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TWENTY YEARS OF – Want the ultimate MIJF experience?

A MIJF Membership will get you closer Membership costs only $55 (inc GST) per calendar to the action, whether jazz is your newest year, or if you’d like to share the joy with your jazz passion or your life-long love. bestie, a double membership is $100 (+GST).

This entitles you to: Our members get access to invitation-only events, priority seating, pre-sales, tickets, swag, special offers and more! ° Invitations to invitation-only events and other events throughout the year As a MIJF Member you are also supporting the future ° Priority entry for MIJF club sessions at of the Festival. As a not-for-profit organisation, we raise The Toff in Town, 170 Russell and The Jazzlab more than 75% of our income from non-government ° Exclusive pre-sale opportunities for special events sources – including initiatives like this one. ° Special offers from our partners, including Cinema Nova, La La Land Wines, Readings, restaurant partners and more ° A free double pass to a Late Night Jam Session (Monday-Thursday only) ° Your very own jazz festival t-shirt (not available for general sale).

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2 Welcome

Martin Foley MP John Stanhope AM Michael Tortoni Lord Mayor Robert Doyle Minister for Chairman Artistic Director City of Melbourne Creative Industries

Welcome to Australia’s The Board and I could This year we celebrate Australia’s largest jazz foremost jazz event, not be more proud to an incredibly important festival celebrates its the 2017 Melbourne welcome you to our 20th milestone in the life of the 20th anniversary with International Jazz Festival. festival. Over the past Melbourne International an outstanding program two decades the MIJF Jazz Festival. featuring artists from 12 Nearly 500 artists from has grown to become countries as well as our a dozen countries, as well Australia’s pre-eminent It has been extraordinary local talent. as local legends and jazz festival, bringing to watch the Festival national jazz treasures, the world’s best jazz grow over the past two The opening weekend are set to perform this year artists – both emerging decades, and to see it of the 2017 Melbourne at venues across Melbourne and established – to develop into a centrepiece International Jazz Festival – from Hamer Hall to cafés Melbourne for all to enjoy. of Melbourne’s cultural includes the free Second west of the city. scene. I’d like to thank all Line Street Party where I would like to thank those who have supported fans can shake off the Now in its 20th year, the the State Government the MIJF over the years, winter blues along the festival takes a broad of Victoria and the City to acknowledge the banks of the Yarra. view of jazz and includes of Melbourne, plus our legacy of the passionate collaborations with leading audiences, sponsors, and talented team There’s something for Victorian arts organisations supporters and donors, behind each and every everyone in Australia’s – from ACMI and physical for helping us reach this program, and to thank our live music capital from theatre company KAGE to anniversary year. I welcome audiences for trusting us performances in intimate the Melbourne Symphony our new funding partners, enough to keep trying new spaces across the city Orchestra. Catalyst – Australian Arts experiences. to iconic venues such as and Culture Fund, and our Hamer Hall. There’s even a program new local council partners Most of all, I thank the of international exchange in Moonee Valley and musicians. They are the The City of Melbourne has with Tokyo and Singapore, Darebin. intravenous feed of what supported the Festival for promoting the creation we do, and are at the many years and is proud of new jazz works and My deepest thanks heart of our reputation to contribute towards the opportunities for performers to our dedicated Board as an international delivery of this renowned and audiences alike. and Festival team, and destination for jazz. celebration of jazz music. our wonderful volunteers, The Victorian Government without whom this Here’s to the next Enjoy jazz fans. is pleased to support the incredible Festival twenty years! festival and proud of the would not be possible. festival’s contribution to our creative state.

3 Celebrating 20 years of extraordinary jazz in Melbourne

Allan Browne – a stalwart of many MIJFs

For two decades, the Melbourne International Jazz Festival has showcased the world’s best jazz, right here in

Melbourne. MIJF is now Volunteers Sonny Rollins Les Newman & Doug Brown Australia’s pre-eminent – 2011 MIJF – 2008 MIJF jazz festival, recognised internationally for the Over the years, MIJF has been honoured to host artists such as Sonny Rollins, creativity and depth of Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Joe Chindamo, Sun Ra Arkestra, Cassandra its programming. Wilson, Ron Carter, Charlie Haden, Hiromi, Chucho Valdes, Snarky Puppy, Kurt Elling, Mulatu Astatke, Wayne Shorter, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Maria Schneider, Tord Gustavsen, Richard Bona, Don Burrows, Dr Lonnie Smith, Pharoah Sanders, Katie Noonan, Joe Lovano, Charles Lloyd, Zakir Hussein, Dr Abdullah Ibrahim, Allan Browne, Joshua Redman, Jason Moran, Esperanza Spalding, Robert Glasper, Ahmad Jamal and so many more.

We are extremely fortunate to have Melbourne as our home – the city with Australia’s most vital jazz scene. With countless clubs, bars and venues regularly presenting jazz, together we shine a spotlight on this dynamic art form, proving that you don’t need to travel abroad to hear worldclass jazz.

The Festival’s long-term commitment to free and community events, and to supporting the next generation of artists and audiences, ensures that jazz remains as accessible and relevant today as it was at its birth in the early 20th century.

Like jazz itself, each year’s Festival is a collective achievement, with artists, venues, sponsors, government, the Board, management and volunteers – and, of course, audiences – contributing to its continued success. Thankyou all.

Esperanza Spalding – 2016 MIJF HERE’S TO THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS!

4 Special Events Second Line Street Party

date Join the jubilant energy of the quintessential New Orleans art Saturday 3 June form – the second line parade – as we kick off the Festival’s 20th Dance class with Swing Patrol anniversary celebrations. at Southbank from 11:00am Meet at the river side of The Langham, Melbourne Melbourne’s own Horns of Leroy and Swing Patrol will lead a joyous and Second Line Street Party jumpin’ musical march through Southbank, followed by a free outdoor concert from Southbank to Federation Square, at Federation Square. Whether you’re a musician, dancer or just feel like 12:00pm – 1:00pm funkin’ it up, put on your marching shoes, rain or shine, and join in the fun! Free outdoor concert at Federation Square, from 1:00pm We’ll be holding workshops in May to help you nail the notes and master your moves - sign up to our eNews at melbournejazz.com to get involved.

The afternoon continues at Federation Square with funk-laden fun from The Steve McQueens (Singapore) and big band performances featuring Australia’s best and brightest emerging jazz musicians. Proudly supported by

featuring director

Monash University Australian Jazz Ensemble Julien Wilson

WAAPA Jazz Ensemble Jamie Oehlers

Special USA / Events Australia

A Celebration of Ella and Louis

date featuring Patti Austin, James personnel Friday 2 and Saturday 3 June at 8:00pm Patti Austin venue Morrison and the Melbourne voice Arts Centre Melbourne Symphony Orchestra James Morrison Hamer Hall trumpet Harry Morrison price bass Prices range from $50.00 - $125.00* Both jazz giants in their own right, the landmark collaboration between Ella Fitzgerald and Louis William Morrison * Book early for the best prices; ticket prices guitar subject to change without notice Armstrong was the pinnacle of an era. Patrick Danao drums Few performers have the credentials to pull off a fitting and genuinely thrilling tribute to “The First Lady melbourne symphony of Song” – Ella Fitzgerald – but Grammy Award-winner orchestra Patti Austin possesses the heritage, experience and Benjamin Northey conductor voice to do so. Debuting at the Apollo Theatre at the tender age of four, with the encouragement of godparents Dinah Washington and Quincy Jones, Austin’s six-decade career has seen her work with artists as diverse as Randy Brecker, Michael Jackson and George Benson.

Celebrating the centennial of Fitzgerald’s birth, Presented in association with Austin teams up with Australia’s own James Morrison to perform timeless hits from the Great American Songbook, unforgettably realised with the lush textures and rich colours of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in this Festival-exclusive special event.

