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2 WELCOME Jazz is a way of life – my way of life. the MIJF is contributing to a very strong It's such an honour to be the Melbourne tradition that we can pass on into the international Jazz Festival's Artistic future. Director, especially as this year Headlining our 2019 festival is the represents 11 years in the role. incredible serial innovator Herbie I'm very proud of our international Hancock, still influencing musicians reputation. Great musicians from all over around the world. the world talk about wanting to be part of Opening night will be a synergistic our inclusive festival. meeting of my two loves, jazz and Jazz is a powerful communicator globally; classical music as we again collaborate it is for everyone, children, the young, the with the Melbourne Symphony MICHAEL TORTONI old, women, men and individuals of all Orchestra playing Gershwin, featuring races and gender. extraordinary vocalists Laura Mvula and ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Jose James and conductor, the ever After more than two decades of inventive Troy Miller. presenting the most beautiful musicians as part of our program, I can declare that I look forward to seeing you at some of the amazing concerts this year!

MARTIN FOLEY MP JOHN STANHOPE AM SALLY CAPP MINISTER FOR CREATIVE INDUSTRIES CHAIRMAN LORD MAYOR CITY OF MELBOURNE

With brilliant local talent, great music On behalf of the Board I am delighted The Melbourne International venues and passionate audiences, it’s no to welcome you to the 2019 Melbourne Jazz Festival provides an exciting wonder Melbourne is home to Australia’s International Jazz Festival. opportunity to immerse yourself in the pre-eminent jazz festival. Producing MIJF each year requires great magical world of jazz; running over 10 Add international jazz stars, world levels of patronage from our Festival days, the sounds of Australia’s largest exclusives and collaborations with the sponsors, partners, supporters and jazz festival will fill our iconic venues, likes of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra audiences for which the board, team and concert halls and bars. and Melbourne Museum, and we have I are always grateful. I would like to thank This year’s outstanding program is a another stellar program lined up for 2019. the State Government of Victoria, Catalyst tempting mix of free and ticketed acts, This festival plays a huge part in ensuring – Australian Arts and Culture Fund, and featuring artists from eight countries, jazz in Victoria thrives – and the launch the City of Melbourne as well as the City as well as our best local talent. I invite of Tomorrow is My Turn: Women’s Jazz of Darebin, the City of Maribyrnong and you to explore these events large and Leadership Initiative, will play a huge Moonee Valley City Council in particular. small and to hear the music of new or role in supporting the next generation of To the philanthropists, patrons and donors legendary performers. Victorian female jazz leaders. who have personally contributed to our As the festival fills the streets, enjoy Even better – more than a third of this Festival I would like to pay a special tribute a broad range of free entertainment year’s program is free, so whether you’re to you for your contributions that allow us including sound walks, lunchtime a festival regular or it’s your first jazz to continue to deliver for our communities concerts and events at Federation experience, there’s plenty for everybody of jazz, live-music, Melbourne, Square. to enjoy. Victoria and Australia. The City of Melbourne is proud to Have a fantastic festival. My sincere thanks go to our dedicated support this vibrant festival – a perfect board and Festival team for their tireless way to warm up this winter. commitment to producing our Festival, and also to our volunteers who make our festival possible.

3 SPECIAL EVENT TOMORROW IS MY TURN: CLAIRE CROSS

For MIJF, Claire and the Tomorrow MIJF is committed to promoting diversity, opportunity is My Turn band will perform Into and artist development not only at the Festival but Light – a darkly-hued, evocative composition exploring the ideas also across the whole sector. of discover, carving light from darkness and the bravery of Tomorrow is My Turn is a leadership program that dreaming. With swells of ambiguous supports the career development of a Victorian textures interwoven with female* jazz leader while championing diversity in improvisation, Into Light is inspired by ambient chamber ensemble leadership among middle-late secondary school works with a jazz sensibility. students across Victoria.

In its first year, the program will be lead by bassist, teacher and DATE mentor Claire Cross. Sunday 9 June at 2:00pm ‘I’m thrilled to lead Tomorrow is My Turn with MIJF in its VENUE first year. As a performer and educator I really believe that Melba Spiegeltent young musicians need to see a place for themselves on the stage and in the music community – they need to see PRICE FULL CONC. women leading bands, owning the stage, and setting the $25 $20 agenda.’

