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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 MARCH
Tuesday 3rd March
10pm The World According To James
James Greening - trombone, pocket trumpet
Andrew Robson - alto saxophone
Steve Elphick - double bass
Toby Hall - drums
James' world is one of interaction, intimacy and humour, an ultimately rewarding experience for the players and audience alike.
"James Greening's band makes music about truth, beauty, sadness, love, wonder and happiness ... they play for the love of it, and that can be heard in every note, every nuance of interaction." John Shand
8:30pm Andy Fiddes' Livewire
Andy Fiddes - trumpet
Jackson Harrison - rhodes piano
Mike Majkowski - double bass
Evan Mannell - drums
Andy's troubadours tear up classic Aussie rock, jazz style. Tunes you thought you knew are turned inside out and upside down. Singing along will be encouraged.
Tuesday 10th March
10pm Andrea Keller Quartet
Eugene Ball - trumpet
Ian Whitehurst - tenor saxophone
Joe Talia - drums
Andrea Keller - piano
Special Guest Phil Slater - trumpet
We are excited to welcome a Melbourne pianist and composer extraordinaire to Jazzgroove. Andrea and her quartet, who are currently galumphing 'round the nation (as she puts it) will be joined by local galumpher Phil Slater for what will be a very special set.
8:30pm Doig Trio
Glenn Doig - piano
Brendan Clark - bass
Dave Goodman - drums
Shimmering with immediacy but remaining ungraspable, Doig's music rises about the simplistic dualities of reason/emotion, masculinity/sensitivity, and morality/self-gratification. The trio's debut with feature the writing of Doig, plus his piano heroes Kenny Kirkland and Sean Wayland
Tuesday 17th March
10pm- Phil Slater Quartet
Phil Slater - trumpet
Matt McMahon - piano
Lloyd Swanton - bass
Simon Barker - drums
8.30pm- Dan Junor Trio
Dan Junor - saxophone
Mike Majkowski - bass
James Hauptmann - drums
Cranky and irrational after a bad night's sleep, mangy and disheveled, the Dan Junor Trio will be firing out hot steamy nuggets of jazz. Kindly throw them a biscuit.
Tuesday 24th March
Jam Session - Mike Nock Trio
Jazzgroove is thrilled to present the inaugural Jazzgroove WTFAW Jam, hosted by Sydney's finest trios. To be held on the Tuesday before each JGR album launch, this is a unique chance to hear the legends at play, and then play with the legends! Our first offering on the altar of jazz is the Mike Nock Trio, led by internationally renowned and locally feared (and respected) pedagogue, Mr Mike Nock. A true legend and a really nice guy, Mike will present a set of his music at 8:30, then the floor will be opened to all comers, provided they are Jazzgroove members.
Wednesday March 25
Album Launch @ The Basement
10pm
The Fantastic Terrific Munkle - Music To Dance To
Martin Kay - clarinets
Julian Curwin - guitars, banjo
Sam Golding - tuba, trumpet, flute
Danny Heifetz - drums, percussion
"erasing the line between satire and beauty, managing to be mock-serious and rather exquisite simultaneously." - John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald
Jazzgroove Records is proud to announce the release of "Music To Dance To", the second album from Sydney band The Fantastic Terrific Munkle. As the title suggests, this could be seen as dance music, from swinging romps to delicate waltzes. There's also a bit of bluesy goodness, music from other lands, and seemingly other planets, all filtered through the unique Munkle lineup.
The members' past and present musical adventures include playing with such diverse acts as Monsieur Camembert, Mike Nock, Secret Chiefs 3, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Darth Vegas and The Tango Saloon.
with special guest
Christa Hughes
8:30pm
Christa Hughes - vocals
Leonie Cohen - piano
John Hibbard - trombone
Christa Hughes first started singing in her teens with her father, Sydney jazz pianist Dick Hughes. Under the guise of KK Juggy she toured, sang and recorded with Machine Gun Fellatio for the first few years of this century. She also wrote and performed her own shows Beer Drinking Woman and Sleepless Beauty.
She then was the ring mistress and singer of Circus Oz and toured extensively with this company for two years. Earlier this year she co-starred in the ABC's Opera film The Eternity Man.
Tuesday 31st March
10pm Zoe & The Buttercups
Ben Hauptmann - bass
Aaron Flower - electric guitar
Dan Waples - clarinet
Karl Laskowski - tenor sax
John Hibbard - trombone
James Hauptmann - drums
8:30pm The Vampires
Jeremy Rose - alto saxophone
Nick Garbett - trumpet, melodica
Mike Majkowski - double bass
Alex Masso - drums
Fabian Hevia - percussion
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