," said Nock who became a little emotional as he received his award from Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard. "It's an award from the jazz community… and that means a great deal." Previous inductees are Bernie McGann, Don Burrows, John Pochée, Allan Browne, Ade Mo...

National News | Miriam Zolin | Thursday, 23 April 2009 | Hits: 94

Latest news

Sandy Evans Awarded Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia

Sandy Evans was awarded an OAM at the Queens Birthday honours list for her service to Australian contemporary jazz music ... Read more

National News | JA admin | Tuesday, 15 June 2010 | Hits: 243

The Bells ring for Australian Jazz Talent

The winners announced for the most prestigious awards in Australian Jazz. The Australian Jazz Bell Awards, dubbed ‘The Bells’ in ho... Read more

National News | JA admin | Friday, 4 June 2010 | Hits: 149

History Made - First for Aussie Jazz Education

On 1st March 2010 history was made at Jazzworx! in Brisbane, when 30 new students officially began studying for their ... Read more

Queensland | Jim Budd | Tuesday, 18 May 2010 | Hits: 117

Album Awards

Katie Noonan has won the gong for best jazz album at the ARIA Artisan and Fine Arts Awards for Blackbird, ... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Tuesday, 24 November 2009 | Hits: 141

Wangaratta in Review

A new performing arts centre was in place for the twentieth Wangaratta Festival of Jazz. Read reviews and blog posts ... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Wednesday, 4 November 2009 | Hits: 145

National Jazz Awards - Zac Hurren Wins

Brisbane saxophonist Zac Hurren has won the 2009 National Jazz Award at the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz.Phil Noy was awarded ... Read more

Queensland | Peter Jordan | Sunday, 1 November 2009 | Hits: 128

National Jazz Awards - 2009 Finalists Q&As

Each year, Jazz Australia talks to the ten finalists in Australia's most prestigious jazz competition, the National Jazz Awards. The ... Read more

National News | Miriam Zolin | Wednesday, 28 October 2009 | Hits: 100

Barney McAll and Sylent Running

In Australia he was a rising jazz star, but that didn't count for much in the US, where no one ... Read more

National News | Ashliegh Wilson | Tuesday, 27 October 2009 | Hits: 132

National Jazz Awards - Finalists

This year saxophone is the featured instrument at the National Jazz Awards and organisers say they received a record number ... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Tuesday, 13 October 2009 | Hits: 119

The National Jazz Alliance

The National Jazz Alliance was created in 2008 to develop a unified voice and strategy for jazz and improvised music ... Read more

National News | Joanne Kee | Tuesday, 6 October 2009 | Hits: 95

Intangible Asset Number 82

If you were at the Daorum concert at the Sydney Opera House in March 2008, you had a taste of ... Read more

National News | Miriam Zolin | Monday, 14 September 2009 | Hits: 295

Jazz Musicians and Writers Meet in Harlem

Despite the emergence of many distinctive voices in Australian jazz music over the past ten to fifteen years, New York ... Read more

National News | Lisa Kamaralli | Friday, 7 August 2009 | Hits: 105

Wangaratta Festival Program Announced

New York trumpeter Charles Tolliver will headline the 20th Wangaratta Jazz Festival, performing with the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra and leading ... Read more

Victoria | Peter Jordan | Wednesday, 29 July 2009 | Hits: 117

Wangaratta Panorama

We are approaching the 20th anniversary of the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues. I have reviewed every year but ... Read more

Victoria | John Clare | Tuesday, 30 June 2009 | Hits: 99

Tour Reviews

Australia has recently played host to some of the most creative musicians playing jazz-based music. Here are some responses to ... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Wednesday, 3 June 2009 | Hits: 37

Creative Flight of a "Fabulous Flamingo"

Looking back pianist and composer Mike Nock describes himself as a “bit of a wild kid.” At the age of ... Read more

National News | John McBeath | Wednesday, 13 May 2009 | Hits: 48

Mike Nock honoured at Bells

Pianist, composer, educator and jazz icon Mike Nock was honoured this evening at the 2009 Australian Jazz "Bell" Awards with in... Read more

National News | Miriam Zolin | Thursday, 23 April 2009 | Hits: 94

Barney McAll In New York

Composer and pianist Barney McAll is a leading light of the new Brooklyn—the New York borough that is the fount of... Read more

National News | | Sunday, 19 April 2009 | Hits: 40

Kirk Lightsey, Bernie McGann and a rich tradition

Thirteen years ago Detroit pianist Kirk Lightsey and Granville alto saxophonist Bernie McGann played with bassist Jonathan Zwartz and drummer Jo... Read more