Depending on the method of purchase Claire is an exciting and versatile performer and a passionate transaction fees may apply. Please see advocate for women in music. She leads a number of exciting projects melbournejazz.com for details. and ensembles and has graced the stage at festivals and venues Tomorrow is My Turn is supported by Creative all over the country. This year, she is heading back into the studio Partnerships Australia through Plus 1. to work with Myles Mumford to create her second album, Moving MIJF wishes to thank all of the donors who Targets. make Tomorrow Is My Turn possible. Special thanks to Harry Kestin & family for their Claire will perform with a hand selected band made up of professional ongoing support. musicians and students from the statewide tour, which will be followed by a Q&A with Claire. TO DONATE, VISIT MELBOURNEJAZZ.COM/ * MIJF acknowledges that gender is a diverse spectrum and when referring to women and men it includes those who identify as female and male, TOMORROW and those who are trans, intersex and gender non-conforming.

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JAZZ ASSEMBLY TAKE YOUR PLACE ON CENTRE STAGE

Calling all big jazz voices, bathroom crooners, karaoke masters and road-trip belters – it’s your DATE time to shine. Thursday 30 May at 6.00pm Join the Jazz Assembly in the world premiere of a VENUE brand new piece of music commissioned specially The Atrium, for this chorus of voices that everyone can be a Federation Square part of. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or a total beginner, lend us your voice as vocalist Gian Proudly supported by Slater leads the masses in raising the roof at the Atrium at Federation Square. Want to get involved? Full details will be announced in May – sign up to our e-newsletter at melbournejazz.com to get all the details.

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6 HERBIE HANCOCK

PERSONNEL Innovative, influential and a living legend – Herbie Hancock the Melbourne International Jazz Festival is DATE piano honoured to present the master of modern Saturday 8 June at 7:30pm Vinnie Colaiuta music, Herbie Hancock in two must see shows. Sunday 9 June at 7:30pm drums With an illustrious career spanning six decades James Genus VENUE bass and a staggering 14 GRAMMY awards, there Arts Centre Melbourne, Lionel Loueke are few artists who have had more influence on Hamer Hall guitars acoustic and electronic jazz, R&B and hip-hop than Herbie Hancock. Miles Davis said in his PRICE FULL CONC. autobiography: ‘Herbie was the step after Bud Premium $149 — Powell and Thelonious Monk, and I haven’t heard A Reserve $129 $119 anybody yet who has come after him.’ B Reserve $109 $99 The author of modern day standards such as C Reserve $89 $79 Cantaloupe Island, Chameleon and Rockit in addition to hundreds more, Hancock’s appeal Depending on the method of purchase transcends genres while maintaining an transaction fees may apply. Please see melbournejazz.com for details. unmistakable style. Hancock’s standing and influence on modern music has produced iconic partnerships with artists ranging from Wayne Shorter, Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner and Annie Lennox to Snoop Dog, Flying Lotus, and Pink. Any opportunity to see Herbie Hancock live should never be missed. See this icon of modern music take to the Hamer Hall stage with a hand picked band to close the Melbourne International Jazz Festival for 2019.

7 GERSHWIN REIMAGINED

PERSONNEL Melbourne International Jazz Festival in Laura Mvula partnership with the Melbourne Symphony DATE vocals Orchestra presents music from one of the Friday 31 May at 7:30pm José James greatest songwriters of the 20th century, Saturday 1 June at 7:30pm vocals George Gershwin, in Gershwin Reimagined. Troy Miller VENUE conductor Featuring the incredible vocals of Laura Mvula, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne who has been penned as the Nina Simone of our Hamer Hall Symphony generation, alongside American jazz and hip hop Orchestra artist José James, the MSO will perform a series PRICE of Gershwin works as interpreted by conductor, Ticket prices range from $79–$135 composer, producer, and musician Troy Miller. Please see MIJF website for tickets and more information. Brooklyn-born George Gershwin started out plugging songs for Broadway and went on to compose for orchestras and opera. Many of Ticket prices are correct at time of printing and subject to change without notice. his compositions, such as I Got Rhythm and Summertime from the opera Porgy and Bess, Presented in association with were reinterpreted and are now considered jazz standards. Summertime has been covered by everyone from Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Billy Holiday and Sarah Vaughan to Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Janis Joplin.

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9 PERSONNEL Billy Childs piano BILLY CHILDS Dayna Stephens saxophone Alex Boneham REBIRTH bass — USA Christian Euman drums

