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| New Year, New Gigs
The 2012 Summer Festival was a blast, with gigs for kids, hipsters, outdoors and indoors, workshops, and we gave away an amazing recording prize to the amazing Alcohotlicks.
Now we're settling in for the regular years programming, over the next few months you can catch Bernie McGann, Daryl Pratt, Brendan Clarke with Craig Scott, Mike Rivett and Mike Nock. Dive in!
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JAZZGROOVE IN APRIL
Tuesday 7 April
10pm- Carl Dewhurst Trio
Carl Dewhurst- guitar
Cameron Undy- bass
Evan Mannel- drums
Exploring the fine lines of improvising in and out of time/tune/taste. Fortune favours the wrong. Yin/Yang says at it's worst it's best, at it's best it's bad. And we all know bad is good.
8:30pm- The Dilworths
Eamon Dilworth – trumpet
Karl Laskowski – tenor saxophones
Hugh Barrett – piano
Alex Boneham - double bass
Cameron Reid – drums
Fresh from the recording studio and excited 2009 European Jazz Award Nominees, the Dilworths bring you a set of original high energy New York inspired compositions from the family of brothers with different mothers.
Tuesday 14 April
10pm- Elana Stone Band
(Image Matt Sutton Photography)
Elana Stone – vocals
Aaron Flower – guitar
Zoe Hauptmann – bass, back up vocals
Evan Mannell - drums
Our favourite genre busting singing gal is back, fresh from a career high as a winner of Rockwiz (SBS) and moonlighting with Deborah Conway’s Broad and dance pop band Jackson, Jackson. Elana and her powerhouse band will present all of their hits, including a nasty rock song that is currently on rotation at Triple J.
8:30pm- James Annesley Quartet (Melb)
James Annesley - sax
Tom Lee - double bass
Hugh Harvey - drums
Hugh Stuckey - guitar
Hailing from Melbourne, this ensemble’s music draws influence from serene, earthy folk and hard hitting rock ‘n roll. James’s original compositions are rich in dynamic contrast and varying timbral textures, leaving plenty of room for adventurous, freewheeling improvisations.
Tuesday 21 April
10pm- James Ryan Trio
James Ryan - tenor sax, saxello and flute
Brendan Clarke - double bass
James Hauptmann - drums and cymbals
The JRT is back with new tunes and a new album, “Bitter Sweet” released through the ABC. Having already performed from Darwin to the Sound Lounge this year, this band promises to continue redefining the old/new axis of jazz.
“What leaps out is the near virtuosity of the leader, as a player of three instruments (tenor sax, flute and saxello) and as a composer…. a smorgasbord of hard-swinging excitement…” John McBeath, Weekend Australian
8:30pm- ToneWheel featuring Darren Heinrich
Darren Heinrich: organ
Simon Relf: guitar
Tim Firth: drums
Todd Hardy: trumpet
Tim Stocker: tenor
Nick Bowd: baritone
A Hammond Organ Trio is a rare animal, and rarer still is a larger combo with horn section. ToneWheel fleshes out Darren Heinrich's original material using this wider tonal palette and draws inspiration from Dr. Lonnie Smith and 'Big' John Patton.
Tuesday 28 April
Jam Session-Jackson Harrison Trio
Our second Jam Session kicks off with the Jackson Harrison Trio Fresh from the JazzNOW 08 and a live recording, the Jackson Harrison Trio will present a set of brand new music, and then open the stage for a Jazzgroove Members jam session. Bring your instruments!
Jackson Harrison - rhodes
Ben Waples -bass
James Waples -drums
Wednesday 29 April
Album Launch- The Basement
10pm Tom O’Halloran Trio- We Happy Few
This second album We Happy Few released by the trio explores darker textures, improvisory interaction with electronics and continues the catalogue of unique compositions that are making this group identifiable.
Tom O’Halloran - Piano
Ben Waples – Double Bass
Tim Firth - Drums
8.30pm- Informal Troupe
Matthew Ottignon - tenor sax
Dave Symes - bass
Hamish Stuart – drums
Not to be confused with Happy Tourist, X-Fade, Mr Sinister, the Giganarchists or any other odd band name that has made its appearances for Jazzgroove in the past, this is the stridently individual trio that recorded the album Urban Parkland, "innately bursting with forward momentum" J Shand
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