7 Modern USA Masters Bill Frisell: When You Wish Upon A Star

opening act Legendary guitarist Bill Frisell returns to Melbourne personnel Spirograph for the Opening Night of the 2017 Festival. Bill Frisell Studies guitar Australia Hailed as “the most innovative and influential jazz Petra Haden voice guitarist of the past 25 years” (Wall Street Journal), Thomas Morgan date Frisell’s 35-year career has seen collaborations with bass Friday 2 June at 7:30pm the likes of Elvis Costello, Bono and the Los Angeles Rudy Royston venue Philharmonic. Bold and inventive, Frisell has turned drums Melbourne Recital Centre his hand to avant-garde, noise, folk music and more, personnel price full concession yet always remaining true to his roots in jazz. – opening act A Reserve $91 $81 Luke Howard B Reserve $81 $71 Frisell’s acclaimed new project features unique piano plus $5.50 – $8 Transaction Fee per order interpretations of classic American cinema music, Fran Swinn (not applicable for in-person bookings). guitar ranging from Hitchcock’s Psycho through to Ennio Tamara Murphy Morricone’s Once Upon a Time in the West, bass Proudly via Nino Rota’s iconic score for The Godfather. supported by James McLean drums He is joined by an all-star band featuring Petra Haden (Beck, Foo Fighters), Thomas Morgan (Paul Motian, Tomasz Stańko) and Rudy Royston (Branford Marsalis, Mingus Big Band).

8 Modern USA / UK Masters Carla Bley Trio

opening act Jazz luminary Carla Bley and her long-standing trio personnel Paul Williamson make their Australian debut in a performance that is Carla Bley Quintet destined to be a Festival highlight. piano Australia Steve Swallow electric bass After years of composing for other artists, Bley’s recording Andy Sheppard date of her 1971 jazz-rock opera Escalator Over the Hill saxophone Thursday 8 June at 7:30pm announced a unique and powerful voice. Since then, venue she has produced a remarkable body of work across personnel Melbourne Recital Centre – opening act almost 30 albums, in small groups and big bands, Paul Williamson price full concession most notably with Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music trumpet A Reserve $89 $81 Orchestra. In 2015 she was recognised with the NEA Julien Wilson B Reserve $81 $71 Jazz Master award – the highest honour an American tenor saxophone plus $5.50 – $8 Transaction Fee per order jazz artist can receive. Andrea Keller (not applicable for in-person bookings). piano Christopher Hale Her chamber trio with Steve Swallow (Gary Burton, John electric bass Scofield) and Andy Sheppard (Gil Evans, Randy Brecker) James McLean displays the sophisticated interaction and inspiring drums intimacy that comes from 20 years of collaboration. Proudly supported by Don’t miss their compelling mix of bright melodic lines, delicate nuance and boundless artistry.

Modern USA Masters

Dianne Reeves

date Hailed as jazz’s greatest living vocalist, the incomparable personnel Sunday 11 June at 7:30pm Dianne Reeves will bring the 2017 Festival to an Dianne Reeves venue unforgettable close with an evening of sophisticated voice Arts Centre Melbourne and deeply soulful song. Peter Martin Hamer Hall piano Romero Lubambo price full concession The most awarded female jazz vocalist of all time, guitar Premium Reserve $119 among her accolades are a string of Grammy Awards, A Reserve $109 $99 Reginald Veal B Reserve $99 $89 including an unprecedented three consecutive awards bass C Reserve $89 $79 for Best Jazz Vocal Performance. Terreon Gully plus an additional $8.50 Service Charge per order drums applies for online and phone bookings. A musician with a gift for imbuing any performance space with the intimacy of a living room, Reeves was born into a musical family (George Duke was her cousin and frequent longtime collaborator). She toured with Sergio Mendes and Harry Belafonte in the 80s before launching her own stellar solo career by using jazz as a ‘passport’ to other styles, including Latin, African, reggae, R&B, blues, and pop classics. Proudly supported by With her intoxicating stage presence, captivating voice and improvisational virtuosity, Dianne Reeves is a natural wonder not to be missed. Her highly anticipated return to Melbourne promises to be nothing short of legendary.

11 Explorations USA in Jazz Donny McCaslin Group

date doors show The Donny McCaslin Group leapt to worldwide prominence personnel Friday 2 June 6:30pm 7:00pm for their extraordinary contribution to David Bowie’s final Donny McCaslin 9:00pm 9:30pm Grammy Award-winning album, Blackstar. saxophone Saturday 3 June 6:30pm 7:00pm Jason Lindner 9:00pm 9:30pm keyboards McCaslin has been a dynamic presence on the venue Jonathan Maron The Toff in Town international jazz scene for some three decades. bass As well as leading a string of small bands of distinction, Zach Danziger price full concession $59 $53 he is core member of Maria Schneider’s Orchestra; drums plus $3.70 per ticket booking fee. the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work with Bowie came after Schneider recommended McCaslin and his group to Bowie.

Donny McCaslin Group’s debut MIJF performance features works from their latest project, Beyond Now, ranging from Bowie originals to covers of Deadmau5, MUTEMATH, and the Chainsmokers, as well as compelling McCaslin originals.

Don’t miss this emotive memento of the experience of collaborating with one of the greatest artists of all time, and one which has indelibly shaped the band’s Proudly uncompromising musical vision and fearless supported by boundary crossing.

12 Modern USA Masters Kenny Barron Trio

opening act Kenny Barron is unrivalled in his ability to mesmerise personnel Lisa Young audiences with his elegant playing, sensitive melodies Kenny Barron Quartet and dynamic rhythms. piano Australia Kiyoshi Kitagawa bass Spotted by Dizzy Gillespie when still in his teens, Barron Johnathan Blake date has illuminated the jazz world for over five decades, drums Saturday 3 June at 7:30pm working with the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz and venue Roy Haynes. personnel Melbourne Recital Centre – opening act Lisa Young price full concession Named by Los Angeles Times as “one of the top jazz voice A Reserve $89 $81 pianists in the world”, Barron has received nine Grammy Stephen B Reserve $81 $71 nominations, six Best Pianist Awards from the Jazz Magnusson guitar plus $5.50 – $8 Transaction Fee per order Journalists Association, and consistently won jazz critics (not applicable for in-person bookings). Ben Robertson and readers polls in Downbeat, Jazz Times and Jazziz bass magazines. He was inducted into the American Jazz Hall Darryn Farrugia of Fame in 2005 and as an NEA Jazz Master in 2010. drums

With deep respect for the jazz tradition and Proudly irrepressible warmth and creativity, this unforgettable supported by performance will feature works from Barron’s most recent Grammy-nominated release, Book of Intuition.

13 Explorations in Jazz The Australia Necks

date doors show Hailed by the New York Times as “one of the greatest personnel Monday 5 June 8:30pm 9:00pm bands in the world,” legendary improvising trio Chris Abrahams Tuesday 6 June 8:30pm 9:00pm piano Wednesday 7 June 8:30pm 9:00pm The Necks perform an exclusive four-night residency Thursday 8 June 8:30pm 9:00pm at Melbourne’s brand-new Jazzlab. Tony Buck drums All shows 2 sets Lloyd Swanton venue From unlikely beginnings as a band experimenting bass The Jazzlab privately with no intention of ever performing in public, The Necks have gone on to achieve extraordinary price full concession $59 $51 worldwide acclaim for their unique music making. plus $3.30 per ticket booking fee. Now in their fourth decade of collaboration, the almost-telepathic rapport between the trio is one of the most compelling in live music.

The Necks’ live shows have been likened to an almost religious experience, conjuring a chemistry that defies description in orthodox terms. Performing off the back of Unfold, their most recent release and eighteenth as a band, this is an unmissable opportunity to experience one of this country’s most iconic ensembles.

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14 Explorations in Jazz Cory Henry & USA The Funk Apostles

date doors show A core member of Grammy Award-winning jazz-funk-fusion personnel Wednesday 7 June 8:00pm 9:00pm group Snarky Puppy, Hammond B-3 organ virtuoso Cory Cory Henry

Henry brings his groove-laden outfit The Funk Apostles keyboards venue voice to Melbourne for a must-see Festival Exclusive. 170 Russell Nick Semrad keyboards price Henry’s meteoric career has seen the multi-instrumentalist All tickets $59 Adam Agati and producer work with everyone from Aretha Franklin, guitar plus $4.50 booking fee per ticket. P.Diddy and Lalah Hathaway to Derrick Hodge, Tiffany Stevenson Robert Glasper and Nas – winning a host of new fans voice recently after guesting with The Roots on The Tonight Denise Renee voice Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Sharay Reed bass Steeped in gospel, jazz and soul roots, Cory Henry & Taron Lockett The Funk Apostles deliver a blisteringly hot combination drums of retro and future funk, from Marvin Gaye and Prince Cleon Edwards via their own originals. drums

In Henry’s own words: “We are on our way. Tell Everybody. Proudly How many bodies? Everybody!” supported by

15 Special Events Swing Australia City

date Promising to be one of the most heart-thumping Saturday 10 June and adrenaline-pumping events at this year’s Festival Dance class from 6:30pm Dance from 7:30pm is Swing City, following in the furious dance-steps of venue 2013’s Roaring Swing and 2014’s Swing Noir. Melbourne Town Hall In an all-in night of music and dancing that would make price Count Basie and Duke Ellington proud, Australia’s hot All tickets $50 musical export, multi-instrumentalist Adrian Cunningham, Includes all booking fees. flies in from the birthplace of swing, New York City, to front flaming big band Professor Cunningham and His Old School for this one-night-only show.