OPENING ACT A five-time GRAMMY winner, piano virtuoso and OPENING ACT Paris Favilla prolific composer, Billy Childs is one of the most Jazzlab Orcheztra Paul Carter exhilarating artists working in jazz today. His Shaun Rammers Liam Werrett canon of originals and arrangements can swing DATE saxophone hard, dazzle you with intricacy or touch you with Friday 31 May at 7:30pm Madison Foley their direct simplicity. Growing up in 1970s LA, Bede Ford-Gaddes Childs was discovered by legendary trumpet VENUE trumpet great Freddie Hubbard, working as a sideman Melbourne Recital Centre Josh Bennier Lisa Baird with Joe Henderson and JJ Johnson before Ellie Lamb launching his own bandleading career. PRICE FULL CONC. Scott Van Gemert A Reserve $89 $81 trombone Equally renowned as a composer, Childs is as B Reserve $81 $71 Nat Bartsch at home composing for orchestra as he is in full piano flight post-bop improvisation. In Melbourne with Rowan Pattison his formidable Quartet for the first time, Childs Depending on the method of purchase guitar transaction fees may apply. Please see will perform material from his critically acclaimed melbournejazz.com for details. Madison James-Smith music director, album Rebirth, named Best Jazz Instrumental electric bass Album at the 2018 GRAMMY Awards. Proudly supported by

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10 MS LISA FISCHER & GRAND BATON — USA

PERSONNEL Lisa Fischer is a powerhouse performer who can OPENING ACT Lisa Fischer make time stand still. The unexpected breakout Audrey Powne vocals star of the Oscar Winning documentary Twenty Jean Christophe Feet from Stardom (2013), Fischer’s original break Maillard DATE musical director, came working with R&B legend Luther Vandross. Wednesday 5 June at 7:30pm arranger, guitar, After four decades as one of the world’s most in- sazbazz, backing demand backup singers, bringing raw soul to the VENUE vocals likes of The Rolling Stones, Nine Inch Nails, Tina Melbourne Recital Centre Aidan Carroll bass, backing Turner and Beyoncé, Fischer has made centre vocals stage undeniably and rightfully her own. PRICE FULL CONC. A Reserve $91 $81 Thierry Arpino Drawing from an eclectic palette of influences, drums, percussion B Reserve $81 $71 Fischer joins forces with Caribbean jazz rock OPENING ACT fusion band Grand Baton to transform soulful originals, recast rock anthems from her tours with Depending on the method of purchase Audrey Powne transaction fees may apply. Please see vocals, trumpet the Stones and Turner, and put her stamp on the melbournejazz.com for details. James Bowers likes of Led Zeppelin and Little Willie John. keys Proudly supported by A spellbinding artist with monumental range and Tim Curnick bass versatility, ‘if transcendence were a musical genre, Michael McNab Lisa Fischer would be its Queen’ (Pop Matters). drums

11 AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE ORIGAMI HARVEST — USA

PERSONNEL Where is jazz now? The answer is here. OPENING ACT Ambrose Hailed as ‘jazz’s most influential bandleader Brekky Boy Akinmusire trumpet under 40’ (The New York Times), trumpeter Koyaki Ambrose Akinmusire is situated in both the DATE rapper centre and the periphery of jazz. Part of a Sunday 2 June at 7:00pm Silo String Quartet generation of influential artists – such as Robert VENUE strings Glasper, Kamasi Washington and Thundercat – Sam Harris 170 Russell Street piano who worked with Kendrick Lamar on his album, No seating available To Pimp a Butterfly, Akinmusire is carving out Kweku Sumbry drummer the shape of the future of jazz. PRICE FULL CONC. Akinmusire masterfully weaves inspiration Non-member $59 — OPENING ACT from other genres, arts and everyday life into Member $55 — Taylor Davis compositions that are as poetic and graceful as piano they are bold and unflinching – nowhere is this Depending on the method of purchase Rob Hamilton more evident than in his 2018 album Origami transaction fees may apply. Please see bass melbournejazz.com for details. Liam Hogan Harvest. Steeped in social consciousness and drums described as ‘a voyage through America that is Proudly supported by both dreamlike and dystopian’ (The Guardian), the album is a politically charged, audacious and surprisingly fluid study in contrasts. This project pits contemporary chamber music against left- field jazz, hip hop, funk, spoken word and soul to create richly textured soundscapes that record the social climate of our times. 12 GHOST-NOTE — USA

PERSONNEL Spearheaded by Snarky Puppy’s multi-GRAMMY- OPENING ACT Sylvester winning percussion duo of Robert “Sput” Searight Tom Showtime (DJ) Onyejiaka and Nate Werth, Ghost-Note is an explosion of saxophone, flute sound that catapults funk music into the future. Jonathan Mones DATE saxophone, flute Building on the pioneering foundations laid down Wednesday 5 June at 8:00pm Peter Knudsen by the likes of James Brown and Sly and the Family guitar VENUE Stone, Ghost-Note’s music is a kinetic fusion of 170 Russell Street Dominique Afrobeat, hip-hop, jazz, psychedelia and deep- "Xavier" Taplin No seating available keys pocket groove. Dywane The group’s two studio albums – 2018’s Swagism PRICE FULL CONC. "MonoNeon" Thomas Jr. and 2015’s Fortified – have earned critical acclaim All Tickets $59 — bass and popular success around the globe, with both Robert "Sput" albums hitting #1 on the iTunes jazz charts. Depending on the method of purchase Searight transaction fees may apply. Please see drums Central to the group’s airtight rhythm and vast melbournejazz.com for details. Nate Werth musicality is the connection between Searlight, percussion Werth and bass wizard and Youtube sensation Dywane “MonoNeon” Thomas Jr. Live, they perform in the same way the band developed: start with the base and leave the destination wide open. Prepare yourself for a night of energetic, unforgettable musical madness.