National News | John Clare | Wednesday, 15 April 2009 | Hits: 45

The Necks in North America

Popular trio The Necks have completed an extensive tour of the United States and Canada, garnering arguably more mainstream media ... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Thursday, 19 March 2009 | Hits: 41

Stonnington Jazz 2009

The program for Stonnington Jazz 2009 has been announced and highlights include a celebration of Vince Jones’s three decades in ... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Wednesday, 11 March 2009 | Hits: 43

Tony Gould Wins Don Banks Award

Pianist and composer Tony Gould is one of Australia's most respected musicians who already has an Order of Australia for ... Read more

National News | Robin Usher | Tuesday, 24 February 2009 | Hits: 45

Birdland Closes

Increased costs are forcing Birdland, one of Australia’s few remaining jazz specialty record shops, to close its doors after 18 ... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Monday, 23 February 2009 | Hits: 33

APRA Jazz Award

As part of its annual Music Awards, the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) includes an Award for the composer of th... Read more

National News | Eric Myers | Tuesday, 17 February 2009 | Hits: 31

Melbourne Jazz Festival – Program Announced

The 2009 Melbourne International Jazz Festival program has been announced and features an interesting mix of overseas stars and local ... Read more

Victoria | Peter Jordan | Friday, 13 February 2009 | Hits: 107

Sandy Evans - Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address

In December, saxophonist and composer Sandy Evans delivered the 10th annual Peggy Glanville-Hicks address at the Mint in Sydney. As ... Read more

National News | Sandy Evans | Friday, 23 January 2009 | Hits: 36

Melbourne Jazz 2009

Next Autumn's Melbourne International Jazz Festival will branch out to include jazz collaborations with other music genres while also celebrating ja... Read more

National News | Administrator | Saturday, 17 January 2009 | Hits: 86

Melbourne Jazz - 2008 in Review

TWO veritable giants of jazz performed in Australia for the first time in 2008 without including Melbourne in their itinerary. ... Read more

Victoria | Jessica Nicholas | Sunday, 4 January 2009 | Hits: 89

The Best of 2008

What were the best jazz albums released this year? Everyone has an opinion but it’s always interesting to compare. Here ar... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Monday, 15 December 2008 | Hits: 49

Chick Corea in Australia

Chick Corea is one of the most prolific artists in jazz. It’s not just the volume of his output, which sp... Read more

National News | Mark Isaacs | Friday, 12 December 2008 | Hits: 60

Tina Harrod

Tina Harrod has won the Best Australian Independent Jazz Album award for her recent CD Worksongs. The announcement was made as pa... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Saturday, 29 November 2008 | Hits: 74

The Australian Accent Reviewed

Jazz: The Australian Accent John Shand (UNSW Press) This work deserves attention alone for its arrival into the seriously under-documented territory of... Read more

National News | John McBeath | Sunday, 16 November 2008 | Hits: 44

Phil Stack Wins National Jazz Award

Sydney bassist Phil Stack has been awarded first prize in the 2008 National Jazz Awards at the Wangaratta Festival of Ja... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Saturday, 8 November 2008 | Hits: 55

Wangaratta in Review

Two years ago, heavy rain inundated the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and volunteers had to use buckets to tip knee-deep wa... Read more

National News | John McBeath | Wednesday, 5 November 2008 | Hits: 34

Review - Jazz: The Australian Accent

I do not envy John Shand the decisions he had to make when choosing musicians to talk to for subject matter in hi... Read more

National News | Miriam Zolin | Friday, 31 October 2008 | Hits: 28

New Jazz Journal Launched

Melbourne-based writer and publisher Miriam Zolin will launch her new jazz-inspired literary journal extempore at this year’s Wangaratta Festival of Ja... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Wednesday, 29 October 2008 | Hits: 39

Air Awards - Best Jazz Album Nominees

The Australian Independent Record Labels Association has announced the nominees for the 2008 AIR Awards. The following five albums have been no... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Saturday, 25 October 2008 | Hits: 32

National Jazz Awards 2008 - Alex Boneham

Alex Boneham of New South Wales When did you start playing bass and why? For example, was there a 'moment' when ... Read more

National News | Miriam Zolin | Monday, 20 October 2008 | Hits: 36

Q&As with National Jazz Awards finalists

Each year, Jazz Australia talks to the ten finalists in Australia's most prestigious jazz competition, the National Jazz Awards. The aw... Read more

National News | Miriam Zolin | Sunday, 19 October 2008 | Hits: 21

National Jazz Awards 2008 - Ben Waples

Ben Waples of New South Wales When did you start playing bass and why? For example, was there a 'moment' when it... Read more

