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Newsletter #1

Presented by:
Make It Up Club, Half Bent, La Mama Musica, Lebowski's, Jazzhead and Sydney's Jazzgroove

The 2007 Jazz Fringe Festival kicks off in Federation Square with a series of concerts including free outdoor events and the 2nd annual Jazz Fringe Commission Concert this year awarded to Colin Hopkins for a project featuring Colin Hopkins Trio with the Silo String Quartet.
The Federation Square program is followed by a series of performances at venues including Bar Open, Lebowski’s, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Café 303, The Artery, La Mama and the Northcote Uniting Church; all of which are venues committed to nurturing Melbourne’s creative music scene. Come and hear some of the most engaging and adventurous musicians on the Australian jazz and creative music scene: Scott Tinkler, Vanessa Tomlinson (Bris), Gerard Masters Trio (Sydney), Simon Barker (Sydney), Ren Walters, Adam Simmons, Andrea Keller Quartet, Tristram Williams’ Diode, Adrian Sherriff’s Nandi, Shannon Barnett, Stephen Magnusson, 20th Century Dog (Sydney), Bennetts Lane Big Band, Marinucci/Archer/Disario, Julien Wilson, Vada, Peter Knight’s 5+2 Brass Ensemble, the Twelve Tone Diamonds and much more.

On Sunday 6th of May, the Melbourne Jazz Fringe winds up with BIG ARSE SUNDAY… an afternoon and evening of wonderful strangeness, deep groove, dissonance, melody, cacophony and the beauty of song. From 2.00pm at 303 (Northcote) then from 7.30pm ‘till late next door at Northcote Social Club listeners will kick back to artists including: Cameron Undy’s 20th Century Dog (Sydney), Bennetts Lane Big Band, Gian Slater, Monopod, Simon Barker, Michelle Nicolle, Vada, New Blood and Scott Tinkler

Tickets available at the door $26/$20 (conc)

On Sunday 29th April from 2 until 5pm at BMW Edge in Federation Square, the Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival presents its 2nd annual Commission Concert.
Book concert tickets here

Building on the outstanding success of the inaugural 2006 event which was awarded to Jex Saarelaht, the 2007 Commission Concert promises to be an unmissable event for anyone interested in Melbourne’s burgeoning jazz and creative music scene. It presents a new work, Yasaka Sho myo, by acclaimed pianist and composer Colin Hopkins who was awarded the commission from a long list of excellent proposals from around Australia. The MJFF Second Annual Commission Concert featuring Colin Hopkins Trio with The Silo String Quartet While Colin Hopkins is well known as a pianist through superb releases such as Paper Hat’s Nine Conversations (Rufus 2006), it is not common knowledge among music lovers that he also excels in the field of architecture, in which his skills have been recognised with several major awards (John Charles Lloyd Exhibition, Nell Norris Scholarship, and Stephenson Turner Prize). Yasaka Sho myo (pronounced “sho em- yo”) brings together the dual strands of Colin’s creative life and is inspired by a recent extended trip to Japan. It is structured on the universal architectural elements and organisational principles expressed in the Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto, and will be presented as a four-part suite for piano, acoustic bass, percussion and the renowned Silo String Quartet led by brilliant cellist, Caerwen Martin. The Melbourne Jazz Fringe Commission Concert will also feature the superb Sydney vocalist Elana Stone who was the winner of the 2005 National Jazz Award. Elana will be appearing with saxophonist Julien Wilson and guitarist Stephen Magnusson. The concert program will also feature a performance by Diode, which is comprised of trumpet virtuoso Tristram Williams and Michael Fowler (laptop, keyboards and assorted electronics).

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The committee would like to thank the following key partners:
Victoria University Music
Melbourne Brass and Woodwind
Big Trousers, design and IT

Supporting Sponsors:
Federation Square, APRA, NMIT, Atlantis Sound, 3RRR

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