13 VIJAY IYER TRIO — USA

PERSONNEL ‘There’s probably no frame wide enough to Vijay Iyer encompass the creative output of the pianist DATE piano Vijay Iyer.’ (The New York Times). A visionary Friday 31 May at 7:00pm Stephen Crump pianist, composer and musical thinker, Friday 31 May at 9:30pm double bass GRAMMMY nominated Vijay Iyer’s creative work Sunday 2 June at 7:00pm Jeremy Dutton Sunday 2 June at 9:30pm drums spans the arts, the humanities and the sciences, dissolving boundaries between jazz, classical VENUE music, hip-hop, funk and electronica. The Jazzlab Drawing on a world history of groove, music from his genre-mashing trio is sketched with PRICE FULL CONC. rhythmic ideas from Indian folk to African beats Non-member $61 $55 to electronic dance. Member $53 — Named by DownBeat International Critics Poll as the Best Jazz Group of 2015, Iyer’s long-standing Depending on the method of purchase transaction fees may apply. Please see trio has made its name with three acclaimed melbournejazz.com for details. and influential albums: Break Stuff (2015), Accelerando (2012) and Historicity (2009). Proudly supported by Brimming with tension, dynamics and interplay, these four intimate club sessions over the Opening Weekend of the Festival will demonstrate why this trio has become one of the pivotal jazz bands of the 21st century.

14 SONGS FROM MY FATHER LONNIE HOLLEY — USA / Australia — USA

PERSONNEL LA iconoclast Petra Haden joins PERSONNEL Lonnie Holley defies Petra Haden forces with local bass master Nick Lonnie Holley categorisation. The 68 year old voice, violin Haywood to celebrate the music of vocals, synths sculptor, visual artist and self- Eugene Ball her father, the late legendary jazz Dave Nelson taught musician quilts together trumpet bassist Charlie Haden. trombone, loops a lifetime of turbulence and Stephen Marlon Patton United by a shared passion for the suffering into a kind of stream of Magnusson drums, percussion, consciousness impressionistic guitar music of Charlie Haden, they first Moog bass pedals poetry that is by turns agonised, Colin Hopkins collaborated at Dark Mofo 2018 in piano Hobart, performing a freewheeling insightful and joyful. Each piece of music is a one-time performance, Nick Haywood tribute to Haden’s Liberation Music bass Orchestra to sell-out crowds. an improvised reflection of the James McLean artist and the world around him. drums Joined by some of Australia’s finest artists to perform songs written by the jazz icon, alongside an eclectic selection of tunes that Petra loves to sing, this will be a freewheeling night of music not to be missed.

DATE DATE Friday 7 June at 7:00pm and 9:30pm Saturday 1 June at 8:00pm VENUE VENUE The Jazzlab Melbourne Recital Centre

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15 VINCE JONES A PERSONAL SELECTION — Australia

PERSONNEL ‘A voice as cool as a long G&T and a repertoire Vince Jones that balances jazz, rock and soul.’ (Beat Magazine) DATE vocals Thursday 6 June at 7:30pm Since his emergence in the jazz clubs of Australia Matt McMahon VENUE piano, MD in the late 70s and early 80s, Vince Jones has set Melbourne Recital Centre Julien Wilson the benchmark for Australian jazz, with his live saxophone performances hailed as ‘an intoxicating tour de Phil Slater force’ (The Australian). PRICE FULL CONC. trumpet A national treasure whose music defies A Reserve $79 $71 Steven B Reserve $71 $61 Magnussen categorisation, throughout his 20-album guitar international career he has never hesitated Ben Robertson in his musical evolution. Depending on the method of purchase bass transaction fees may apply. Please see Starting out as a bebop trumpeter, Jones has melbournejazz.com for details. Tony Floyd drums gone on to become Australia’s leading jazz vocalist. A remarkable interpreter of songs, he Proudly supported by has a refreshingly direct vocal style that resists technique, in favour of creating feeling and mood. After the stunning sold-out successes of Van Morrison’s Masterpieces at the 2016 MIJF, and his tribute to Antônio Carlos Jobim at the 2017 MIJF, Jones is joined by some of the finest musicians in the country to travel back through his own career. This handpicked selection of songs mark the milestones of a remarkable musical life.

