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Media enquires Ben Starick | Starling Communications | 0411 029 393 | [email protected]
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Media release – Announcing the 2015 Melbourne International Jazz Festival
Collaborations and a fusion of musical genres
The 2015 Melbourne International Jazz Festival (MIJF) is set to warm up the city in midwinter with
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century, “Jazz continues to be a vital contemporary artfom that is constantly evolving – which is
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Shining a light on some extraordinary musical collaborations, the 2015 MIJF program celebrates
long established and newly formed connections such as the opening night performance featuring two
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of New Orleans showcasing vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and trumpeter ,UYLQ0D\ÀHOG with the
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groundbreaking Puerto Rican saxophonist Miguel ZenónSDLUVKLV/DWLQURRWVZLWKFRQWHPSRUDU\MD]]
compositions in his dynamic new big band work Identities are Changeable.
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who launches his latest album Mooroolbark.
MIJF also celebrates the achievements of Freedman Fellowship recipient Marc Hannaford by
presenting his quartet of local and international collaborators (Ellery Eskelin, Scott Tinkler and Tom
Rainey) at the fore of contemporary music making.
Media enquires Ben Starick | Starling Communications | 0411 029 393 | [email protected]
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Contents
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Chick Corea & Herbie Hancock (USA)
28
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with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
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(Australia)
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Glenn Miller Orchestra (USA)
29
You Give Me Fever
with Nichaud Fitzgibbon and Swingtet
(Australia)
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14
Richard Bona Quintet
(Cameroon / USA)
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Kurt Elling with the MSO
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The Cat Empire (Australia)
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30
Allan Browne Quintet (Australia)
31
Julian Lage Trio (USA)
31
Duo Ras Dashen Late Night Jam
(Israel / Ethiopia)
31
Artur Dutkiewicz Trio (Poland)
32
Hannaford / Eskelin / Tinkler / Rainey
(Australia / USA)
32
Beyond Borders and Barlines
(Australia / India)
32
Miguel Zenón with Mat Jodrell
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33
The Harry James Angus Band
(Australia)
33
Late Night Jam with The Grid
(Australia)
18
Explorations in Jazz
19
The Bad Plus (USA)
20
Tord Gustavsen Quartet (Norway)
21
Identities are Changeable
Miguel Zenón Quartet with
the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra
(Puerto Rico / USA / Australia)
22
Eric Harland – Voyager (USA)
23
Barney McAll Quintet (Australia)
24
Nyilipidgi
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25
Good Little Ploy (Australia)
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Richard Bona (Cameroon / USA)
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The Glass Moon
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Joe Lovano (USA)
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Sarah Maclaine In Concert
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Craig Schneider Trio
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Free Jazz at Fed Square
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Paper Tiger
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Juilliard Free Lunchtime Jazz
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Sam Keevers Quintet
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The Cave
36
Hetty Kate Quintet
41
The Big Family Sing
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Stephen Magnusson Trio
Jazz Out West
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Juan Andres Trio
42
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Bopstretch
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Lazercatz 2000
37
Andrea Keller Quartet
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The Lalibelas
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Browne / Tinkler / Wilson / Holoubek
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Movement 9
37
Paul Williamson Quartet
43
Soundwalk
37
Wilbur Wilde Quartet
Jazz on Film
37
James Muller Trio
44
Sound of Redemption:
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Whiplash
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Stations of the Elevated & Nas:
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Barney McAll (Australia)
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Tord Gustavsen (Norway)
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Joe Lovano (USA)
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Melbourne International Jazz Festival
28 May – 7 June 2015
The 2015 Melbourne International Jazz Festival (MIJF) is set to warm up the city in midwinter with
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workshops, events for families and children and a wide range of free events.
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Modern Masters – Opening Night
Chick Corea &
Herbie Hancock
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A historic performance by two pioneers of jazz
For more than half a century, Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea have been blazing their own trails
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launching the Festival with an evening of supreme improvisation and artistry.