Melbourne’s internationally renowned swing dancing community are polishing up their dance shoes for the night and Swing Patrol will teach a fun lesson to get you dancing all night long. So if you’ve never ‘Tuck-Turned’ or ‘Texas-Tommied’ before, you’ll have the basics down pat to carve up the floor.

Swing out like there’s no tomorrow.

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16 Modern Masters Jobim’s Masterpieces Australia From Ipanema To The World

date featuring personnel Saturday 10 June at 7:30pm Vince Jones and the Vince Jones venue voice Melbourne Recital Centre Orquestra do Brasil Doug de Vries guitar price full concession Music Director Doug de Vries Matt McMahon A Reserve $79 $71 piano B Reserve $71 $61 After the stunning sold-out success of Van Morrison’s Tim Wilson plus $5.50 – $8 Transaction Fee per order Masterpieces at the 2016 MIJF, Australia’s leading saxophone (not applicable for in-person bookings). jazz vocalist, Vince Jones, returns with an unmissable flute tribute to iconic Brazilian composer, pianist and Al Parsons songwriter, Antônio “Tom” Carlos Jobim. trombone Jorge Alberquerque bass A founder of the bossa-nova style, Jobim’s 1965 mega-hit Alastair Kerr The Girl from Ipanema fuelled the craze for Brazilian-inspired drums music that swept the world. The genius behind some of the world’s biggest jazz and pop hits of all time, Jobim has been an enduring influence on subsequent generations, and was much admired for his collaborations with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Stan Getz and João Gilberto.

A remarkable interpreter of songs in a contemporary

Proudly jazz style, Vince Jones is joined by an all-Australian supported by lineup in the specially-formed “Orquestra do Brasil” to reimagine the smooth and sensuous sounds of Brazil’s favourite composer.

17 Brenton The Steve Australia Foster 6tet McQueens Luke Howard Explorations Australia Singapore Trio in Jazz

Brenton Foster 6tet

The Steve McQueens

Best Jazz Album nominee in the double The Luke Howard Trio make their personnel bill 2016 The Age Music Victoria long-awaited Festival debut, Luke Howard Brenton Foster piano Awards, pianist and composer piano performing works from their Brenton Foster (The Shaolin acclaimed release The Electric Jonathan Zion Tom Jovanovic bass Afronauts, Max Savage) adds his trumpet Night Descends. Two-time Daniel Farrugia signature vigour and style to this Gideon Brazil Montreux Jazz Festival Solo Piano drums unmissable double bill, which saxophone Competition finalist, Howard has skilfully traverses soulful and sultry Nick Pietsch worked with artists as diverse as trombone to eclectic and eccentric. Lior and Jeff Mills. Marty Holoubek bass opening act Neo-vintage soul-funk outfit Aaron McCoullough Featuring Jonathan Zion (Anton Krakatau The Steve McQueens play a groove- drums Delecca Quartet, Ian Moss) and Australia

the steve based hybrid of tightly arranged and Daniel Farrugia (Angus & Julia Stone, personnel mcqueens freely improvised sounds, drawing Missy Higgins), this superb trio offers Ginny Bloop Jack Doepel on influences from Thelonious voice soaring lyricism, rich harmonies and saxophone Monk to Amy Winehouse, Erykah Andrew Lim sublime artistry showcased within James Tom Badu to James Brown. guitars a minimalist aesthetic. keyboards Joshua Wan Danny Smith keyboards bass Jase Sng Dylan Lieberman drums date bass date Friday 2 June at 7:30pm Aaron James Lee Friday 9 June at 7:30pm venue drums venue Darebin Arts Proudly Darebin Arts Proudly & Entertainment Centre supported by & Entertainment Centre supported by price full concession group(4+) price full concession group(4+) $33 $28 $28 $33 $28 $28 plus $3.60 online / $5.00 phone booking fee. plus $3.60 online / $5.00 phone booking fee.

18 Australia Armenia Kira / Japan Tigran Hamasyan: Explorations Kira in Jazz An Ancient Observer

The “Ellington of free jazz”, thrilling personnel Stunning Armenian pianist, vocalist personnel Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii and Satoko Fujii and songwriter Tigran Hamasyan is Tigran Hamasyan Australia’s own Alister Spence piano one of the most distinctive talents piano present the world premiere of Natsuki Tamura to emerge on the international jazz trumpet Kira Kira (‘shine’). scene in decades. Alister Spence fender rhodes Commissioned through the MIJF’s effects pedal With a string of acclaimed albums, International Exchange Program, Yumiko Tanaka awards and rapturous receptions this startling and inventive new voice at festivals world-wide to his name, shamisen work explores the intersections he brings his virtuosic blend of Tony Buck of contemporary Australian and drums jazz, rock, electronica, poetry and Japanese improvisation. Fujii and Armenian folk tradition to Australia Spence are joined by a specially- for the first time, performing works formed ensemble of Australian and from his new solo album. Japanese improvisers for a brilliant display of collective music making, energy and beauty.

Proudly supported by date doors show date doors show Monday 5 June 6:00pm 6:30pm Thursday 8 June 6:00pm 6:30pm Tuesday 6 June 6:00pm 6:30pm venue venue Proudly The Jazzlab The Jazzlab supported by price full concession price full concession $49 $43 $55 $50 plus $3.30 per ticket booking fee. plus $3.30 per ticket booking fee.

19 Australia Australia Out of / New Zealand Appearing / USA / UK Special Explorations Earshot Events Nightly in Jazz

Imagine listening with your eyes and director Iconoclastic composer, arranger personnel using your heart, your hands and Kate Denborough and pianist Carla Bley takes to Carla Bley piano your instinct to voice your emotions. personnel the stage with the Monash Art Imagine music transformed into Ensemble - a student and staff Andy Sheppard Myele Manzanza saxophone physicality, where the wildness collaborative project of Monash Anna Seymour Steve Swallow and passion of bodies moving Elle Evangelista University’s Sir Zelman Cowen bass matches the rawness of explosive Timothy Ohl School of Music’. live drumming. monash art Gerard Van Dyck ensemble Together they recreate music from Paul Grabowsky AO KAGE’s latest work, featuring note Bley’s seminal 2008 live album Director profoundly Deaf dancer Anna Out of Earshot Appearing Nightly, which takes the Jordan Murray Seymour and percussionist Myele has been created big band sound and jazz standards Musical Director with Deaf and Manzanza, explores the power of hearing audiences of the swing era and deftly infuses non-verbal language, intense physical in mind. them with Bley’s trademark prowess and the role that sound inventiveness, wit and high spirits. plays within communication.

date Thursday 1 – Sunday 10 June at 7:30pm Saturdays at 3:00pm & 7:30pm date doors show No performance Sunday 4 & Monday 5 June Wednesday 7 June 6:00pm 6:30pm venue Proudly venue Proudly Chunky Move presented by The Jazzlab supported by price full concession group(6+) price full concession $40 $35 $35 $45 $39 plus 0.30¢ per ticket booking fee. plus $3.30 per ticket booking fee.