16 LINDA MAY HAN OH AVENTURINE — Australia / USA

PERSONNEL Aventurine is a stunning new work from OPENING ACT Linda May Han Oh acclaimed bassist and composer, Linda May Michelle Nicolle Quartet bass Han Oh. Performed by a quartet of fearless Bach Project Gian Slater jazz improvisers (including Cuban-born pianist vocals Fabian Almazan), Melbourne’s celebrated Angela Davis DATE Flinders Quartet, and vocal ensemble Invenio led saxophone Saturday 8 June at 7:30pm Fabian Almazan by Gian Slater, Aventurine seamlessly combines piano modern composition and improvisation, blending VENUE Ben Vanderwal references as diverse as classical counter-point, Melbourne Recital Centre drums Cuban rhythms, Chinese traditional folksongs Invenio Ensemble and Charlie Parker. PRICE FULL CONC. Flinders Quartet Named for a kind of quartz which glistens and A Reserve $49 $41 shimmers in the light, Aventurine is lyrical, B Reserve $41 $31 OPENING ACT rhythmically charged and interwoven with Michelle Nicolle vocals themes of belonging and cultural identity. Depending on the method of purchase transaction fees may apply. Please see Geoff Hughes A longstanding member of guitar legend melbournejazz.com for details. guitar Pat Metheny’s quartet, Oh is renowned for Tom Lee Proudly supported by double bass her improvisational prowess and instrumental Ronny Ferella mastery. Having worked with Joe Lovano, Vijay drums Iyer, Kenny Barron and Terri Lyne Carrington, she is at the forefront of New York’s current jazz mainstream.

17 BILL FRISELL TRIO — USA

PERSONNEL ‘Bill Frisell plays the guitar the way Miles Davis Bill Frisell played the trumpet.’ (The New Yorker) DATE guitar Monday 3 June at 7:00pm and Frisell’s distinctive style masterfully blends the 9:30pm Thomas Morgan inventiveness of jazz, the warmth of folk and bass country, the abstraction of the avant-garde and VENUE Rudy Royston The Jazzlab drums the raw emotion of blues and rock. The Bill Frisell Trio lit up the 2017 Festival with two memorable sold out shows that wowed PRICE FULL CONC. $89 $81 audiences with their ingenuity and vitality. Don’t miss Frisell’s return to MIJF for another night of intimate club performances. Depending on the method of purchase transaction fees may apply. Please see melbournejazz.com for details.

18 RAFIQ BHATIA MILES OKAZAKI — USA — USA

PERSONNEL Guitarist Rafiq Bhatia is an artist PERSONNEL In a ‘monumental statement of Rafiq Bhatia who refuses to be constrained Miles Okazaki devotion’ (The New York Times), guitar by the preconceptions of what’s solo guitar guitarist Miles Okazaki recorded Jack Hill expected from contemporary jazz Work – an album recording, for the bass musicians. Drawing inspiration from first time, the entire Thelonious Ian Chang influences as varied as Jimi Hendrix Monk songbook on a solo drums and John Coltrane as well as from instrument. Consisting of all 70 mentors and collaborators including known Monk compositions, Work Vijay Iyer and Billy Hart, Bhatia sees has wowed critics and jazz lovers music as a way to actively shape since its 2018 release and has been and represent his own identity, not hailed as ‘heroic’, ‘jaw-dropping’ limited by anyone else’s prescribed and a ‘dazzling invention’. Okazaki perspective. will play one set of material from Work in a solo performance at The Jazzlab for MIJF.

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ALMA ZYGIER JUSTINE CLARKE’S — Australia BIG JAZZ ADVENTURE — Australia

PERSONNEL Alma Zygier ‘has a remarkable PERSONNEL Award winning artist Justine Alma Zygier voice: dexterous, low and Justine Clarke Clarke will take little music lovers vocals expressive’ (Good Weekend) vocals on a Big Jazz Adventure under the Willy Zygier and she wraps it around her Benjamin big top at the Melba Spiegeltent. guitar American Songbook repertoire Hauptmann Junior jazz fans can sing along with guitar Angus Radley with all the feeling and maturity all their favourites and learn some bass of a much older performer. Zoe Hauptmann groovy dance moves in a special bass afternoon with one of Australia’s Pre war jazz era classics by Evan Mannell Ella Fitzgerald, Bessie Smith, Louis drums best loved children’s entertainers. Armstrong, Billie Holiday and Clarke has released six children’s Memphis Minnie are brought into albums, winning the ARIA Award the 21st century by Zygier and for Best Children’s Album twice group of similarly minded players. for A Little Day Out With Justine Tremendous fun, and the perfect Clarke (2012) and The Justine marriage of nostalgia and youthful Clarke Show (2017). exuberance.