National News | Miriam Zolin | Sunday, 19 October 2008 | Hits: 40

National Jazz Awards 2008 - Des White

Des White of Victoria When did you start playing bass and why? For example, was there a 'moment' when it came to... Read more

National News | Miriam Zolin | Sunday, 19 October 2008 | Hits: 51

National Jazz Awards 2008 - Karl Dunnicliff

Karl Dunnicliff of New South Wales When did you start playing bass and why? For example, was there a 'moment' when ... Read more

National News | Miriam Zolin | Sunday, 19 October 2008 | Hits: 51

National Jazz Awards 2008 - John Kingman

John Kingma of Victoria When did you start playing bass and why? For example, was there a 'moment' when it came to... Read more

National News | Miriam Zolin | Sunday, 19 October 2008 | Hits: 40

National Jazz Awards 2008 - Phil Stack

Phil Stack of New South Wales When did you start playing bass and why? For example, was there a 'moment' when it... Read more

National News | Miriam Zolin | Sunday, 19 October 2008 | Hits: 35

National Jazz Awards 2008 - Sam Anning

Sam Anning from Victoria When did you start playing bass and why? For example, was there a 'moment' when it came to... Read more

National News | Miriam Zolin | Sunday, 19 October 2008 | Hits: 43

National Jazz Awards 2008 - Sam Zerna

Sam Zerna from Victoria When did you start playing bass and why? For example, was there a 'moment' when it came ... Read more

National News | Miriam Zolin | Sunday, 19 October 2008 | Hits: 29

A Bleak Scene?

James Muller was in high school in Adelaide when his guitar teacher first played him an early recording by US ja... Read more

National News | Ashliegh Wilson | Saturday, 11 October 2008 | Hits: 40

Troy Roberts Reaches Thelonious Monk Semi-finals

Perth saxophonist Troy Roberts is one of 12 saxophonists from around the world to make the semi-finals of the prestigious Th... Read more

National News | Helen Mathews | Monday, 6 October 2008 | Hits: 31

Ace of Bass - Jazz Award Finalists Announced

The 10 finalists in the National Jazz Awards have been announced. The Awards, which take the form of a music competition fe... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Monday, 29 September 2008 | Hits: 40

Andrea Keller Wins ARIA Award

Melbourne pianist Andrea Keller has won the Aria Award for Best Jazz Album 2008 for Footprints, her interpretation of compositions by... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Sunday, 28 September 2008 | Hits: 37

Jazz:Now Reviewed

In each of its four years to date the Jazz:Now Festival, under the artistic directorship of SIMA and the Jazzgroove As... Read more

National News | John Clare | Sunday, 21 September 2008 | Hits: 26

Marilyn Crispell in Australia

Marilyn Crispell in Australia 17 SeptemberJudith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, BrisbaneBookings 18 SeptemberSound Lounge, Seymour Centre, SydneyBookings Listen to Marilyn Crispell on AB... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Tuesday, 16 September 2008 | Hits: 27

ARIA Awards - Nominees Announced

The nominees for the Aria Awards 2008 Best Jazz Album have been announced. The award, along with the other categories that fa... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Sunday, 14 September 2008 | Hits: 38

Jazz:Now - The Music of Marilyn Crispell

Marilyn Crispell, one of the most interesting and distinctive artists playing jazz today, is the international guest at this year’s Ja... Read more

National News | John Shand | Friday, 5 September 2008 | Hits: 34

Mace Francis: A Dream Come True

Touring opportunities for artists in a range of minority genres, including jazz and improvised music, will be increased if an in... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Tuesday, 2 September 2008 | Hits: 30

National Jazz Writing Competiton

The winners of the 2008 National Jazz Writing Competition have been announced at the Melbourne Writers Festival. First prize was awarded to... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Wednesday, 27 August 2008 | Hits: 28

Bruce Clarke - 1925-2008

Melbourne guitarist and teacher Bruce Clarke, who was this year honoured with a Medal of the Order of Australia for hi... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Sunday, 24 August 2008 | Hits: 49

Ron Falson - 1928-2008

Ron Falson, one of Australia's foremost jazz musicians, was a regular in the nightclubs that boomed in Sydney after World Wa... Read more

National News | Ross Heathcote | Tuesday, 19 August 2008 | Hits: 41

National Jazz Awards Finalists - Yusuke Akai

Yusuke Akai Yusuke Akai responds to the Jazz Australia Q&A, featuring finalists in the National Jazz Awards. The National Jazz Awards are ... Read more

National News | Miriam Zolin | Tuesday, 19 August 2008 | Hits: 52

Andrew Robson: Freedom Now

In many ways Sydney saxophonist Andrew Robson is the epitome of the contemporary Australian jazz musician, an artist who is at... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Monday, 18 August 2008 | Hits: 36

