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Queenstown Jazz Festival

October 11, 2009

Queenstown swings into spring this October with some exciting changes to its 31st annual jazz festival. A carnival atmosphere will take over the town as the ASB Queenstown JazzFest brings music to the masses in a 10-day live music celebration from 17 to 26 October. A sensational line-up of more than 50 bands and 200 Kiwi ...

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New Zealand Queenstown Jazz Festival Strikes New Chord

September 23, 2009

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Queenstown Jazz Festival Strikes New Chord

September 3, 2009

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Trumpeter Scott Tinkler Interviewed at AAJ

August 4, 2009

Bassist/composer Lindsey Horner recently said, “I think one thing that has really changed in the past quarter century is that the music has become so broad, so truly international and genre-encompassing that the days when jazz was one very definable, finite thing are well and truly gone." These remarks also serve to introduce this interview with ...

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Scott Tinkler: Trumpet Down Under

by Ludwig vanTrikt
August 4, 2009

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Article: Album Review

FGHR: Going Home

Read "Going Home" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
July 26, 2009

When French philosopher Roland Barthes (1915-1980) wrote about photography in his 1971 essay “The Third Meaning," he conceptualized how an image is perceived not only as something that belongs to a recognizable reality but also as something that carries a meaning that lies beyond what can be put into words; what he called “the third meaning." ...

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Charmaine Ford/Nick Tipping/Richard Wise: After the Last Dance

Read "After the Last Dance" reviewed by Matthew Warnock

by Matthew Warnock
July 9, 2009

After the Last Dance is a hard-grooving, impressively creative release by New Zealand's Ford/Tipping/Wise Trio. While some people wouldn't think of New Zealand as being a hotbed for modern jazz, these three musicians are aiming to change that and bring to light the strong NZ jazz scene with this release. Each tune is thoughtfully composed and ...

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Mark Isaacs Resurgence Band: Tell It Like It Is

Read "Tell It Like It Is" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
July 3, 2009

Sometimes it's better to work on home turf, with familiar musicians. Mark Isaacs' studio disc, Resurgence (ABC Jazz, 2007), paired the Australian pianist and guitarist James Muller--another Australian talent deserving of far greater attention--with American heavy hitters including drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, bassist Jay Anderson and saxophonist Bob Sheppard. But as fine as the relative miniatures of ...

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Norfolk Island Jazz in the Pines Festival: December 7-11, 2009

June 30, 2009

Norfolk's whispering pines will echo to the brassy tones of Living National Treasure Don Burrows when the islands eighth annual Jazz in The Pines Festival takes place December 7-11 this year. Set amongst spectacular island scenery, the finger-snapping, feel-good week of swing, funk and blues will also see Melbourne group the Syncopators deliver the class that ...

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Charlie Munro: Eastern Horizons

Read "Eastern Horizons" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
April 26, 2009

The statement that jazz music has universal appeal is a well-worn cliché, but like most, a very true one. This is no more evident than in Eastern Horizons, a long out-of-print classic from Australian cellist and multi-reed player Charlie Munro, now available on CD. Recorded in 1967, it is considered to be a landmark of Australian ...