DATE DATE Sunday 9 June at 7:00pm Sunday 2 June at 9:30am, 11:00am and 12:30pm VENUE Melba Spiegeltent VENUE Melba Spiegeltent PRICE FULL CONC. Non-member $35 $30 PRICE FULL CONC. Member $30 — All Tickets $25 —

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20 PERSONNEL Ross James Irwin musical arranger 60 YEARS OF KIND OF BLUE Phil Noy alto saxophone REFLECTIONS ON A MILES DAVIS MASTERPIECE Julien Wilson tenor saxophone Mat Jodrell BY ROSS JAMES IRWIN trumpet — Australia Daniel Beasy and Ross James Irwin trumpet, fugelhorn Renowned as the jazz album that even non-jazz OPENING ACT Sharon Hatton French horn fans will own, Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue is not ZEDSIX Jordon Murray only the best selling jazz album of all time but trombone one of the greatest musical statements of the DATE Simon Mavin 20th century. keys Friday 7 June at 7:30pm Phillip Rex Sixty years on, its 46 minutes of laid-back VENUE bass elegance and spacious improvisation remain the 170 Russell Street Rory McDougall height of hip. From the landmark opening bass No seating available drums vamp ‘So What’ to the quiet lyricism of ‘Flamenco Sketches’, the album’s five songs cover the range PRICE FULL CONC. OPENING ACT of human emotion. Non-member $49 — Aaron “Onesixth” Stephanus On the 60th anniversary of its recording, local Member $40 — vocals musical mastermind Ross James Irwin pays Fem Belling tribute to the seminal album, recasting it for the Depending on the method of purchase vocals, violin 21st century. Bringing together an 11-piece jazz transaction fees may apply. Please see melbournejazz.com for details. Nicholas Lester orchestra consisting of the best hard bop, old saxophone school funk, classical and neo-soul players in the Mina Yu piano country, this will be a version of Kind of Blue the Tom Gaden likes of which has never been heard before. turntables Ben Charnley drums

21 THE JAZZ LAB TAMIL ROGEON RIFFZ2000 Join us for red-hot gigs — Australia — Australia and late night jams every night of the Festival. Australian composer and violinist Playing with samples plucked from Tamil Rogeon (The Raah Project) the library of our collective musical The Jazzlab: making returns to his jazz roots with his consciousness, Riffz2000 present history every night. latest project and album MOMUS. live spontaneous remixes of iconic Known for his work as the co- bangers – from Marvin Gaye and founder of 40-piece big band The Nirvana to The Police and Kylie. Raah Project, Rogeon’s previous Classic loops and jazz improv meet compositions have been performed the vocal tracks from 70s, 80s internationally as well as locally by and 90s soul, pop and R&B in this the MSO, Orchestra Victoria and unrepeatable live experience. many more.

PERSONNEL Tamil Rogeon viola Rita Satch vocals PERSONNEL Jace XL vocals Daniel Mougerman piano, synths Ben Vanderwal drums, samples Sam Anning bass Harry Winton guitar, drum machine Javier Fredes percussion Harry Mitchell keyboards Danny Fischer drums DATE DATE Wednesday 5 June at 9:30pm Saturday 8 June at 9:30pm VENUE VENUE The Jazzlab The Jazzlab PRICE FULL CONC. PRICE FULL CONC. Non-member $39 $35 $39 $35 Member $30 — J LAB Depending on the method of purchase Depending on the method of purchase Z transaction fees may apply. Please see transaction fees may apply. Please see Z melbournejazz.com for details. melbournejazz.com for details.

22 WORLD PREMIER OF 2019 PBS YOUNG ELDER OF JAZZ COMMISSION

VIJAY IYER WITH JOSH KELLY MONASH ART ENSEMBLE DISPLACEMENT — USA / Australia — Australia

PERSONNEL Celebrated pianist and composer PERSONNEL Displacement references the Vijay Iyer Vijay Iyer will join forces with the Josh Kelly migrant experience when one’s piano Monash Art Ensemble – a student alto saxophone sense of home and community feels Paul Grabowsky AO and staff collaboration of Monash Niran Dasika somewhat displaced due to the artistic director University’s Sir Zelman Cowen trumpet uprooting of one’s life, particularly Monash Art School of Music – to recreate music Aviva Endean within an Australian narrative. The Ensemble from Iyer's many compositions. bass clarinet latest work from Melbourne based Mary Rapp musician, Josh Kelly, Displacement A prolific composer with 22 albums cello to his name, Iyer’s canon of music draws from personal experiences Jacques Emery especially within the context of ranges from classical and chamber double bass moving countries himself. works to film scores and futuristic Maria Moles jazz pieces. drums Commissioned specifically for MIJF Displacement seamlessly melds composed elements with featured improvisations to create a soundscape which blurs the lines between the known and unknown.