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Herbie Hancock herbiehancock.com
Date Thursday 28 May at 8:30pm
Venue Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall, 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Tickets $89 – $149 (booking fees may apply)
Bookings 1300 182 183
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Media enquires Ben Starick | Starling Communications | 0411 029 393 | [email protected]
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Modern Masters – Closing Night
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Date Sunday 7 June at 7:30pm
Venue Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall, 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
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Richard Bona Quintet
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Date Friday 29 May at 6:30pm & 9:00pm
Venue Merlyn Theatre, The Coopers Malthouse, 113 Sturt Street, Southbank
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Media enquires Ben Starick | Starling Communications | 0411 029 393 | [email protected]
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Pharoah Sanders Quartet
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A living legend of spiritually-charged free jazz
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Date Thursday 4 June at 7:30pm
Venue Melbourne Recital Centre, Corner Southbank Boulevard & Sturt Street, Southbank
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Media enquires Ben Starick | Starling Communications | 0411 029 393 | [email protected]
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Lovano / Grabowsky /
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Friday 5 June at 7:30pm & 10:00pm
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Modern Masters
Stefano Bollani &
Hamilton de Holanda
(Italy / Brazil)
A joyous collaboration showcasing the music of Latin America
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Date Saturday 6 June at 7:30pm
Venue Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall, 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Tickets $71 – $99 (booking fees may apply)
Bookings 1300 182 183
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Explorations in Jazz
The Bad Plus
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Genre-bending iconoclasts of jazz-rock make their Festival debut
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have garnered a cult following with their devastatingly original compositions and transformative
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Date Saturday 30 May at 7:00pm & 9:00pm
Venue Merlyn Theatre, The Coopers Malthouse, 113 Sturt Street, Southbank
Tickets $30 – $59 (booking fees may apply)
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Explorations in Jazz
Tord Gustavsen Quartet
(Norway)
Ethereal, elegant Nordic jazz
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ingenuity and quiet restraint.
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sublime interplay, luminescent solos and magnetic inner groove.
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Tord Gustavsen piano Tore Brunborg VD[RSKRQH Sigurd Hole GRXEOH bass
Jarle Vespestad GUXPV
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Date Thursday 4 June at 7:00pm & 9:00pm
Venue Merlyn Theatre, The Coopers Malthouse, 113 Sturt Street, Southbank
Tickets $30 – $69 (booking fees may apply)
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Explorations in Jazz
Identities are Changeable
Miguel Zenón Quartet with the
Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra
(Puerto Rico / USA / Australia)
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Miguel Zenón has also developed a unique voice as a composer and conceptualist.
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Miguel Zenón DOWRVD[RSKRQH Luis Perdomo piano Hans Glawischnig bass Henry Cole GUXPV
David Theak Artistic Director, JMO
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Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra mothershiporchestra.com
Date Friday 5 June at 7:00pm
Venue Merlyn Theatre, The Coopers Malthouse, 113 Sturt Street, Southbank
Tickets $30 – $55 (booking fees may apply)
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Explorations in Jazz
Eric Harland – Voyager
(USA)
Enter uncharted sonic terrain in a series of intimate club gigs
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lush melodies, hypnotic group improvisation and supreme, timeless artistry.
Eric Harland GUXPV Walter Smith III VD[RSKRQH Taylor Eigsti piano Julian Lage guitar
Harish Raghavan GRXEOH bass
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Dates Saturday 30 May at 7:30pm & 10:00pm and Sunday 31 May at 7:30pm & 10:00pm
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Explorations in Jazz
Barney McAll Quintet
(Australia)
Presenting the World Premiere of their new album Mooroolbark
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anchoring the music is a distinctive compositional approach that is all his own.