20 Things that Australia Bill Frisell USA Explorations Modern have been said in Jazz Trio Masters

World premiere of the personnel One of the world’s most celebrated personnel 2017 PBS Young Elder Hue Blanes jazz guitarists, “Bill Frisell plays the Bill Frisell voice guitar the way Miles Davis played guitar piano of Jazz Commission the trumpet” (The New Yorker). Thomas Morgan laptop bass Kristian Winther Hue Blanes premieres his evocative Rudy Royston violin His distinctive style masterfully drums and deeply personal new work, viola blends the inventiveness of jazz, based on phrases from some Ben Hanlon the warmth of folk and country, the bass of history’s most famous (and abstraction of the avant garde and infamous) speeches. From Martin Daniel Farrugia drums the raw emotion of blues and rock. Luther King’s “I have a dream” to percussion Hitler’s “Germany 1939”, these quotes Don’t miss this rare club have been reinterpreted as a series The PBS Young performance by a giant of of instrumental compositions, Elder of Jazz Commission contemporary jazz. each with its own unique mood, is generously colour and texture. supported by Mark Newman

date doors show date doors show Sunday 4 June 6:30pm 7:00pm Saturday 10 June 6:30pm 7:00pm 9:00pm 9:30pm venue Proudly venue Proudly The Jazzlab supported by The Jazzlab supported by price full concession price full concession $35 $30 $91 $81 plus $3.30 per ticket booking fee. plus $3.30 per ticket booking fee.

21 Club Australia Australia Sessions / Luxembourg Now. Here. BFK + Pascal This. Schumacher THE TOFF IN TOWN

Jazz’s most inventive and The Toff in Town’s weekly jam In a brand-new collaboration, forward-focussed improvisers sessions – Now. Here. This – sees award-winning trio Kristin Berardi light up our newest club venue. upcoming and established acts hit (voice), Sean Foran (piano) and the stage to showcase their talent, Rafael Karlen (saxophone) present followed by an all-in late night jam a suite of new music with guest session with house band, LØGØ. artist Pascal Schumacher.

An exploration in space, sound Occupying a place between and time, this special MIJF edition European folk, modern jazz and features live and improvised sets 21st Century classical, from WVRBVBY and Zeitgeist this intensely intimate performance Freedom Energy Exchange. will combine Berardi’s sublime melodic improvising, Foran’s harmonic sensitivity, Karlen’s rhythmic inventiveness and Schumacher’s flamboyant panache to explore new sonic territory.

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venue venue Proudly supported by The Toff in Town The Toff in Town

price price full concession All tickets $10.00 on the door $55 $49 plus $3.70 per ticket booking fee.

22 USA USA / Australia Ari Hoenig Jim Black Trio Quartet

Ari Hoenig’s thrilling live personnel Four enthralling improvisers go head personnel performances are renowned for Ari Hoenig to head in a transcontinental meeting Jim Black being whole-of-body, whole-of-mind drums of minds, hearts, and souls. New York drums experiences. An intensely creative Nitai drummer Jim Black leads an all-star Julien Wilson Hershkovits tenor saxophone musician who is continuously quartet drawn from Melbourne’s piano Stephen exploring the melodic possibilities Or Bareket finest improvising community. Magnusson of the drum set, both as a player bass guitar and a composer, Hoenig is Featuring original songs, Chris Hale unmatched for his “expansive improvisations and compositions electric bass technique, propulsive time and by all four artists, this superb deep musicality” (New York Times). collaboration is a must-see for all those who love experiencing jazz in Don’t miss Hoenig’s boldly its most vital and creative state. uncompromising new trio as they take live improvisation into exhilarating new territories.

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date doors show date doors show Sunday 4 June 6:30pm 7:00pm Monday 5 June 6:30pm 7:00pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm venue venue Proudly The Toff in Town The Toff in Town supported by price full concession price full concession $55 $49 $55 $49 plus $3.70 per ticket booking fee. plus $3.70 per ticket booking fee.

23 Club Australia Israel Sessions / USA Tal Cohen Yotam Silberstein Quintet featuring Quartet Greg Osby THE JAZZLAB

Join us for red-hot gigs and late Perth-raised, Miami-based, In demand as a sideman for such night jams each night of the Festival Freedman Award-winning pianist luminaries as Roy Hargrove, at Melbourne’s newest jazz club. Tal Cohen returns to Australia to Marcus Miller, Paquito D’Rivera launch his latest album, Gentle and John Patitucci, guitarist The Jazzlab: Giants, featuring the formidable Yotam Silberstein is making making history every night. talents of long-term collaborator waves globally with his precision Jamie Oehlers, and acclaimed bebop lines and fleet-fingered American saxophonist Greg Osby, improvisations. Leading an all-star who is renowned for his insightful quartet, his Festival debut will and innovative performances. showcase original compositions They unite with Sam Anning incorporating Brazilian, world, and Tim Firth for a high-energy, blues and traditional influences. high-impact collaboration.

personnel personnel Tal Cohen piano Yotam Silberstein guitar Greg Osby saxophone Nitai Hershkovits piano Jamie Oehlers saxophone Or Bareket bass Sam Anning bass Ari Hoenig drums Tim Firth drums Proudly supported by

date doors show date doors show Friday 2 June 6:30pm 7:00pm Saturday 3 June 6:30pm 7:00pm Proudly presented by 9:00pm 9:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm venue venue The Jazzlab The Jazzlab

price full concession price full concession $55 $49 $55 $49 plus $3.30 per ticket booking fee. plus $3.30 per ticket booking fee.

24 Poland Switzerland Australia NAK MaxMantis Moons of Trio Jupiter

A trio of four instruments (bass, Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It’s the Hailed as “a monumental work by drums and the left and right hand MaxMantis Clan! Three musical musicians of great stature” (AusJazz), of the pianist), Poland’s NAK Trio superheroes create a unique Wild this project heralds a new direction are a charismatically unconventional West-style world through themes, and new music from Paul Grabowsky, outfit at the vanguard of the Polish jingles and free improvisation, and a renewal of one of the most jazz scene. defending their creation against important relationships in his villains such as the Redback Bandits musical career, with the astounding In their Australian debut they and The Moth Hunters. Sounds trumpeter Scott Tinkler. perform original compositions absurd?… It is absurd! MaxMantis inspired by the music of transcend stylistic and musical Experimenting with tempo and 20th Century modernists such boundaries - into the infinite abyss metre, Moons of Jupiter explores the as Witold Lutosławski, Béla Bartók and far beyond! frontiers of contemporary art music, Aaron Copland and Tomasz Stańko. jazz and experimental rock. personnel personnel personnel Jacek Kochan drums Lukas Gernet piano Paul Grabowsky AO piano Dominik Wania piano Rafael Jerjen bass Scott Tinkler trumpet Michał Kapczuk bass Samuel Büttiker drums Scott McConnachie alto saxophone Philip Rex bass Dave Beck drums Peter Knight laptop

date doors show date doors show date doors show Friday 9 June 6:30pm 7:00pm Friday 9 June 9:00pm 9:30pm Saturday 10 June 9:00pm 9:30pm venue venue venue The Jazzlab The Jazzlab The Jazzlab price full concession price full concession price full concession $49 $43 $49 $43 $55 $49 plus $3.30 per ticket booking fee. plus $3.30 per ticket booking fee. plus $3.30 per ticket booking fee.

25 Australia Australia Australia Still Night: Speedball Late Night Jams Music in Poetry with the Mark Fitzgibbon Trio

A sublime meditation on the Formed in 2000, Speedball was Join us at The Jazzlab for the omnipresent sentiments of death, a jewel in the Perth jazz scene Festival’s signature Late Night Jam grief and loss, Still Night is a for many years. Reuniting for a sessions. Led by the Mark Fitzgibbon song cycle from leading Victorian rare performance, the ensemble Trio, Late Night Jams are all about composer Andrea Keller. shares a rare connectivity in the losing yourself in the spontaneity frontline and a blistering virtuosity and excitement of these improvised Incorporating poetry that spans in the back. Together they explore and unrepeatable sessions. centuries and the globe, Still Night standard and original material, Special guests will be announced engages audiences in a sensitive with an emphasis on extremes during the Festival – sign up to our – and ultimately consoling – – of energy, beauty, ferociousness, eNews at melbournejazz.com to conversation on this delicate topic. swing, subtlety and emotion. find out more! personnel personnel personnel Andrea Keller piano / composer Mat Jodrell trumpet Mark Fitzgibbon piano Vince Jones voice Carl Mackey saxophone Sam Anning bass Gian Slater voice Grant Windsor piano Danny Fischer drums Julien Wilson tenor saxophone Sam Anning bass bass clarinet Daniel Susnjar drums Stephen Magnusson guitar

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date doors show date doors show date Sunday 11 June 6:30pm 7:00pm Sunday 11 June 9:00pm 9:30pm Friday 2 – Sunday 11 June 11:30 ‘til late venue venue venue The Jazzlab The Jazzlab The Jazzlab price full concession price full concession price full concession $49 $43 $49 $43 $15 $10 plus $3.30 per ticket booking fee. plus $3.30 per ticket booking fee. plus $3.30 per ticket booking fee.