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23 MICHAEL FLORIAN JEF NEVE PIGNÉGUY HOEFNER GROUP & TEUS NOBEL — AUS / MAL / SIN / USA — CAN / USA / AUS — BEL / NED

From Classic to Contemporary. A highly inventive musician who Marrying lush lyricism with playful Using jazz as a vehicle to unite draws together classical, jazz and ingenuity, pianist Jef Neve is one a world of musical influences, folk music influences, German- of Europe’s most celebrated jazz drummer and composer Michael born pianist Florian Hoefner composers. Here he joins forces Pignéguy brings together is an important new voice in with charismatic Dutch horn player an incredible line-up of eight international jazz. Teus Nobel. Sharing a quick-fire trailblazing musicians from across Shifting between light and dark imagination and stripped back the globe. This will be an evening tones, shimmering impressionism elegance, this set will demonstrate of inspired music-making melding and soulful blues, he infuses his why they are at the forefront of the together Arabic, Latin, funk, soul compositions with expressive European jazz scene. and classical composition. lyricism and drive.

PERSONNEL Hoefner will reunite with regular collaborators Mike Rivett, Sam drums Michael Pinéguy and in a Alemay Fernandez vocals Anning Peter Kronreif Evelyn Feroza vocals captivating Australian debut. Tim Wilson alto sax Carl Mackey saxophone PERSONNEL Marques Young trombone Florian Hoefner piano PERSONNEL Grant Windsor keyboards Michael Rivett tenor saxophone James Bowers keyboards Sam Anning bass Jef Neve piano Pete Jeavons bass Peter Kronreif drums Teus Nobel trumpet, flugelhorn

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24 JAMIE OEHLERS ANGELA DAVIS LATE NIGHT JAMS — Australia TRIO — Australia

Homegrown jazz luminary and Described as having a ‘beautifully Join us at The Jazzlab for the Winner of the World Saxophone elegant, honeyed alto tone, Festival’s signature Late Night Competition, Jamie Oehlers reminiscent of Paul Desmond’ (The Jam sessions. Led by local launches his new album with his Australian), Angela Davis is a leading Melbourne act, The Rookies, Late all-star band. Mediative, dreamlike, light on the Australian jazz scene. Night Jams are all about losing restless and fiery, Night Music is An illustrious international career yourself in the spontaneity and a musical journey through the dark, has seen her cut her teeth with excitement of these improvised changeable hours between dusk saxophone greats and record two and unrepeatable sessions. Special and dawn. Flirting with fusion and critically acclaimed albums, The Art guests will be announced during the avant-garde, this is adventurous of Melody (2013) and Lady Luck the Festival – sign up to our eNews Australian jazz at its best. (2015). Davis will launch her third at melbournejazz.com to find out album as a band leader with the more! Angela Davis Trio – featuring jazz legends Tony Gould on piano and Sam Anning on bass. PERSONNEL PERSONNEL Greg Sher saxophone Jamie Oehlers saxophone Tom Sly trumpet PERSONNEL Ricki Mallet trumpet Joel Trigg piano Harry Mitchell piano Angela Davis saxophone Oscar Neyland double bass Zac Grafton bass Tony Gould piano Chris Cameron drums Ben Vanderwal drums Sam Anning bass DATE DATE DATE Friday 31 May to Sunday 9 June Wednesday 5 June at 7:00pm Saturday 8 June at 3:00pm 11:30pm til late VENUE VENUE VENUE The Jazzlab The Jazzlab The Jazzlab

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YID! HOPESTREET RECORDINGS — Australia 2009 – 2019 — Australia

PERSONNEL What happens when a group of In 2009 HopeStreet Recordings Josh Abrahams 20+ musicians take centuries-old was launched with a seven inch Alex Burkoy Yiddish songs, infuses them with vinyl single by The Putbacks. Lachlan Davidson a little 1930s big-band sound, Ten years and 34 records later, Husky Gawenda 1960s free jazz, a hint of 1970s The Putbacks and Emma Donovan Ben Gillespie funk, a sprinkling of 21st century headline a showcase event at the Steven Grant Tony Hicks electronica, and a nod to sweet Darebin Arts Centre featuring the Tomi Kalinski indie-folk pop? YID!, a project label’s founding artists as well as its Spike Levy founder and acclaimed jazz latest additions The Montgomery Reuben Lewis musician/composer Simon Starr Brothers, Parvyn and sci fi Eamon McNeils describes as ‘a Funkadelic style, soul pioneers Jordan Murray Leisure Centre. Gideon Preiss John Zorn style, Talking Heads A showcase which celebrates the Niko Schauble style Yiddish big band’. This genre- sustained success of local talents Adam Starr bending mesmerising ensemble is one not to be missed. Simon Starr giant has to be seen to be believed. Ariel Valent Julien Wilson Alma Zygier Hettie Zygier Willy Zygier DATE DATE Tuesday 4 June at 7:30pm Thursday 6 June at 7:30pm VENUE VENUE Darebin Arts Centre Darebin Arts Centre