Barney McAll piano Julien Wilson VD[RSKRQH Stephen Magnusson guitar
Jonathan Zwartz GRXEOHEDVV Simon Barker GUXPV
Barney McAll barneymcall.com
Date Wednesday 3 June at 9:00pm
Venue Merlyn Theatre, The Coopers Malthouse, 113 Sturt Street, Southbank
Tickets $30 – $45 (booking fees may apply)
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Explorations in Jazz
Nyilipidgi
Monash Art Ensemble
with the Young Wagilak Group
(Australia)
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improvisation, this collaboration celebrates the reconciliatory power of music, showcasing master
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Date Wednesday 3 June at 7:00pm
Venue Merlyn Theatre, The Coopers Malthouse, 113 Sturt Street, Southbank
Tickets $30 – $39 (booking fees may apply)
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Explorations in Jazz
Good Little Ploy
(Australia)
Joe Chindamo Trio and String Quartet present music from their classic album
Acclaimed Australian pianist Joe Chindamo possesses dazzling technique, profound emotional
range, and an uncanny ability to personalise anything that enters his orbit.
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Helen Ayres violin Christopher Cartlidge viola Michelle Wood cello
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Date Saturday 30 May at 2:00pm
Venue Merlyn Theatre, The Coopers Malthouse, 113 Sturt Street, Southbank
Tickets $30 – $45 (booking fees may apply)
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Explorations in Jazz
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Innovative composer and vocal pioneer Gian Slater has created a new work inspired by two of
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MRLQSlater to form an interactive trio surrounded by the primal, worldless singing of acclaimed vocal
ensemble Invenio.
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Gian Slater voice Andrea Keller piano Simon Barker GUXPV Louisa Rankin, Hannah Cameron &
Miriam Crellin Invenio Vocal Ensemble Lachlan Carrick VRXQG GHVLJQ
Gian Slater gianslater.com
Date Friday 29 May at 7:30pm
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Tickets $20 – $25 (booking fees may apply)
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Explorations in Jazz
Monash University
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University, rehearsing and working alongside students and staff from The Sir Zelman Cowen School
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musicianship.
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Date Tuesday 2 June at 6:00pm
Venue Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, Corner Southbank Boulevard & Sturt Street, Southbank
Tickets $20 – $25 (booking fees may apply)
Bookings 03 9699 3333
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Special Events
Acrobat (A Dining Room Tale) (Australia)
<RX·UHLQYLWHGWRGLQQHU Join singer and psychologist David Chong
and guitarist Nathan Slater for an intimate home cooked supper to stir
the memory and toast the future. Born to travelling Chinese acrobats on
the outskirts of Sydney and raised in Brazil, Chong tells the tale of his
contemporary cultural mosaic through food, words and song.
Dates
Friday 29 May at 6:30pm for 7:00pm start
Sunday 31 May at 5:30pm for 6:00pm start
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Tickets $65 (includes dinner – booking fees may apply)
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Glenn Miller Orchestra (USA)
Take a trip back to the golden age of swing. The Glenn Miller
Orchestra returns with a concert spectacular honouring the ANZAC
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Moonlight Serenade Singers and The Broadway Swing Dancers, the
concert will pay tribute to the spirit of ANZAC with a special feature of
music and songs made famous during World War II. All the famous
Glenn Miller classics will be performed in their original arrangements;
timeless icons of American culture such as Chattanooga Choo Choo,
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Date Friday 5 June at 7:30pm
Venue
Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall, 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Tickets $79.90 – $99.90 (booking fees may apply)
Bookings 1300 182 183
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Special Events
You Give Me Fever (Australia)
A Tribute to Miss Peggy Lee with award-winning jazz vocalist
Nichaud Fitzgibbon and her all-star Swingtet. Possessing a rich
smoky voice, a natural sense of swing and a powerful stage presence,
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few rarities thrown in.