Jazz Writing Competition - Shortlist Announced

The shortlist for the 2008 national jazz writing competition has been announced. The competition, which started in 2005 with a focus on... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Saturday, 2 August 2008 | Hits: 43

Judy Bailey Honoured

Pianist and composer Judy Bailey has been honoured with the award for distinguished services to Australian music at the annual Cl... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Monday, 21 July 2008 | Hits: 43

Wang Festival Program Launched

"The Festival That Ate Wangaratta." So said Victorian Parliamentary Secretary for Public Transport and the Arts, Rob Hudson this evening in... Read more

National News | Miriam Zolin | Monday, 14 July 2008 | Hits: 35

The Goldberg Variations

Aaron Goldberg Trio Sound Lounge, Sydney June 12 & 13 There are times when a great jazz piano trio will give me... Read more

National News | John Clare | Sunday, 13 July 2008 | Hits: 40

Melbourne Jazz: An American Perspective

The 2008 edition of the annual Melbourne International Jazz Festival got off to a rocky start before the festival even co... Read more

National News | | Tuesday, 8 July 2008 | Hits: 42

Vale Danny Moss

Danny Moss, who died in Perth, on May 28 aged 80, was a tenor saxophonist much admired for his warm, gr... Read more

National News | anonymous | Thursday, 3 July 2008 | Hits: 29

Roger Bell 1919 - 2008

Roger Bell, the younger of the two Bell brothers, who spearheaded the post-war resurgence of improvised jazz in Australia, has di... Read more

National News | Ray Marginson | Sunday, 29 June 2008 | Hits: 41

Towards the growth of an underground

Towards the growth of an underground: a commentary on Peter Rechniewski’s essay ‘The Permanent Underground’ (in Platform Papers No 16, Cu... Read more

National News | Roger Dean | Thursday, 19 June 2008 | Hits: 33

APRA Jazz Award

Eucalypso by The Moovin' and Groovin' Orchestra has won the 2008 jazz work of the year at the 2008 APRA Mu... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Thursday, 19 June 2008 | Hits: 42

Sonny Reviewed

After the Mike Nock Trio's beautiful short set Sonny Rollins plunged lurching into the light, bent forward like the marooned Be... Read more

National News | John Clare | Saturday, 7 June 2008 | Hits: 27

The Permanent Underground: Review

THE PERMANENT UNDERGROUNDAustralian Contemporary Jazz in the New MillenniumPeter Rechniewski Review by Lynette Irwin Peter Rechniewski’s paper provides an overview of the ... Read more

National News | | Tuesday, 3 June 2008 | Hits: 25

Sonny in Sydney

Sonny Rollins’ sold-out performance at the Opera House was a celebration of a great talent and the art form that he... Read more

National News | John Shand | Sunday, 1 June 2008 | Hits: 29

The Permanent Underground: Reviews

Peter Rechniewski’s recent essay The Permanent Underground has paved the way for a structured debate about the state of jazz in... Read more

National News | anonymous | Sunday, 25 May 2008 | Hits: 30

The Permanent Underground: Review

The Permanent Underground: Australian Contemporary Jazz in the New MillenniumPlatform Papers: Quarterly Essays in the Performing Arts,No 16, April 2008 By ... Read more

National News | John Clare | Sunday, 25 May 2008 | Hits: 31

Bob Sedergreen: It’s about the music

Bob Sedergreen has been involved with jazz in the City of Stonnington (in Melbourne) for a while. Stonnington Jazz—now in it... Read more

National News | Miriam Zolin | Tuesday, 13 May 2008 | Hits: 31

21st Century Jazz: Reasons for Hope

Art forms have natural life spans. Epic poetry, Gothic cathedrals, commedia dell’arte plays, rondeaus and virelais, Persian miniatures are no lo... Read more

National News | John Litweiler | Monday, 12 May 2008 | Hits: 23

Melbourne Jazz 2008 in Review

Where to now for the Melbourne International Jazz Festival? The event has a new artistic director who has indicated he wi... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Monday, 5 May 2008 | Hits: 33

Melbourne Jazz Festival Blog

If you can't attend the Melbourne Jazz Festival, you can at least get some vicarious pleasure by following all the ac... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Thursday, 1 May 2008 | Hits: 44

Melbourne Jazz 2008

BLOGSWriter Miriam Zolin is drinking a dangerous number of short blacks as she dashes from venue to venue, to bring yo... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Wednesday, 30 April 2008 | Hits: 36

Australian Jazz Awards - Winners

The winners of the 2008 Australian Jazz Awards - The Bells - were announced at ceremony in Melbourne last night. The ev... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Tuesday, 29 April 2008 | Hits: 30

