Melbourne Jazz Co-Operative – 40th Anniversary Celebration (2023)
Presenter
Melbourne Jazz Co-operative & Melbourne Recital Centre
Concert Lab Role
Producer
Production logistics
Featuring
Mike Nock piano
Julien Wilson saxophone
Stephen Magnusson guitar
Torrio!
Paul Grabowsky piano
Niko Schauble drums
Mirko Guerrini saxophone
Sandy Evans saxophone
Andrea Keller piano
Barney McAll piano
Sam Anning bass
Felix Bloxsom drums
MJC Big Band
Vanessa Perrica conductor
Date & Venue
Friday 26 May 2023
Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre
About the Performance
A once-in-a-lifetime gathering of Australian jazz talent in a program of all-original Australian works.
The Melbourne Jazz Co-operative is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting and promoting original live jazz performance by established and emerging artists in Melbourne.
About the concert
Their performance in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall features 30 leading contemporary jazz musicians from around the country, with some of the most-respected figures in Australian jazz – Mike Nock, Paul Grabowsky, Andrea Keller, Barney McAll, Sandy Evans, Julien Wilson, Stephen Magnusson, Sam Anning and more.
A specially formed 18-piece Orchestra will premiere Jumping Yaks, a four-part suite commissioned by Paul Grabowsky, and inspired by Beethoven’s 7th. Symphony, alongside works by Erkki Veltheim, Eugene Ball, Erik Griswold, and Niko Schauble.
The Melbourne Jazz Co-operative’s 40 years of continuous concert presentations has included 24 years at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, founding the Melbourne Women’s Jazz Festival in 1997, and introducing jazz concerts into the Melbourne Festival. Join Melbourne Jazz Co-operative in celebrating this milestone.
‘...the calibre of musicians taking part in the event – and the full house it attracted – were a testament to the depth of appreciation for the MJC within the jazz community’ ★★★★ – Jessica Nicholas, The Age.