Nichaud Fitzgibbon voice Jex Saarelaht piano Ben Robertson bass
Scott LambieGUXPVHugh Stuckey guitar Anton DeleccaVD[RSKRQH
FODULQHWÁXWHEd Fairlie trumpet Jordan Murray trombone Michael
Carmona percussion
Date Friday 5 June at 9:00pm
Venue
Merlyn Theatre, The Coopers Malthouse, 113 Sturt Street, Southbank
Tickets $30 – $39 (booking fees may apply)
Bookings 03 9685 5111
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Putting on the Ritz (Australia / USA)
Direct from New York, Professor Cunningham and His Old School will
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selection of sweet, hot vintage sounds. The Swing Patrol instructors will
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from international guests, showcasing the dance styles of the 1940s.
Adrian Cunningham VD[RSKRQHFODULQHWYRLFH Steven Grant
trumpet Don Stewart trombone Peter Baylor guitar Mark Elton bass
Anthony Howe GUXPV Swing Patrol GDQFHUV
Date Saturday 6 June at 8:00pm
Venue The Forum, 154 Flinders Street, Melbourne
Tickets $50 (booking fees may apply)
Bookings 1300 723 038
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Club Sessions ²%HQQHWWV/DQH-D]]&OXE
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Felix Riebl voice / percussion Harry Angus trumpet-DPHV¶-XPSV·
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Will Hull-Brown GUXPV
Date Thursday 28 May at 7:30pm & 10:00pm
Tickets $45 – $50 (booking fees may apply)
Walter Smith III Quintet (USA)
Hot off the heels of his fourth release Still Casual, rising tenor
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bop, smoky balladry and fresh contemporary composition to Melbourne
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Walter Smith III VD[RSKRQH Taylor Eigsti piano Julian Lage guitar
Harish Raghavan GRXEOH bass Eric Harland GUXPV
Date Friday 29 May at 10:00pm
Tickets $34 – $39 (booking fees may apply)
Allan Browne Quintet (Australia)
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Allan BrowneGUXPVEugene Ball trumpet Geoff Hughes guitar Nick
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Date Monday 1 June at 7:00pm
Tickets $25 – $30 (booking fees may apply)
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Julian Lage Trio (USA)
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traditions, they explore the rich territory at the crossroads of acoustic
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Date Monday 1 June at 9:30pm
Tickets $34 – $39 (booking fees may apply)
Duo Ras Dashen (Israel / Ethiopia)
Powerful and evocative, the music of pianist Yitzhak Yedid and
saxophonist/vocalist Abate Berihun is inspired by Ethiopian Jewish
folk songs and religious prayers. Named after the highest mountain in
Ethiopia, the duo have been collaborating for over 10 years, delicately
fusing traditional Jewish and African genres with contemporary blues,
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Date Tuesday 2 June at 7:00pm & 9:30pm
Tickets $34 – $39 (booking fees may apply)
Artur Dutkiewicz Trio (Poland)
Combining Slavic lyricism, contemporary improvisation and blues,
Polish pianist Artur Dutkiewicz creates music that is expressive, moody
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for this intimate club gig.
Artur Dutkiewicz piano0LFKDã%DUDĸVNLbass Grzegorz Grzyb – GUXPV
Date Tuesday 2 June 8.30pm
Tickets $34 – $39 (booking fees may apply)
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experimentation, together they deliver inspired, intense improvisation at
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Marc Hannaford piano Ellery EskelinVD[RSKRQH
Scott Tinkler trumpet Tom RaineyGUXPV
Date Wednesday 3 June at 7:00pm & 9:30pm
Tickets $34 – $39 (booking fees may apply)
Beyond Borders and Barlines (Australia / India)
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collaboration exploring the intersections of Western style improvisation
and Indian classical music, highlighting the lyrical beauty and depth of
their connection.