Joe Chindamo

It is always a surprise to me when I meet a musician of some stature and find out that they ca... Read more

National News | Miriam Zolin | Monday, 28 April 2008 | Hits: 40

Review: The Permanent Underground

The Permanent Underground: Australian Contemporary Jazz in the New Millenium Platform Papers: Quarterly Essays in the Performing Arts, No 16, Ap... Read more

National News | Bruce Johnson | Monday, 28 April 2008 | Hits: 32

Tony Hobbs 1956 – 2008

Jazz saxophonist, composer, educator and academic Tony Hobbs passed away this week. Tony was a unique individual who shared his musical pa... Read more

National News | | Friday, 25 April 2008 | Hits: 33

Melbourne Jazz Festival Chief Steps Down

After three years at the helm, Albert Dadon has resigned as artistic director of Melbourne Jazz just a week out fr... Read more

National News | Jo Roberts | Monday, 21 April 2008 | Hits: 28

Bell Awards - 2008 Finalists Announced

The finalists for the 2008 Australian Jazz Bell Awards have been announced. Chairman of the Awards Albert Dadon said there was a ... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Thursday, 17 April 2008 | Hits: 32

Nick McBride: A Postcard From Shanghai

The rise of China as a world power is resulting in more than a surge in Australian commodity exports. Over th... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Wednesday, 16 April 2008 | Hits: 34

Nancy Wilson Cancels

&g The Melbourne International Jazz Festival program has been thrown into disarray with the withdrawal of singer Nancy Wilson, who was ... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Wednesday, 9 April 2008 | Hits: 38

Jazz: The Permanent Underground

Jazz scene should not be expected to accept its poverty as a natural and enduring state, argues Peter Rechniewski in hi... Read more

National News | Peter Rechniewski | Tuesday, 8 April 2008 | Hits: 27

National Jazz Awards - Finalists Announced

The finalists of the National Jazz Awards have been announced. The 10 pianists will perform at the Wangaratta Festival of Ja... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Monday, 7 April 2008 | Hits: 34

Thoughts On The Classic Jazz And Ragtime Festival

Now for something not so very different. During a stint at the important SIMA residence at Strawberry Hill Hotel, Mark Si... Read more

National News | John Clare | Wednesday, 2 April 2008 | Hits: 40

Melbourne Jazz - Program Changes

Melbourne Jazz has announced changes to its 2008 program ahead of the festival’s commencement on 29 April. Artistic director Albert Dadon sa... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Monday, 31 March 2008 | Hits: 21

Sonny Rollins in Sydney

Sonny Rollins will make his Australian debut at the Sydney Opera House on 1 June this year. The legendary saxophonist will pe... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Thursday, 27 March 2008 | Hits: 33

Sedergreen Wins Don Banks Award

Pianist Bob Sedergreen has won the 2008 Don Banks Music Award, Australia’s most valuable individual music prize. Australia Council music board ch... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Wednesday, 26 March 2008 | Hits: 24

Wadada Leo Smith

A warm climate has returned to Australian improvised music that reminds me of the heady era in which Mark Simmonds, Ch... Read more

National News | John Clare | Tuesday, 25 March 2008 | Hits: 32

Stonnington Jazz - 100% Home Grown

The Stonnington Jazz festival, after a brief flirtation with the month of March in 2007, has returned to its former ti... Read more

National News | Miriam Zolin | Wednesday, 19 March 2008 | Hits: 26

Nicki Parrott: Postcard From New York

The dream of working in New York may be less central to the aspirations of young Australian jazz musicians than it... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Monday, 17 March 2008 | Hits: 27

2008 - the year of the Short Story

In its fourth year, the National Jazz Writing Competition this year focuses on the short story. Entries are now invited fo... Read more

National News | Miriam Zolin | Saturday, 15 March 2008 | Hits: 35

Ornette: Great Expectations Meet Sublime Sound

Before a major artistic event I have moments of trepidation. The butterflies suddenly whirl out of control and some come tr... Read more

National News | John Clare | Tuesday, 11 March 2008 | Hits: 26

Adrian Mears: Postcard from Germany

Sydney trombonist, composer and bandleader Adrian Mears left Australia for Germany in 1992 and has since developed a prominent career in... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Thursday, 6 March 2008 | Hits: 30

Alan Corbet 1964 - 2008

Kate Lidbetter, Director, Music, at the Australia Council worked closely with Alan for a number of years and offers this ... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Tuesday, 26 February 2008 | Hits: 42

Alan Corbet 1964 - 2008

It is with great sadness that I learned of the passing of our friend and colleague, mentor and champion, Alan Co... Read more