26 Club Australia Australia Sessions Bob Sedergreen Margie Lou Dyer and Friends Quintet

personnel personnel Mal Sedergreen saxophone Margie Lou Dyer piano/vocals Adrian Sherriff trombone Howard Cairns bass Bob Sedergreen piano Eugene Ball trumpet Gareth Hill bass Cameron Robbins clarinet LIDO Mark Voogd drums Hayley Miro washboard

JAZZ date date Friday 2 June at 7:30pm Friday 9 June at 7:30pm

ROOM Australia Australia James Sherlock Jackie Bornstein Quartet Quartet

personnel personnel James Sherlock guitar Jackie Bornstein vocals Carl Mackey tenor saxophone James Sherlock guitar Tom Lee bass Philip Rex bass Tucked underneath a cinema Danny Fischer drums Sam Bates drums screen and down a narrow stairway, the Lido Jazz Room is inspired by iconic Manhattan date date jazz bars of the 80s. Friday 2 June at 9:00pm Friday 9 June at 9:00pm

Australia Australia Doors open 15 minutes prior to start time. Emma Gilmartin Ruth Rogers-Wright Quartet Quartet

personnel personnel Emma Gilmartin vocals Ruth Rogers-Wright vocals James Sherlock guitar Mark Fitzgibbon piano Proudly Frank Di Sario bass Marty Holoubek bass presented by Danny Fischer drums Sam Bates drums

price full concession

All tickets $35 $30 date date Includes all booking fees. Saturday 3 June at 7:30pm Saturday 10 June at 7:30pm

Australia Australia Peter Baylor’s Wilbur Wilde “Ultrafox” Quartet

personnel personnel Peter Baylor guitar Wilbur Wilde tenor saxophone Michael McQuaid saxophone Darren Archer piano Steve Grant piano Philip Rex bass Lyn Wallace drums Mike Jordan drums

date date Saturday 3 June at 9:00pm Saturday 10 June at 9:00pm

27 Club Sessions

UPTOWN Proudly JAZZ CAFÉ presented by

A hothouse for some of Australia’s Australia Australia finest jazz artists, Uptown Jazz Café’s program features modern Stephen Magnusson Jamie Oehlers grooves, hard-driving bebop and Trio Quartet everything in between. Exquisite, contemporary jazz. The music of John Coltrane. Full dinner is available each night.

Doors open 30 minutes prior to the personnel personnel start time. Stephen Magnusson guitar Jamie Oehlers tenor saxophone Frank Di Sario bass Sam Keevers piano Dave Beck drums Marty Holoubek bass Dave Beck drums

date date Friday 2 June at 7:30pm Saturday 3 June at 7:30pm

price full concession price full concession $45 $40 $45 $40 Includes all booking fees. Includes all booking fees.

Australia Australia Scott Tinkler Sam Keevers Standards Quartet Quartet

High energy, virtuosic music. Vibrant, Cuban rhythms.

personnel personnel Scott Tinkler trumpet Sam Keevers piano Joe O’Connor piano Marty Holoubek bass Marty Holoubek bass Dave Beck drums James McLean drums Javier Fredes percussion

date date Friday 2 June at 9:30pm Saturday 3 June at 9:30pm

price full concession price full concession $45 $40 $45 $40 Includes all booking fees. Includes all booking fees.

28 Australia Australia Andrea Keller Bopstretch Trio

Melbourne’s premier bop outfit.

personnel Phil Noy alto saxophone Eamon McNelis trumpet James Sherlock guitar Mark Elton bass Sam Bates drums

date Wednesday 7 June at 7:30pm

price full concession $40 $35 Includes all booking fees.

Australia

Clash of the Transients. Carl Morgan Quartet

Set 1 – Transients Trio I Set 2 – Transients Trio V Cutting edge, modern grooves. personnel personnel Andrea Keller piano Andrea Keller piano Julien Wilson saxophone Stephen Magnusson guitar personnel bass clarinet James McLean drums Carl Morgan guitar Sam Anning bass Mike Rivett tenor saxophone Sam Anning bass Ben Vanderwal drums Set 3 – Transients Quintet VI personnel Andrea Keller piano date date Julien Wilson saxophone Tuesday 6 June at 7:30pm Thursday 8 June at 9:30pm bass clarinet Stephen Magnusson guitar price full concession price full concession Sam Anning bass 3 set show $45 $40 $40 $35 James McLean drums Includes all booking fees. Includes all booking fees.

29 Club Sessions

UPTOWN Proudly JAZZ CAFÉ presented by

Australia Australia Dale Barlow Hetty Kate Quartet Quintet

Majestic jazz from an Back from Paris for Australian giant. the Festival.

personnel personnel Dale Barlow tenor saxophone Hetty Kate vocals Mark Fitzgibbon piano Carl Mackey saxophone Sam Anning bass James Sherlock guitar Danny Fischer drums Tom Lee bass Danny Fischer drums

date date Friday 9 June at 7:30pm Saturday 10 June at 7:30pm

price full concession price full concession $55 $45 $45 $40 Includes all booking fees. Includes all booking fees.

Australia Australia Dale Barlow Julien Wilson Quintet Trio

with special guest Soaring, beautiful music. Mat Jodrell.

personnel personnel Dale Barlow tenor saxophone Julien Wilson tenor saxophone Mark Fitzgibbon piano Stephen Magnusson guitar Sam Anning bass Phil Collings drums Danny Fischer drums Mat Jodrell trumpet

date date Friday 9 June at 9:30pm Saturday 10 June at 9:30pm

price full concession price full concession $55 $45 $45 $40 Includes all booking fees. Includes all booking fees.

30 Club Sessions

Enjoy some of Melbourne’s finest Proudly vocalists and instrumentalists over presented by DIZZY’S drinks in the heart of Richmond. Full dinner service available each JAZZ CLUB night from 7pm.

Australia Australia Australia Roger Clark Quintet Tribute Craig Schneider with Sarah Maclaine to Blue Note Trio

Exquisite jazz vocals ranging Blue Note hard bop classics A free-ranging mix of original across pop, jazz, blues and RnB and inventive new originals compositions and jazz standards personnel personnel personnel Sarah Maclaine vocals Roger Clark alto saxophone Craig Schneider piano Roger Clark alto saxophone Christophe Gennaux tenor saxophone Ash Schneider bass Rory Clark piano Simon O’Neill trumpet Tony Floyd drums Geoff Kluke bass David Hardy trombone Brian Abrahams drums Rory Clark piano Geoff Kluke bass Brian Abrahams drums

date price date price date price Friday 2 June at 8:30pm $25 Saturday 3 June at 8:30pm $30 Tuesday 6 June at 8:30pm $30 Includes all booking fees. Includes all booking fees. Includes all booking fees.

Australia Australia Australia Dizzy’s Warren Unspoken Big Band Willis Rule

Vocalists Peter Hearne and From Gershwin to John Lennon, A swingin’ new project reflecting Andy Dowell lead an evening with Frank Sablotny (guitar) and the ups and downs of romantic love of timeless classics and special guests. personnel modern show-stoppers from personnel Jennifer Salisbury vocals the likes of Duke Ellington Warren Willis piano James Mustafa trumpet and to Gordon Goodwin. arrangements Trent Howard tenor saxophone Aaron Rodriguez baritone saxophone Hiroki Hoshino bass Samuel O’Halloran guitar Selene Messinis piano Tim Clifton drums date price date price date price Wednesday 7 June at 8:30pm $35 Thursday 8 June at 8:30pm $30 Saturday 10 June at 8:30pm $35 Includes all booking fees. Includes all booking fees. Includes all booking fees.