Debasis Chakroborty VOLGHJXLWDURobert Burke VD[RSKRQH
Stephen Magnusson guitar Sam Evans tabla
Date Saturday 6 June at 7:30pm
Tickets $34 – $39 (booking fees may apply)
Miguel Zenón with Mat Jodrell
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piano Hans Glawischnig GRXEOH bass Henry Cole GUXPV
Date Saturday 6 June at 10:00pm
Tickets $34 – $39 (booking fees may apply)
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The Harry James Angus Band (Australia)
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Late Night Jam with The Grid (Australia)
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Night Jam sessions for the last time with favourites The Grid leading
unpredictable, unrepeatable collaborations into the wee hours. No
matter where you start your night, make sure you end it here.
Tim Jago guitar Dane Alderson bass Ben VanderwalGUXPV
Date May 29 – June 7 11:00pm til late
Tickets $10 – $15 (booking fees may apply)
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service available each night from 6:30pm.
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Sarah Maclaine In Concert – Seductive chanteuse Sarah Maclaine brings her rich velvety
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Count Basie and Duke Ellington through to modern masters such as Gordon Goodwin and Tom
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Date Wednesday 3 June at 8:00pm
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David Rex Quartet ².QRZQIRUKLVÀHU\SOD\LQJDQGNHHQVHQVHRIXUJHQF\DFFODLPHG
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Joe Ruberto piano / voice Ruby Page voice Bob Venier trumpet / voice Dean Addison bass
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Craig Schneider Trio – Renowned pianist Craig Schneider presents a versatile and engaging
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Craig Schneider piano / voice Ashley Smith bass Nelson Piccin GUXPV
Date Saturday 6 June at 9:00pm
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Club Sessions – Uptown Jazz Café
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Bookings 03 9416 4546
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Jamie Oehlers VD[RSKRQH Stephen Magnusson guitar Ben Vanderwal GUXPV
Date Friday 29 May at 8:00pm
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Sam Keevers piano Eugene Ball trumpet Phil Noy VD[RSKRQH Chris Hale bass
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Date Friday 29 May at 9:30pm
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Stephen Magnusson Quartet ²-D]]VWDQGDUGVUHGHÀQHG
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Juan Andres piano Andres Rotmistrovski bass Marcelo Woloski percussion
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Nicolas Ospina piano Andres Rotmistrovski bass Marcelo Woloski percussion
Date Sunday 31 May at 9:30pm
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Club Sessions – Uptown Jazz Café
Venue Uptown Jazz Café, Upstairs, 177 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
Bookings 03 9416 4546
Tickets $25 – $30
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Bopstretch – Best bebop band in the land.
Eamon McNelis trumpet Phil Noy VD[RSKRQH James Sherlock guitar Mark Elton GRXEOH bass
Sam Bates GUXPV
Date Wednesday 3 June at 8:00pm & 9:30pm
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Andrea Keller piano Eugene Ball trumpet Ian Whitehurst VD[RSKRQH Joe Talia GUXPV
Date Thursday 4 June at 8:00pm
Browne / Tinkler / Wilson / Holoubek – Fiery, free improvisation.
Allan Browne GUXPV Scott Tinkler trumpet Julien Wilson VD[RSKRQH Marty Holoubek bass
Date Thursday 4 June at 9:30pm
Paul Williamson Quartet – The music of Monk and Miles.
Paul Williamson trumpet Sam Keevers piano Marty Holoubek bass Allan Browne GUXPV
Date Friday 5 June at 8:00pm
Wilbur Wilde Quartet – Hard swinging standards.
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Date Saturday 6 June at 8:00pm & 9:30pm
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Barney McAll (Australia)
From Mooroolbark to the world stage
Date Wednesday 3 June at 4:00pm
Tord Gustavsen (Norway)
On the art of improvisation
Date Thursday 4 June at 4:00pm
Joe Lovano (USA)
Journeys through jazz, on and off the stage
Date Friday 5 June at 4:00pm
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Artist Workshops
Richard Bona (Cameroon / USA)
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Festival, world fusion master Richard Bona delves into his technique,
improvisations and the inner workings of his craft in a free open
workshop.