National News | Peter Kenyon | Friday, 22 February 2008 | Hits: 35

The Sound of the Gong

A jazz festival aimed at younger people, and which features collaborations between professional and student musicians, takes place in the Il... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Thursday, 21 February 2008 | Hits: 26

Ali Foster - The Groove is the Thing

Drummer Ali Foster, the 2007 recipient of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award, performs in Sydney later in the month, in a ... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Sunday, 17 February 2008 | Hits: 38

Bell Awards - Nominations Close Today

Nominations for the 2008 Australian Jazz Awards close today, 15 February. Anyone may nominate artists or ensembles in the following categories: - Be... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Friday, 15 February 2008 | Hits: 27

APRA Jazz Award

As part of its annual Music Awards, the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) includes an Award for the composer of th... Read more

National News | Administrator | Thursday, 14 February 2008 | Hits: 27

Jackie Orszaczky 1948 - 2008

Bass player, composer and bandleader Jackie Orszaczky has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 60. Orszaczky was born in... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Sunday, 3 February 2008 | Hits: 28

Bell Awards - Nominations Open

Nominations for the 2008 Australian Jazz Awards have opened, but be quick – they close on 15 February. Anyone may nominate ... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Thursday, 31 January 2008 | Hits: 31

Melbourne Jazz Co-op Celebrates 25 Years

Martin Jackson remembers when the jazz bug bit for the first time. It was the 1970s. He was about 16 an... Read more

National News | Greg Burchall | Sunday, 27 January 2008 | Hits: 33

New Releases 2008

Jonathan ZwartzThe Sea Greg Coffin TrioIt’s neither either or. It’s both and.(Jazzgroove Records) Barlow / Coleman / Fitzgibbon / AnningTreat Me Gently(Jazzhead) Jackie Or... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Sunday, 27 January 2008 | Hits: 29

Ornette - The Freedom Principle

You can take the man out of Texas but Texas is still strong in Ornette Coleman's musical voice as he sp... Read more

National News | John Clare | Saturday, 26 January 2008 | Hits: 30

Melbourne Jazz Co-op - 25 Years and More

The Melbourne Jazz Co-operative celebrates its 25th birthday this week – 12 months later than planned. A 25th anniversary concert was sc... Read more

National News | Martin Jackson | Wednesday, 23 January 2008 | Hits: 31

Grabowsky to Lead Adelaide Festival

ARIA-winning jazz pianist and composer Paul Grabowsky has pledged to make what is arguably Australia's pre-eminent arts festival more accessible an... Read more

National News | Pia Ackerman | Friday, 4 January 2008 | Hits: 29

Highs and Lows of Jazz in 2007

Jazz found a new friend in Sydney this year and a big one at that: the Opera House. With its pr... Read more

National News | John Shand | Wednesday, 26 December 2007 | Hits: 31

Jazz on CD – The Best of 2007

Another year, another bumper crop of high quality Australian jazz releases. 2007 has underlined the creative health of the art fo... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Sunday, 16 December 2007 | Hits: 60

Wayne's World - Andrea Keller Plays Shorter

Melbourne pianist Andrea Keller has just released an album devoted to the music of Wayne Shorter - Footprints. Inspired by his al... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Thursday, 13 December 2007 | Hits: 38

Paul Grabowsky Wins Melbourne Music Prize

Paul Grabowsky has been awarded the 2007 Melbourne Prize for Music in recognition of his “outstanding contribution to Australian music ... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Thursday, 15 November 2007 | Hits: 33

Melbourne Jazz 2008 Announces Line-up

Melbourne Jazz has announced its program for 2008. The line-up, which runs 29 April – 4 May, features bands led by tr... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Tuesday, 13 November 2007 | Hits: 29

Wangaratta in Review

Another year, another success. The reviews of this year’s Wangaratta Festival of Jazz suggest the event is still Australia’s premier ja... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Monday, 5 November 2007 | Hits: 32

Aaron Flower Wins National Jazz Award

Sydney guitarist Aaron Flower has been awarded first prize in the 2007 National Jazz Awards at the Wangaratta Festival of Ja... Read more

National News | Peter Jordan | Sunday, 4 November 2007 | Hits: 33

National Jazz Writing Competition - winners announced

The first and second prize winners of the National Jazz Writing Competition were announced today at the TAC Wangaratta Festival of... Read more

National News | Miriam Zolin | Friday, 2 November 2007 | Hits: 30

Duologing with Mike and Dave

For Mike Nock, the ARIA for Best Jazz CD is welcome recognition for the CD Duologue he recorded with Dave Li... Read more

