Melbourne International Jazz Festival — Day 2
IT was a dilemma: the hardly ever serious Actis Dato at BMW Edge or the seriously promoted and popular Katie Noonan’s Blackbird Project at Hamer Hall, along with the boys from FGHR (drummer Daniel...
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Joshua Redman Trio A nasty cold and sore throat had me laid low all day, so I chose to miss the Zac Hurren Trio and arrive at the Melbourne Recital Centre in time for Redman on saxophones, Reuben...
View ArticleExordium — Zac Hurren Trio
(Jazzhead) THIS trio debut lives up to its big-name endorsements. In the Sonny Rollins tradition, teaming saxophone with double bass and drums, Exordium (opening of a discourse) lives up to plaudits...
View ArticleSTONNINGTON JAZZ 2010 — DAY 9
ZAC HURREN TRIO at Chapel Off Chapel Hurren, Anning and Bates It would have been a great way to end a festival, but on Friday night there was still one night to go. I chose to break the rule about not...
View ArticleMELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2011 — PREVIEW
Saturday, June 4 — Monday, 13 June Sonny Rollins. Photo credit: Denis Alix / Festival International de Jazz de Montréal It’s eclectic. It’s like an octopus. Yes, just when you thought the word eclectic...
View ArticleWYNTON MARSALIS SENDS HIS APOLOGIES
Ausjazz blog previews Stonnington Jazz 2011 — May 19 to May 29 The days are suddenly much colder and the nights have that stay-at-home chill. Many of us are suffering from sore throats, persistent...
View ArticleIT’S ANDY, SANDY AND ZAC — TONIGHT
Saxophonist Andy Sugg PREVIEW: The Melbourne Jazz Cooperative presents a Coltrane tribute and book launch by Andy Sugg featuring Sandy Evans (Sydney) and Zac Hurren (Brisbane), Bennetts Lane Jazz Club,...
View ArticleWANGARATTA 2017: JAM-PACKED JAZZ
Sure to be a highlight: Jen Shyu Image: Steven Schreiber PREVIEW Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues, November 3 – 5, 2017 The 28th Wangaratta Festival of Jazz...
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