Canberra Jazz blog
Promoting modern jazz and other arts in Canberra, Australia
29 March 2024
Nug
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I was just sitting outside a pub with a beer and I noticed someone with a tiny synth. Fascinating. Identified later as a Roland SC-1. Ti...
26 March 2024
Awe
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Whenever I mentioned Stravinsky or Firebird suite to someone they were awed. I was certainly challenged by Firebird, but nothing like its ...
25 March 2024
Gaming
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I joked that the last game I played was Asteroids and it's not far from the truth, but we had a string of PSns in the house over time a...
22 March 2024
Ecstatic
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Sean gave me a rundown on the workshop that afternoon by Number Junky on jazz rhythms and odd meters. It fitted perfectly with the ban...
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20 March 2024
Premiere
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It was a first performance of a piano trio made up of local mates that I know through Wesley and MdCC and NCO. It's a small local ...
18 March 2024
Disappointments
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It's not the first disappointing demo I've attended but it was a significant disappointment. It was held as the local Canber...
17 March 2024
Calm and storm
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It's coming close to Canberra Bach Ensemble attending the Leipzig Bach Festival mid-year. But this is Easter so a Bach passion was i...
16 March 2024
Two gigs two towns
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I think Mike called us Gateway to Queanbeyan although this was a return gig and the first was the week before in Ainslie. So much for ge...
14 March 2024
Old block new kids
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I'd never heard of La Capella Galante before and the performers were a mix of local celebrities and some that were new to me. Suchli...
13 March 2024
A funky Heaven
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If you keep your eyes peeled and know the scene you can happen on a great event, a visit or gathering, variously social and musical, that&...
12 March 2024
Vanuatu visitors
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As was the way of Europe at the time, France and England both claimed parts of the archipelago and managed it as the New Hebrides until Va...
11 March 2024
Sisters are doing it
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It was a busy musical day but the main event was opera. The other can await for next week's repeat. I arrived to park then chat wi...
09 March 2024
Leaning to party
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John Mackey was playing at the NPC and I was free but in the end it was more a visit to old friends than a serious jazz gig. Perhaps b...
06 March 2024
Varitable piano
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Jennifer Hou performed solo piano for the Wednesday lunchtime concert at Wesley. I'd seen her before but not solo. To put it mildl...
05 March 2024
Recording recorders
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I got a last minute request form Margaret Wright to record the end-of-session concert of the National Eight Foot Pitch Recorder Orchestra....
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