Ron Carter in the rain

Well I reckon it was a valiant effort for the 500 or so who braved the weather at the Darling Harbour Jazz Festival.

It started OK, but it was getting rather wet by the time we decided to call it a day.

The image is from when it was dry and before the umbrellas came out.

Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au

Jazzgroove @ 505

Caught Tango Salon this week at 505. Such a great band.

Had it down as a Meetup which is a group I am running to get people along to jazz events. Its been quite good so far, I have met some really interesting people. If you have an interest in finding out about jazz gigs, some people meet up with the group, some just hang out with their friends. Seems like a good concept - check it out.

Joanne
www.ceressolutions.com.au

Melbourne

At the International Jazz festival in Melbourne where we caught the Claudia quintet and John Hollenbeck with the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra at Fed Square


Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au

Wangaratta Festival of Jazz

Managed to miss blogging about Wangaratta, which was because the three network doesn't work in either Oxley (understandable) or Wangaratta (really poor show there)

On the plus side, of course there was great music, new venue is nice and air conditioned. Volunteers were very helpful and thanks so much for their help with the Jazz Australia subscriber drive. Its fun to wander around and bump into people.

My highlight was Andrew Robson's Tallis music in the church. Sublime. Also really enjoyed watching Linda Oh playing with Charles Tolliver.

The heat was oppressive, there was no free water I could find and there were queues and over the top security who threatened to have me evicted from the new performing arts centre (overkill I think)

Not to mention the more I think about it the police were also rather vigilant as well. though thanks to them I did win some money on the Melbourne Cup - with Crimescenes and Shocking!

Image is of the Vampires, a great young Sydney band.

Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au