31 Monash University Australia Jazz Futures featuring / USA Jazz Explorations Ari Hoenig Trio in Jazz on Film

Bill Frisell, A Portrait

Drummer, composer, arranger and bandleader Australian Centre for the Moving Image celebrates the Ari Hoenig is at the vanguard of the New York jazz life and works of two pioneering musical artists. scene and an educator of worldwide renown. Bill Frisell, A Portrait, by filmmaker Emma Franz, is an As Artist-In-Residence at Monash University during intimate, behind-the-scenes portrait of one of the most the 2017 Festival, Hoenig and his Trio will undertake influential creative artists of our time. One of only ten a series of intensive rehearsals with students and in a thousand documentaries selected globally for staff from The Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, competition at SXSW 2017, the Australian Premiere culminating in this unforgettable performance that screening will be introduced by Bill Frisell. celebrates Australia’s next generation of jazz musicians. Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present contextualises an artist whose avant-garde compositions are the stuff of legend.

Bill Frisell, A Portrait – Sunday 4 June at 2:00pm Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present screens June 2 - 11

date For session times, venue & access information and Tuesday 6 June at 6:00pm ticketing visit www.acmi.net.au venue Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre Proudly Proudly supported by presented by price full concession $35 $30 plus $5.50 – $8 Transaction Fee per order (not applicable for in-person bookings).

32 Play School’s Australia Australia Big Jazz La Grande Special Jazz Out Adventure Events Soirée West

Join children’s television icon personnel Be transported to the underground personnel Play School for an adventure of Peter Dasent clubs of Paris in the 30s and 40s Julie O’Hara the big jazz kind! Musical Director where music was elegant and vocals piano swinging was hot. Jon Delaney Sandy Evans guitar Big Ted, Jemima, Humpty and hosts saxophone Sam O’Halloran Teo Gebert and Rachel Coopes Lloyd Swanton One of Australia’s most versatile guitar will use stories, games, music and bass entertainers, Julie O’Hara, leads an Joe Ruberto songs to introduce children (and Toby Hall outstanding jazz manouche ensemble, accordion parents!) to the wonders of jazz. drums performing Django Reinhardt Jon Hunt compositions and other gypsy swing clarinet saxophone Featuring a trio of Australia’s finest All children must be gems, plus swinging blues, tangos Mark Elton jazz musicians, this special family accompanied by an and a myriad of love songs. adult. Suitable for bass event will showcase the instruments 2-5 years. and their sounds in an accessible and very fun way.

Proudly date supported by date Friday 9 June at 7:00pm

Saturday 10 June venue at 10:00am and 12:00pm Clocktower venue Centre Proudly Melbourne Town Hall supported by price full concession price full group(4+) $35 $30 $25 $20 plus $4 Processing Fee per order Includes all booking fees. Children 2 and under free. (not applicable for in-person bookings).

33 JAZZ OUT WEST

Jazz Out West is back and bigger than ever! Experience inspired Ethio-jazz stylings, laid-back beats, old-school funk and soul-inflected grooves with these free events in Footscray, Moonee Ponds and Yarraville.

Proudly supported by

Senegambian Maria Moles Music Yared Jazz Band & Adam Halliwell

Pulsating West African rhythms Electroacoustic duo Maria Moles Drawing on East Africa’s rich drive kora-led melodies in this (drums) and Adam Halliwell cultural heritage, Music Yared also Afro-jazz powerhouse 6-piece (guitar) create a highly original and embraces new sonic territories with lineup from The Gambia, Senegal, ever-evolving blend of 70’s free a beautiful modesty, camaraderie Ethiopia, Ghana and Australia. jazz, traditional Malian music, and a deep groove. minimalism, and Krautrock. date date date Saturday 3 June at 9:00pm Sunday 4 June at 4:30pm Wednesday 7 June at 6:30pm venue venue venue The Reverence Hotel Bluestone Church Arts Space Kindred Studios

34 Old Grooves for New Streets Music from Melbourne’s inner west

Peter Knight (trumpeter, composer, sound artist, Artistic Director of the Australian Art Orchestra, and Seddon resident) leads a discussion exploring the meeting points of different musical cultures in Melbourne’s inner west.

Part-panel discussion, part-performance, this fascinating free event features classically-trained pianist Louise Goh, Sri Lankan-born percussionist Ray Pereira and Ethiopian bassist Yoseph Bekele – all creative artists who navigate between ancient musical traditions and contemporary music-making in Melbourne’s inner west.

Proudly date supported by Monday 5 June at 4:00pm

venue VU at MetroWest

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Au Dré (Solo) Shio Gospel Sundays

Audrey Powne displays her dynamic DJ Shio steps up to the decks at Vocalists Joshua Tavares, soul vocals and funk-infused trumpet Mango Lounge Bar to spin jazz of all Ana Winans and Francisco Tavares skills, combining maximalist electronic styles - past, present and all around sing contemporary gospel, jazz, music with the sophistication and the world. soul and funk in a special stripped- energy of old-school funk and RnB. back version of Melbourne’s own Gospel Sundays. date date date Friday 2 June at 5:30pm Saturday 3 June at 9:00pm Sunday 11 June at 2:00pm venue venue venue Deluxe Bar & Lounge Mango Lounge Bar District North

35 Free Special Events Events

Bridging the Divide: Lillian Albazi Juilliard Free Addressing the Lunchtime Jazz underrepresentation

Celebrate the spirit of jazz! This free lunchtime concert of women in jazz series presented by Juilliard will put a spring in your step and a smile on your face. Join us for a fascinating panel discussion exploring the challenges, achievements and ambitions of women in Audrey Powne Quartet jazz, both on and off-stage. Sensational vocals and soaring trumpet inspired by the Featuring: music of Louis Armstrong to modern RnB. » Professor Cat Hope (Head of Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, date Friday 2 June 12:00 – 2:00pm Monash University) » Tamara Murphy (bassist, composer and inaugural Gospel Sundays PBS Young Elder of Jazz) Raise your spirits up with the powerful strains of gospel » Satoko Fujii song! From traditional tunes through to Stevie Wonder. (pianist & composer) date » Chelsea Wilson Monday 5 June 12:00 – 2:00pm (Artistic Director - Stonnington Jazz Festival / vocalist / Women in Music Advisory Panel Lillian Albazi Quintet Member at Music Victoria) Taking her cue from the great ladies of jazz, hear Albazi’s modern take on the Great American Songbook.

date date Tuesday 6 June 12:00 – 2:00pm Wednesday 7 June at 6:00pm

venue The White House

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venue St James, 555 Bourke Street

36 Free Events

venue Melbourne Recital Centre

USA Artist Workshop: Bill Frisell

World-renowned guitarist, composer and educator Bill Frisell lifts the curtain on his technique, process and philosophy in a demonstration-based workshop. Close

date Encounters Friday 2 June at 4:00pm

Experience a close encounter with the world’s leading jazz artists venue Arts Centre Melbourne, The Channel in our free series of intimate conversations, inspiring workshops USA / Australia USA and live demonstrations. Carla Bley meets Cory Henry Paul Grabowsky Australian jazz statesman in Hammond B3 virtuoso, producer and conversation with one of jazz’s multi-instrumentalist Cory Henry’s perpetual seekers. meteoric career started at age 2 in Brooklyn’s gospel churches and

Proudly has lead him to touring the world. supported by

date date Sunday 4 June at 5:00pm Tuesday 6 June at 4:00pm

Presented in Australia / New Zealand Japan / Australia association with KAGE Satoko Fujii and Alister Spence

Deaf dancer Anna Seymour discusses Two leading contemporary the process of collaborating with pianists and composers examine drummer Myele Manzanza to develop the intersections between

Proudly Out of Earshot. contemporary Japanese and supported by note Australian improvisation. this Close Encounter will be Auslan interpreted

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date date Thursday 8 June at 4:00pm Friday 9 June at 4:00pm

37 Free Special Events Events

Ari Hoenig Trio

Conference: Agency in Jazz and Improvisation Carla Bley Trio

A cross-section of researchers from the field come Artist Workshops at together to explore the notion of agency in jazz from multiple perspectives, including the consequential Monash University and interrelated impact of diverse and dynamic agents on creativity and innovation in improvised Witness the fascinating process of Festival headliners and experimental jazz. working with the rising generation of jazz musicians during these free two-hour workshops. Presented by the Australasian Jazz and Improvisation Research Network and the Sir Zelman Cowen School Ari Hoenig USA of Music - Monash University. Trio date date Friday 2 to Sunday 4 June Friday 2 June at 1:00pm venue Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne

Carla Bley USA / UK Conference Convenor: Trio Associate Professor Robert Burke Conference Contact & Program Chair: date Fiona Burnett Monday 5 June at 2:00pm Please contact Fiona Burnett: [email protected] // www.ajirn.com Proudly supported by venue Proudly Monash University presented by Music Auditorium

38 Jazz Out West

Game Changers English has gradually become the global language of popular songs, but at what cost? Where English Conversation: may have one word to describe an emotion, another language may have hundreds. Are the meanings Lost in Translation of songs in danger of being lost in translation? The rise of English in Renowned jazz vocalist Fem Belling and a panel of performers and music industry experts will popular music explore the impact that the proliferation of English is having on musicians and listeners from an Australian context.

date The Game Changers Conversation Thursday 8 June at 6:00pm Series is proudly presented by Pop-up bar from 5:30pm venue Kindred Studios

Free Events

Sound Walks Sound Portraits

Discover Melbourne’s kaleidoscopic soundscape on What would you sound like as a jazz tune? “listening walks” led by landscape architect and acoustic Jazz saxophonist, Mirko Guerrini, uses a unique ecologist Anthony Magen. Hear the rhythm of the city on “source code” to create melody from your facial these aural adventures through open spaces, laneways features, harmony and rhythm from your astrology, and secret places, where buskers, cars, birds and trams and mood from your emotional presence. Hear your are all instruments, constantly composing. Sound Portrait composed live and keep a copy on CD.

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39 THE LANGHAM

Jazz and Popular Studies

The Monash University Jazz and Popular Studies Undergraduate study options Program offers the highest calibre of teaching staff Bachelor of Music and international performance and research Double degrees with Arts, opportunities in Australia. These include study tours Commerce, Education, to Italy and New York City, recording and performing Law and Science with greats such as Joe Lovano, Dave Douglas, Honours Hermeto Pascoal, Charles Lloyd, John Abercrombie, John Taylor, Enrico Rava, Kenny Werner, George Postgraduate study options Garzone, Vince Jones, Mike Nock, and Tony Gould, Masters amongst others. Academic staff include Rob Burke, PhD Paul Williamson, Jordan Murray, Rob Davies, Johannes Luebbers and Paul Grabowsky. hot food cool jazz Start your evening of jazz at Melba restaurant, at The Langham on Southbank.

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board of directors funding Chairman John Stanhope AM Kira Kira, Close Encounter with Alister Spence and Artistic Director Michael Tortoni Satoko Fujii and Out Of Earshot have been assisted Secretary Jane Good by the Australian Government through the Department Directors Colin Golvan QC of Communication and the Arts’ Catalyst – Australian Liza Maimone Arts and Culture Fund. Robert Patterson David Valmorbida mijf team CEO Jennifer Kerr Out of Earshot has been assisted by: City of Melbourne; Program Director Melanie Pose Commissioning support from Adelaide Festival Centre; Marketing and Dean Worthington Chunky Move; City of Darebin. Development Manager Marketing Coordinator Vanessa Perica Kira Kira has been assisted by the Development Ciara O’Donnell Australia-Japan Foundation. Coordinator Programmer/Producer Lydia Dobbin Volunteer Coordinator Holly Norman Ticketing Coordinator Aimee Chapman The NAK trio have been assisted Production Manager Merryn Tinkler by the Adam Mickiwicz Institute. Backline Coordinator Fiona Murray

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50 Venues

170 Russell Lido Jazz Room 170 Russell St, Melbourne 675 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn

Arts Centre Melbourne, Mango Lounge Bar Hamer Hall / The Channel 17 Hall Street, Moonee Ponds 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne Melbourne Recital Centre and Salon Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) Corner Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Streets, Federation Square, Flinders Street, Melbourne Southbank

Bluestone Church Arts Space Melbourne Town Hall 8A Hyde St, Footscray 120 Swanston St, Melbourne (Corner Collins St)

Chunky Move Monash University Music Auditorium 111 Sturt St, Southbank 55 Scenic Boulevard, Monash University, Clayton

Clocktower Centre The Jazzlab 750 Mt Alexander Rd, Moonee Ponds 27 Leslie Street, Brunswick

Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre The Langham Corner Bell St & St Georges Rd, Preston 1 Southgate Avenue, Southbank

Deluxe Bar & Lounge The Toff in Town 595 Mt Alexander Rd, Moonee Ponds Level 2, Curtin House 252 Swanston Street, Melbourne District North 678/680 Mt Alexander Rd, Moonee Ponds The Reverence Hotel 28 Napier Street, Footscray Dizzy’s Jazz Club Upstairs, 368 Bridge Road, Richmond The White House 11 Princes Street, St Kilda Federation Square Corner Swanston & Flinders Streets, Melbourne St James 555 Bourke St, Melbourne Kindred Studios 212A Whitehall St, Yarraville Uptown Jazz Café Upstairs, 177 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy

VU at MetroWest Please visit melbournejazz.com/information/venues 138 Nicholson St, Footscray for more information about our venues, access, nearby restaurants and facilities – and of course, what the nearest public transport options are (because it’s good to be green).

51 NOTE All times listed for shows at The Toff in Town, 170 Russell and The Jazzlab are door times. FESTIVAL PLANNER See event pages for full details.

PG. FRI 02 SAT 03 SUN 04 MON 05 TUE 06 WED 07 THU 08 FRI 09 SAT 10 SUN 11 Modern Bill Frisell: When You Wish Upon A Star Melbourne Recital Centre 8 7:30pm Masters Kenny Barron Trio Melbourne Recital Centre 13 7:30pm Bill Frisell Trio The Jazzlab 21 6:30 & 9:00pm Carla Bley Trio Melbourne Recital Centre 9 7:30pm Jobim's Masterpieces Melbourne Recital Centre 17 7:30pm Dianne Reeves Hamer Hall 10 7:30pm Explorations Donny McCaslin Group The Toff in Town 12 6:30 & 9:00pm 6:30 & 9:00pm in Jazz Brenton Foster 6tet/The Steve McQueens Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre 18 7:30pm Tigran Hamasyan The Jazzlab 19 6:00pm 6:00pm The Necks The Jazzlab 14 8:30pm 8:30pm 8:30pm 8:30pm Monash University Jazz Futures Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre 32 6:00pm Appearing Nightly The Jazzlab 20 6:00pm Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles 170 Russell 15 8:00pm Kira Kira The Jazzlab 19 6:00pm Luke Howard Trio Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre 18 7:30pm Things that have been said The Jazzlab 21 6:30pm Special Out of Earshot Chunky Move 20 7:30pm 3:00 & 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 3:00 & 7:30pm Events A Celebration of Ella and Louis Hamer Hall 6 8:00pm 8:00pm Second Line Street Party See page 5 5 11:00am Bridging the Divide The White House 36 6:00pm Swing City Melbourne Town Hall 16 6:30pm Play School’s Big Jazz Adventure Melbourne Town Hall 33 10:00am & 12:00pm club sessions Ari Hoenig Trio The Toff in Town 23 6.30 & 9:00pm The Toff in Town Jim Black Quartet The Toff in Town 23 6.30 & 9:00pm BFK + Pascal Schumacher The Toff in Town 22 6:30pm Now. Here. This. The Toff in Town 22 9:30pm club sessions Tal Cohen Quintet The Jazzlab 24 6.30 & 9:00pm The Jazzlab Yotam Silberstein Quartet The Jazzlab 24 6.30 & 9:00pm NAK Trio The Jazzlab 25 6:30pm MaxMantis The Jazzlab 25 9:00pm Moons of Jupiter The Jazzlab 25 9:00pm Still Night: Music in Poetry The Jazzlab 26 6:30pm Speedball The Jazzlab 26 9:00pm Late Night Jams The Jazzlab 26 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm club sessions Stephen Magnusson Trio Uptown Jazz Café 28 7:30pm Uptown Jazz Café Scott Tinkler Standards Quartet Uptown Jazz Café 28 9:30pm Jamie Oehlers Quartet Uptown Jazz Café 28 7:30pm Sam Keevers Quartet Uptown Jazz Café 28 9:30pm Andrea Keller Trio Uptown Jazz Café 29 7:30pm

