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Viva the Band at the Paradise Room, the Mecca for Jazz Entertainment on the Gold Coast QLD

December 4, 2008

The Gold Coast is Australia’s premier tourist destination with miles of white sandy surf beaches, lush green hinterland rainforests, world-class golfing greens and famous theme parks. With a diverse range of accommodation from exclusive 5-star hotels to sunny beachside apartments and backpacker hostels. The Gold Coast has a Council that is pro active in the development ...

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News: Obituary

Jorn Utzon Danish Architect of Sydney Opera House Dies

December 1, 2008

Jorn Utzon, in 1957 at age 38, received word at his home in Denmark that he won an international competition to build the opera house, beating out 232 other competitors. The project whose overrun budget and delays sparked controversy was a mixed blessing, giving the architect fame but also heartache. Utzon, the Danish architect whose eye-catching, ...

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Article: Live Review

JAZZ: NOW Festival 2008, Sydney, Australia

by Barry O'Sullivan
October 25, 2008

JAZZ: NOW Festival Sydney Opera HouseSydney, Australia September 11, 2008Programmed by SIMA (Sydney Improvised Music Association) and the Jazzgroove Association and now in its fifth year, the JAZZ: NOW 2008 Festival purports to be a snapshot of “the best" in modern jazz sounds this country has to offer, with four nights ...

News: Event

Future of New Zealand Jazz in Good Hands

October 20, 2008

A line-up of talented young musicians from around New Zealand gave their all in the finals of the AJ Hackett Bungy JumpStart competition, part of the ASB JazzFest Queenstown, at Rydges Queenstown last night (Sunday October 19). Three bands, four solo vocalists and six solo instrumentalists played to an appreciative audience and three judges for the ...

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Article: Album Review

Trio Apoplectic: Trio Apoplectic

Read "Trio Apoplectic" reviewed by Barry O'Sullivan

by Barry O'Sullivan
October 10, 2008

Ambitious, passionate, but at times a little tentative, the debut recording from Sydney, Australia-based Trio Apoplectic focuses primarily on original composition, as well as one contribution each from jazz giants Thelonious Monk ("Boo Boo's Birthday") and Mal Waldron ("Fire Waltz"). Waldron was Billie Holiday's pianist in the late '50s and the composer ...

News: Recording

Debut Release from Subject2change

September 24, 2008

Subject2change (Trevor Coleman - keyboards and trumpet, Rob Burns - bass, Paul McLennon-Kissel - drums, Dr Dan Bendrups - trombone, Dave Harrison - guitar, Nick Cornish - saxophone) is a jazz fusion ensemble of international standard hailing from the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Individually they're impressive and diverse, collectively they're producing some of the finest ...

News: Performance / Tour

Sydney Band Viva - Concert at Unveiling Ceremony for Sydney's Welcome Wall

September 22, 2008

Twice a year an unveiling ceremony to celebrate new arrivals to Australia and to register new names on a Welcome Wall. The wall is 100 metres long and is next to the Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour, Sydney. The wall was initially created to honor more than six million people that have crossed the ...

News: Event

Manly Jazz Festival Features Parker Tribute

September 16, 2008

This year's Manly Jazz Festival is scheduled to feature a special tribute to popular jazz musician Charlie Parker, in front of up to 20,000 fans. The Sydney suburb of Manly, especially popular amongst travelers and backpackers seeking to experience a more laidback side to Sydney life, will host a tribute to the great jazz musician on ...

News: Event

Jazz Giant Comes Home to Celebrate and Listen

September 15, 2008

Pianist Graeme Bell and his brother Roger formed their first jazz band, a four-piece group called the Portsea Four, in Melbourne in 1940. Yesterday, the Sydney-based Bell returned for what might be his last public appearance. The occasion was a concert organised by Jazz Australia at the Bentleigh Club to mark Bell's 94th birthday with the ...

News: Festival

Iconic Queenstown Jazz Festival Celebrates 30th Anniversary

September 6, 2008

An iconic Queenstown jazz festival is celebrating its 30th anniversary with an exhilarating ten-day programme of live music and a star-studded line up of performers. From 18 to 27 October more than 50 bands and 200 performers will inspire and entertain at the ASB JazzFest Queenstown with a programme of 80 free events and ticketed headline ...