National News | Miriam Zolin | Sunday, 28 October 2007 | Hits: 26

Ornette Coleman to visit Australia

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Rodric White The Sea of Tranquility (Newmarket Music) Rating: **** Pianist, composer, arranger, and vocalist Rodric White ... Read more

New South Wales | John McBeath | Sunday, 18 February 2007 | Hits: 26

Tom O’Halloran Trio - Green Hills and White Clouds

Tom O’Halloran Trio Green Hills and White Clouds (Jazzgroove/Creative Vibes) **** Perth pianist Tom O’Halloran, now a Sydney ... Read more

New South Wales | John McBeath | Tuesday, 6 February 2007 | Hits: 32

Andy Fiddes – Survival of the Fiddes

Andy Fiddes – Survival of the Fiddes Sound Lounge, Seymour Centre, Sydney 2 June, 2006 Miraculously, the urgency and ... Read more

New South Wales | Peter Wockner | Monday, 22 January 2007 | Hits: 15

Roger Manins - Hip Flask

Roger Manins Hip Flask (Jazzgroove Records) A remarkable characteristic of this album is not just the exceptional musicianship of ... Read more

New South Wales | Peter Wockner | Monday, 22 January 2007 | Hits: 35

The Necks - Chemist

The Necks Chemist (Fish of Milk) The Neck’s technique of recording and performance, is virtually free of any pre-conceived ... Read more

New South Wales | Peter Wockner | Monday, 22 January 2007 | Hits: 23

AustraLYSIS Electroband - Sonic Stones

Improvised music usually begs for an audience to complete an interactive and emotional circuit. That seems less essential with electronically ... Read more

New South Wales | John Shand | Monday, 1 January 2007 | Hits: 31

Alister Spence Trio - Mercury

Alister Spence Trio Mercury (Rufus/Universal) Rating: **** The third, all-original CD from Sydney pianist Alister Spence’s trio follows ... Read more

New South Wales | John McBeath | Saturday, 16 December 2006 | Hits: 31

Jamie Oehlers Double Drummer Group - You R Here

Many of the lurching, battered heroes of hard rock roar on with surprising potency; and so do those of free ... Read more

New South Wales | John Clare | Thursday, 30 November 2006 | Hits: 32

James Ryan Trio - Long Way Home

James Ryan Trio Long Way Home (Jazzgroove/Creative Vibes) Rating: ****1/2 Originally from Darwin, James Ryan moved to Sydney ... Read more

New South Wales | John McBeath | Wednesday, 29 November 2006 | Hits: 24

Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra

The Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra Brisbane Powerhouse 24 September The Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra showcased Australia's most awarded and highly respected ... Read more

New South Wales | Jim Budd | Wednesday, 18 October 2006 | Hits: 27

The Necks - Chemist

Chemist The Necks (Fish of Milk) Rating: ***1/2 The thirteenth recording from multi-award winning Sydney trio, The Necks, ... Read more

New South Wales | John McBeath | Wednesday, 18 October 2006 | Hits: 28

Matt McMahon - Paths and Streams

Matt McMahon Paths and Streams (Kimnara records) Rating: ****1/2 This album, the resultant production from Sydney pianist Matt ... Read more

New South Wales | John McBeath | Wednesday, 18 October 2006 | Hits: 38

James Muller - Kaboom

James Muller Kaboom (Birdland) Rating: ****1/2 Right from the opening this album explodes with the promise of its ... Read more

New South Wales | John McBeath | Monday, 11 September 2006 | Hits: 35

Band of Five Names - Empty Gardens

Band of Five Names Empty Gardens (Kimnara Records) Rating: ***1/2 With their release, this Sydney trio led by ... Read more

New South Wales | John McBeath | Tuesday, 22 August 2006 | Hits: 34

Julien Wilson Trio

Saxophonist Julien Wilson has earned a swag of accolades since he won the national jazz award at Wangaratta in 1994. ... Read more

New South Wales | John McBeath | Monday, 14 August 2006 | Hits: 21

The Toby Wren Trio - umlaut

Toby Wren dishes up 13 original compositions on his latest album umlaut, transcended by impressive performances, featuring a post-modernist approach ... Read more

New South Wales | Jim Budd | Monday, 17 July 2006 | Hits: 26

Mike Nock Trio

Mike Nock Trio The Sound Lounge, Sydney June 23, 2006 How exactly to “wade into the waters?”, wondered the ... Read more

New South Wales | M.K. Asprey | Sunday, 2 July 2006 | Hits: 28

2006 Freedman Jazz Fellowship

Freedman Jazz Fellowship The Studio, Sydney Opera House 19 June, 2006 The final of the sixth Freedman Jazz Fellowships, ... Read more