Bopstretch Uptown Jazz Café 29 7:30pm Carl Morgan Quartet Uptown Jazz Café 29 9:30pm Dale Barlow Quartet Uptown Jazz Café 30 7:30pm Dale Barlow Quintet feat. Mat Jodrell Uptown Jazz Café 30 9:30pm Hetty Kate Quintet Uptown Jazz Café 30 7:30pm Julien Wilson Trio Uptown Jazz Café 30 9:30pm club sessions Bob Sedergreen and Friends Lido Jazz Room 27 7:30pm Lido Jazz Room James Sherlock Quartet Lido Jazz Room 27 9:00pm Emma Gilmartin Quartet Lido Jazz Room 27 7:30pm Peter Baylor's "Ultrafox" Lido Jazz Room 27 9:00pm Margie Lou Dyer Quintet Lido Jazz Room 27 7:30pm Jackie Bornstein Quartet Lido Jazz Room 27 9:00pm Ruth Rogers-Wright Quartet Lido Jazz Room 27 7:30pm Wilbur Wilde Quartet Lido Jazz Room 27 9:00pm club sessions Roger Clark Quintet Dizzy's Jazz Club 31 8:30pm Dizzy’s Jazz Club Tribute to Blue Note Dizzy's Jazz Club 31 8:30pm Craig Schneider Trio Dizzy's Jazz Club 31 8:30pm Dizzy’s Big Band Dizzy's Jazz Club 31 8:30pm Warren Willis Dizzy's Jazz Club 31 8:30pm Unspoken Rule Dizzy's Jazz Club 31 8:30pm Jazz Au Dré Deluxe Bar & Lounge 35 5:30pm Out West Shio Mango Lounge Bar 35 9:00pm Senegambian Jazz Band The Reverence Hotel 34 9:00pm Maria Moles & Adam Halliwell Bluestone Church Arts Space 34 4:30pm Old Grooves for New Streets VU at MetroWest 35 4:00pm Music Yared Kindred Studios 34 6:30pm Game Changers: Lost in Translation Kindred Studios 39 6:00pm La Grande Soirée Clocktower Centre 33 7:00pm Gospel Sundays District North 35 2:00pm Free Audrey Powne Quartet St James 36 12:00pm Events Artist Workshop: Ari Hoenig Trio Monash University 38 1:00pm Artist Workshop: Bill Frisell Melbourne Recital Centre 37 4:00pm Gospel Sundays St James 36 12:00pm Artist Workshop: Carla Bley Trio Monash University 38 2:00pm Lillian Albazi Quintet St James 36 12:00pm Close Carla Bley meets Paul Grabowsky The Channel 37 5:00pm Encounters Cory Henry The Channel 37 4:00pm KAGE The Channel 37 4:00pm Satoko Fujii and Alister Spence The Channel 37 4:00pm Jazz Tony Conrad: Completely In The Present ACMI 32 7:00pm 5:30pm 7:00pm 5:30pm On Film Bill Frisell, A Portrait ACMI 32 2:00pm PG. FRI 02 SAT 03 SUN 04 MON 05 TUE 06 WED 07 THU 08 FRI 09 SAT 10 SUN 11 Modern Bill Frisell: When You Wish Upon A Star Melbourne Recital Centre 8 7:30pm Masters Kenny Barron Trio Melbourne Recital Centre 13 7:30pm Bill Frisell Trio The Jazzlab 21 6:30 & 9:00pm Carla Bley Trio Melbourne Recital Centre 9 7:30pm Jobim's Masterpieces Melbourne Recital Centre 17 7:30pm Dianne Reeves Hamer Hall 10 7:30pm Explorations Donny McCaslin Group The Toff in Town 12 6:30 & 9:00pm 6:30 & 9:00pm in Jazz Brenton Foster 6tet/The Steve McQueens Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre 18 7:30pm Tigran Hamasyan The Jazzlab 19 6:00pm 6:00pm The Necks The Jazzlab 14 8:30pm 8:30pm 8:30pm 8:30pm Monash University Jazz Futures Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre 32 6:00pm Appearing Nightly The Jazzlab 20 6:00pm Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles 170 Russell 15 8:00pm Kira Kira The Jazzlab 19 6:00pm Luke Howard Trio Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre 18 7:30pm Things that have been said The Jazzlab 21 6:30pm Special Out of Earshot Chunky Move 20 7:30pm 3:00 & 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 3:00 & 7:30pm Events A Celebration of Ella and Louis Hamer Hall 6 8:00pm 8:00pm Second Line Street Party See page 5 5 11:00am Bridging the Divide The White House 36 6:00pm Swing City Melbourne Town Hall 16 6:30pm Play School’s Big Jazz Adventure Melbourne Town Hall 33 10:00am & 12:00pm club sessions Ari Hoenig Trio The Toff in Town 23 6.30 & 9:00pm The Toff in Town Jim Black Quartet The Toff in Town 23 6.30 & 9:00pm BFK + Pascal Schumacher The Toff in Town 22 6:30pm Now. Here. This. The Toff in Town 22 9:30pm club sessions Tal Cohen Quintet The Jazzlab 24 6.30 & 9:00pm The Jazzlab Yotam Silberstein Quartet The Jazzlab 24 6.30 & 9:00pm NAK Trio The Jazzlab 25 6:30pm MaxMantis The Jazzlab 25 9:00pm Moons of Jupiter The Jazzlab 25 9:00pm Still Night: Music in Poetry The Jazzlab 26 6:30pm Speedball The Jazzlab 26 9:00pm Late Night Jams The Jazzlab 26 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm club sessions Stephen Magnusson Trio Uptown Jazz Café 28 7:30pm Uptown Jazz Café Scott Tinkler Standards Quartet Uptown Jazz Café 28 9:30pm Jamie Oehlers Quartet Uptown Jazz Café 28 7:30pm Sam Keevers Quartet Uptown Jazz Café 28 9:30pm Andrea Keller Trio Uptown Jazz Café 29 7:30pm

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Access Information Book a Jazz Package and save Melbourne International Jazz Make the most of your Festival experience; save 10% or more for shows at Festival is committed to improving Hamer Hall and Melbourne Recital Centre when you book three or more shows. access for all. If you have specific requirements, please notify venue Free Events staff when booking so that suitable Bookings are not required for most free events but we recommend arrangements can be made. that you pre-register for Close Encounters events, the Game Changers Conversation: Lost in Translation and Old Grooves for New Streets Wheelchair Access: at melbournejazz.com. Entry is still possible without registration but Accessible seating is available at may be subject to availability. these venues, subject to availability. Additional assistance may be “No surprises” ticketing fees required at Melbourne Town Hall. You may notice that we include a lot of detail about booking fees. There is no wheelchair access at Our “no surprises” approach to ticket pricing outlines upfront the fees Uptown Jazz Café, Dizzy’s Jazz Club that are usually added at the end of your purchase by a venue’s box office. or Lido Jazz Room. These are the same fees that you have paid previously, and may vary depending on your payment and delivery method. Full transaction fees Assistive Hearing: are outlined on each venue’s website. Sound amplification systems are available for people who are deaf Arts Centre Melbourne, Darebin Arts & or hard of hearing. For assistance Hamer Hall & The Channel Entertainment Centre please see venue staff. Bookings through venue Bookings through venue 1300 182 183 03 8470 8282 Highly Visual: These performances are highly Melbourne Recital Centre Dizzy’s Jazz Club visual with little or no spoken word and Salon Bookings through venue and are suitable for people who Bookings through venue 0474 723 076 are deaf, hard of hearing or speak 03 9699 3333 Uptown Jazz Café a language other than English. Melbourne Town Hall Bookings through venue 03 9416 4546 Companion Card: Call MIJF on 03 9001 1388 The Festival offers a second ticket at The Jazzlab Lido Jazz Room no cost to Companion Card holders Bookings through venue Bookings through venue for all Festival-managed events – 03 9388 1999 03 8658 0000 phone or in-person bookings only. The Toff in Town Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) Auslan Interpreted: Bookings through venue Bookings through venue Auslan Interpretation is suitable 03 9639 8770 03 8663 2583 for people who are deaf and Clocktower Centre communicate using Australian Bookings through venue Chunky Move Sign Language (Auslan). 03 9243 9191 Please email [email protected]

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