Melbourne Jazz Co-Operative – 40th Anniversary Celebration (2023)

Presenter

Melbourne Jazz Co-operative & Melbourne Recital Centre

Concert Lab Role

Producer
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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 Age Review - Jessica NicholasAustralian Book Review - Des CowleyLoud Mouth Review - Ian MuldoonConcert Program Download
‘...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.
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