New South Wales | John Clare | Sunday, 2 July 2006 | Hits: 30

TAC Wangaratta Festival of Jazz

Wangaratta Festival of Jazz 28-31 October 2005 If pressed to nominate a single image I’ll take away ... Read more

New South Wales | Des Cowley | Tuesday, 30 May 2006 | Hits: 19

Steve Hunter Quartet

Steve Hunter Quartet The Sound Lounge 19 May, 2006 Steve Hunter (bass) James Muller (guitar) Matt McMahon (piano) James ... Read more

New South Wales | Neill Levine | Sunday, 21 May 2006 | Hits: 30

Gerard Masters Trio

Gerard Masters Trio Sound Lounge, Sydney 5 May, 2006 Tucked away on the lowest floor of the Seymour Centre, ... Read more

New South Wales | M.K. Asprey | Saturday, 20 May 2006 | Hits: 25

Mark Isaacs - Visions

Musicians: Mark Isaacs, piano; Ben Waples, bass, James Hauptmann, drums. Mark Isaacs’ latest trio recording – Visions – is ... Read more

New South Wales | Brent Fisse | Thursday, 23 March 2006 | Hits: 41

The Conglomerate - The Conglomerate Go To The Beach

Ollie McGill (piano) and Harry Angus (trumpet) from the Sydney rock band The Cat Empire have joined jazz musicians Jules ... Read more

New South Wales | M.K. Asprey | Saturday, 11 March 2006 | Hits: 24

The Jazzgroove Association CD Launch and Fundraiser

Obviously the music was great. Jazzgroove deserves its reputation for producing seriously engaging art. Amongst its members are some of ... Read more

New South Wales | Greg Levine | Friday, 30 December 2005 | Hits: 22

McGann : Live at Side On

Recorded in March 2003 for broadcast on Radio 2SER.FM, this performance is only now available for general release, no doubt ... Read more

New South Wales | John McBeath | Thursday, 8 December 2005 | Hits: 34

Sexion

With eyes closed, I drifted back for a few fleeting moments to the days of my well spent, miss spent ... Read more

New South Wales | Steven Peacock | Thursday, 24 November 2005 | Hits: 21

Review of Wangaratta Festival of Jazz 2005

This year's TAC Wangaratta Festival of Jazz presented close to fifty Australian and international jazz and blues acts. For ... Read more

New South Wales | M.K. Asprey | Thursday, 17 November 2005 | Hits: 22

Barney McCall

Sociologists like Stephen Feld may complain about the unequal politics of this sort of musical syncretism, but I think this ... Read more

New South Wales | Greg Levine | Wednesday, 16 November 2005 | Hits: 36

Cameron Undy’s 20th Century Dog

“What keeps jazz going is the way this tune affects me this night, this moment,” says Oscar Peterson, discussing the ... Read more

New South Wales | Jasmine Crittenden | Monday, 7 November 2005 | Hits: 30

Steve Hunter's Nine Lives

This band could represent Australia at the Olympics. They play complex arrangements at an incredible level of musicianship while making ... Read more

New South Wales | Greg Levine | Thursday, 3 November 2005 | Hits: 36

Melbourne / Adelaide Creative Music Project

Two electric guitars, bass and drums sounds like your average rock band line-up, but this quartet is neither rock nor ... Read more

New South Wales | John McBeath | Wednesday, 2 November 2005 | Hits: 32

Jerusalem - Leonie Cohen Plus

Jazz and Judaism go back a long way. Many of the elements that the casual listener recognises as jazz today ... Read more

New South Wales | Greg Levine | Wednesday, 2 November 2005 | Hits: 22

Jerusalem - Leonie Cohen Plus

Many national musical icons have gone global and this CD of traditional Jewish songs fused with jazz contains themes that ... Read more

New South Wales | John McBeath | Monday, 31 October 2005 | Hits: 29

Freedman Jazz, The Studio

As well as being outstanding improvisers, all four (bands) created utterly distinct sound worlds. Perhaps the most singular was Wilson's. ... Read more

New South Wales | John Shand | Friday, 5 August 2005 | Hits: 33

Glyn MacDonald Trio Review

"Glyn MacDonald is a talented pianist from Australia, the land down under. I was asked to evaluate his latest CD. ... Read more

New South Wales | Mike James | Tuesday, 26 July 2005 | Hits: 18

Jamie Oehlers and Sam Keevers - Sunday 19 June 2005

Tenor saxophonist Jamie Oehlers is arguably WA’s most successful jazz export. After winning the international saxophone competition at the 2003 ... Read more

New South Wales | Garry Lee | Saturday, 16 July 2005 | Hits: 33