Month / July 2018

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Sunday Jazz at The Junktion Hotel

..“plus ça change, plus c’est pareil”. *

In truth this wasn’t the greatest session. Gentleman John Curtis opened the innings with a coupla cultured instrumental pieces in front of very few people. It filled up in time.. Thereafter, it got more jam session typical as the afternoon wore on. A smallish mob sat back and drank seemingly large quantities of social lubricant, so Dave the Boss was happy, but the featured singer session (Carol, Malcolm x 2 and PT Pete on bass) ran well over time, leading to some of the natives getting a little restless towards the end. Too many saxophone solos, obligatory (apparently) bass solos and drum solos, stretched it out. Continue reading →

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The Next Session at the Junktion Hotel:

Featured Singer Michelle Gigliotti, with meself on keys, Western swing bassist Kip Dale, Bill Swannie on drums, and Neil on guitar. Michelle last sang with the Jammers at the Grand Hotel, and will feature a few early blues and jazz tunes. Big voice, Michelle sings a range of standards – blues, a little latin and maybe a ballad or two.

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The Next Session at the Junktion Hotel:

Featured Singer Carol McCarthy, with Malcolm on keys another Malcolm on drums, and I am not sure who else…

But someone will surely turn up, and hopefully, the soloists will take it in turns to play over the singer rather than all play at once. We might try a single longer set as a way of keeping the chaos to a manageable level.

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Carol sings a range of standards – swing tunes,
a little latin and whatever else
comes to mind. Looking forward to it.

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The Bali Fiasco (2) … to be averted

The Ade Ishs Trio will be jetting off to the Ubud Festival in Bali in August, as a reciprocal gesture representing the, umm Melbourne Jazz Jammers, as well as the Castlemaine Jammers and the Jazz Festival. The originally promised funding has fallen a little bit through, and there will be an opportunity for regular jammers, particularly those who saw the Astrid Sulaiman & Yuri Mahatma Jazz Quartet free session at the Junktion, to indulge in a little light fund raising to pay for Ade’s trio’s airfares and expenses in return.

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Sunday Jazz at The Junktion Hotel … looking up

Winter weather… such fun, we had to get there early. Once we had set up the equipment, we had everything we needed, except

· An audience
· A POOL Table (well we had that, but we didn’t need it)
· Musicians… other than Neil, Sticks Findlay and a coupla others who completed the set-up.. Continue reading →

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The Next Session at the Junktion Hotel: Featured Singer Annie Smith

Yup, we are running another series of featured singers, starting this Sunday with Annie Smith, who may or may not wear her little red bonnet, accompanied by Gentleman John Curtis and I am not sure quite who on double bass.

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Annie Smith (this photo from the Inverloch Jazz Festival) will be selecting a coupla brackets of songs from her eclectic rep. in her own discursive style.

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Hi
I need another  musician  to  play jazz  tunes from real book charts   in a  duo  format. I  will be playing  guitar or  bass depending  who fills  the  spot.

This  is a  café/ bar/small  eatery   gig,  just playing for  tips  in Brunswick   just  off  Sydney road  on a Wed. night at  ENZO’s, Michael Street  ,Brunswick. You will need to be there at  7 pm  and  play  from  7.30pm until  9pm  with a  short  break . You will be  given  refreshments on the  house  i.e  a  drink , a  snack   etc. Dress code  : look professional.
The  actual  date  is   Wed.  evening  July 18th  2018  at   7 pm. If you  are interested   then please  say  so . If not  then  please be  polite   and   inform me   that  you are not interested. If you know someone who  is  into  Jazz  and  is   proficient who might  be
interested  then  please forward   this  message to them.

RSVP  ASAP
Taariq