Date Thursday 28 May 11:00am
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Federation Hall, Victorian College of the Arts
234 St Kilda Road, Southbank
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Artist Workshops at Monash University
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Joe Lovano (USA)
Date Wednesday 3 June 11:00am
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Monash University Music Auditorium
55 Scenic Boulevard, Monash University, Clayton
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Marc Hannaford, Scott Tinkler,
Ellery Eskelin & Tom Rainey
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Date Thursday 4 June 11:00am
Venue
Monash University Music Auditorium
55 Scenic Boulevard, Monash University, Clayton
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FREE events
Opening Celebration Concert
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Free Jazz at Fed Square
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Monash University Big Band ²GLUHFWRU Jordan Murray
Monash University World Music Ensemble ²GLUHFWRU Sam Evans
VCA Shaki Middle-Eastern Ensemble ²GLUHFWRU John Norton
WAAPA Jazz Ensemble ²GLUHFWRU Jamie Oehlers
Date Friday 29 May 3:00pm – 6.30pm
Venue Federation Square – Main Stage, Corner Swanston & Flinders Streets, Melbourne
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Soundwalks
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architect and acoustic ecologist, Anthony Magen. Hear the rhythm of the city, buskers, cars, birds,
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Friday 29 May, Saturday 30 May 6:00pm
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FREE events
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Time 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Venue St James, 555 Bourke Street
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The Cave
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Thursday 4 June 10:00pm – 3:00am
Friday 5 June 10:00pm – 3:00am
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The Big Family Sing
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harmony singing in a playful and inclusive atmosphere, then (if you choose) perform one or two
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Date Sunday 7 June 2:00pm; show 3:00pm – 3.30pm
Venue ArtPlay, Birrarung Marr, behind Federation Square
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Jazz Out West
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is welcomed, crawling is encouraged and dancing is expected.
Ben Gillespie trombone / voice Eugene Ball trumpet Phil Noy alto VD[RSKRQH Mal Williams EDQMR
Mark Elton bass Ollie Browne GUXPV
Date Sunday 31 May at 10:00am & 12:00pm
Venue Footscray Community Arts Centre, 45 Moreland Street, Footscray
Tickets $17 – $23
Bookings 03 9362 8888
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Lazercatz 2000
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The Lalibelas
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Jazz Out West
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improvising musicians.
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Date Saturday 6 June at 8:00pm
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Jazz on Film
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Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story
Dates
Friday 29 May 7:00pm
Friday 5 June 7:00pm
Whiplash
Date Friday 29 May 9:00pm
Stations of the Elevated & Nas: Time is Illmatic
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Saturday 30 May 3:00pm
Saturday 6 June 6:00pm
The Case of the Three Sided Dream
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Saturday 30 May 6:00pm
Saturday 6 June 3:00pm
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Date Sunday 31 May 5:30pm
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Sunday 7 June
Saturday 6 June
Friday 5 June
Thursday 4 June
Wednesday 3 June
Tuesday 2 June
