Emma Sidney (vocals) is special guest artist with the 18 piece Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra. Big band originals for Australia Day, Monday January25 at 8pm at “The Apartment”
401 Little Bourke st. ph 9670 4020
$10 cover charge waived for diners
Posts Tagged ‘Jazz’
Daryl Mckenzie Jazz Orchestra at the Apartment
Iguanas and Geckos jam it up at the Spot
What happens when you cross an Iguana with a Gecko???
…who fucking cares!!! …but if you really want to know, come down to The Spot in Brunswick on Sunday night, the 22nd of November, to hear the hybrid animal playing, with Louise Cuming on Trombone (Iguana/Gecko), Glen Scowen on Bass (Gecko), Justin Olsson on Drums (Iguana/Gecko), and [...]
Tedeschi-Cooper entertain us at Bennetts Lane
One of Ian Cooper’s favourite pieces is a tune ’stolen’ by transcribing a live Hungarian Gypsy band performance. He enjoyed the irony, but the Gypsies didn’t enjoy the (backhand) compliment apparently, and he was forced to make a quick exit. Fortunately for us, he managed to finish his transcription first.
Ian Cooper (Violin), and Simon Tedeschi [...]
Musician brief profile: Aaron Choulai
Jazz pianist and composer. Tokyo, Melbourne, Port Moresby
“By a Thread” Paul Williamson CD launch at Bennetts Lane
By a thread CD Launch
It clearly was going to be a special night… as we walked in to the Jazz Lab at Bennetts Lane we were met with a circle of trumpeters occupying the middle of the room. And not just any trumpeters, but around a third of the finest of that sub-species in Melbourne, sharing their [...]
Rabid Hawke rip it up at Bennetts Lane
Before the music starts, little quips bounce around between the band members on the small stage at Bennetts Lane Jazz Lab. They clearly enjoy being there together, as they develop an obscure repartee not necessarily intended for us the audience. Their in-jokes are oblique, quirky and musical. This is intriguing and you find yourself trying to work them [...]