Monday 1 June
Sunday 31 May
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Friday 29 May
Thursday 28 May
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Modern Masters
Chick Corea & Herbie Hancock (USA)
8:30pm
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with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (USA)
Richard Bona Quintet (Cameroon / USA)
7:30pm
6:30pm
9pm
Kurt Elling with the MSO (USA / Australia)
7pm
2pm
Pharoah Sanders Quartet (USA)
7:30pm
Lovano / Grabowsky / Rex / Beck (USA / Australia)
7:30pm
10pm
7:30pm
10pm
Stefano Bollani & Hamilton de Holanda (Italy / Brazil)
7:30pm
Explorations in Jazz
7pm
9pm
The Bad Plus (USA)
7pm
9pm
Tord Gustavsen Quartet (Norway)
Identities are Changeable
Miguel Zenón Quartet with the Jazzgroove Mothership
Orchestra (Puerto Rico / USA / Australia)
7pm
7.30pm
10pm
Eric Harland – Voyager (USA)
7.30pm
10pm
Barney McAll Quintet (Australia)
9pm
Nyilipidgi
Monash Art Ensemble with the Young Wagilak Group (Australia)
7pm
Good Little Ploy (Australia)
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2pm
7:30pm
Monash University Jazz Futures
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Acrobat (A Dining Room Tale) (Australia)
Glenn Miller Orchestra (USA)
You Give Me Fever
with Nichaud Fitzgibbon and Swingtet (Australia)
Putting on the Ritz (Australia / USA)
6:30pm
5:30pm
7:30pm
9pm
8pm
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Sunday 7 June
Saturday 6 June
Friday 5 June
Thursday 4 June
Wednesday 3 June
Tuesday 2 June
Monday 1 June
Sunday 31 May
Saturday 30 May
Friday 29 May
Thursday 28 May
Planner
Club Sessions ²%HQQHWWV/DQH-D]]&OXE
The Cat Empire (Australia)
Walter Smith III Quintet (USA)
7.30pm
10pm
10pm
Allan Browne Quintet (Australia)
7pm
Julian Lage Trio (USA)
9:30pm
Duo Ras Dashen Late Night Jam (Israel / Ethiopia)
7pm
9:30pm
Artur Dutkiewicz Trio (Poland)
8.30pm
7pm
9:30pm
Hannaford / Eskelin / Tinkler / Rainey (Australia / USA)
Beyond Borders and Barlines (Australia / India)
7:30pm
Miguel Zenón with Mat Jodrell (Puerto Rico / USA / Australia)
10pm
7:30pm
10pm
The Harry James Angus Band (Australia)
Late Night Jam with The Grid (Australia)
11pm
11pm
11pm
11pm
11pm
11pm
11pm
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Tribute to Blue Note
9pm
The Glass Moon
9pm
Sarah Maclaine In Concert
8pm
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David Rex Quartet
8pm
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9pm
Craig Schneider Trio
9pm
Club Sessions – Uptown Jazz Café
Paper Tiger
Sam Keevers Quintet
Hetty Kate Quintet
Stephen Magnusson Quartet
Juan Andres Trio
Nicolas Ospina Trio
Bopstretch
Andrea Keller Quartet
Browne / Tinkler / Wilson / Holoubek
Paul Williamson Quartet
Wilbur Wilde Quartet
James Muller Trio
8pm
9:30pm
8pm
9:30pm
8pm
9:30pm
8pm
9:30pm
8pm
9:30pm
8pm
9.30pm
8pm
9:30pm
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Sunday 7 June
Saturday 6 June
Friday 5 June
Thursday 4 June
Wednesday 3 June
Tuesday 2 June
Monday 1 June
Sunday 31 May
Saturday 30 May
Friday 29 May
Thursday 28 May
Planner
In Conversation with...
Barney McAll (Australia)
4pm
Tord Gustavsen (Norway)
4pm
Joe Lovano (USA)
4pm
Artist Workshops
Richard Bona (Cameroon / USA)
11am
Joe Lovano (USA)
11am
Marc Hannaford, Scott Tinkler, Ellery Eskelin & Tom Rainey
(Australia / USA)
11am
FREE events
Opening Celebration Concert
12:30pm
Free Jazz at Fed Square
3pm
Soundwalks
6pm
Juilliard Free Lunchtime Jazz
6pm
4:30pm
12pm
6pm
12pm
The Cave
12pm
12pm
11pm
12pm
12pm
10pm
10pm
The Big Family Sing
2pm
Jazz Out West
10am &
12pm
Jazz-a-Bye Baby featuring The Hoodangers
Lazercatz 2000
2pm
The Lalibelas
7pm
Movement 9
8pm
Soundwalk
3pm
Jazz on Film
Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story
7pm
Whiplash
9pm
7pm
Stations of the Elevated & Nas: Time is Illmatic
3pm
The Case of the Three Sided Dream
6pm
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6pm
3pm
5.30pm
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