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MONASH UNIVERSITY SOUND WALKS JAZZ FUTURES — Australia FEATURING AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE — Australia / USA

Situated in both the centre and the periphery of jazz Discover Melbourne’s kaleidoscopic soundscape as part of a generation of influencial artists, trumpeter on “listening walks” led by landscape architect and Ambrose Akinmusire is carving out the shape of the acoustic ecologist Anthony Magen. Hear the rhythm future of jazz. Masterfully weaving together inspiration of the city on these aural adventures through open from other genres, arts and every day life, his spaces, laneways and secret places, where buskers, compositions are poetic, graceful and bold. cars, birds and trams are all instruments of a shifting The culmination of a series of intensive rehearsals with composition. students and staff from the Sir Zelman Cowen School Please note these are walking events. of Music, see Ambrose Akinmusire take to the stage Appropriate footwear and weather protection are with Australia’s next generation of jazz musicians for highly recommended. an exuberant celebration of freeform improvisation that will inspire and delight.

DATE DATE Tuesday 4 June at 7:00pm Saturday 1 June at 4:30pm Sunday 2 June at 4:30pm VENUE Primrose Potter Salon Thursday 6 June at 6:00pm Melbourne Recital Centre Friday 7 June at 6:00pm VENUE PRICE FULL CONC. Meet at Federation Square $38 $30 (see website for details)

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28 ELIO VILLAFRANCA MARGINAL CONSORT — Cuba / USA / Australia — Japan

PERSONNEL Elio Villafranca is at the forefront PERSONNEL They play only once a year. There Elio Villafranca of the latest generation of Kazuo Imai is no rehearsal. The music has piano remarkable pianists, composers and Tomonao Koshikawa never been played, and will never Danny Carmichael bandleaders. The Cuban born, New be played again. Marginal Consort Kei Shii trombone York based GRAMMY nominated is a Japanese collective upending Matt Ottignon Villafranca’s latest album Cinque Masami Tada what we think we know about tenor sax, clarinet fuses the rhythms of the Congo improvisation. Tim Clarkson and five Caribbean Islands, telling bass clarinet The group formed in 1996, stories of rebellion and freedom. assembled from students in Gai Bryant Together with a stellar line-up of alto/soprano saxes, Fluxus movement’s radical Bigaku flute Cuban jazz all-stars, Villafranca school in Tokyo in the 70s. The Lazaro Pompa brings to his own brand of four musicians appear scattered trumpet vibrant, thoughtful Cuban jazz to across the performance space as Adrian Hearne Melbourne. distant soloists part of a single percussion interconnected soundscape. The Daniel Jauregui percussion only parameter set is duration. Rodolfo "Panga" Echavarria percussion Luis Gaitan DATE DATE visual effects, Saturday 8 June at 9:30pm Friday 7 June at 7:00pm cinematography Adrian Medina VENUE VENUE artistic direction, The Night Cat The Substation production

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29 CLUB SESSIONS STEPHEN MAGNUSSON JAMES SHERLOCK TRIO QUARTET — Australia — Australia

PERSONNEL PERSONNEL Stephen Magnusson guitar James Sherlock guitar Frank Di Sario bass Josh Kyle voice Dave Beck drums Ben Hanlon bass Danny Fischer drums Friday 31 May at 7:30pm Friday 7 June at 7:30pm

HARRIET ALLCROFT PETER BAYLOR'S QUINTET ULTRAFOX — Australia — Australia

PERSONNEL PERSONNEL Harriett Allcroft vocals Peter Baylor guitar, vocals LIDO Shaun Rammers saxophone Michael McQuaid trumpet, James Bowers piano clarinet, Tamara Murphy bass saxophone Kieran Rafferty drums Julie O’Hara vocals Andy Baylor violin Friday 31 May at 9:30pm John Delaney guitar JAZZ Kain Borlase double bass ROOM DANIEL MOUGERMAN Friday 7 June at 9:30pm QUARTET BOPSTRETCH VENUE — Australia Lido Jazz Room — Australia

PERSONNEL PRICE FULL CONC. PERSONNEL All Shows $35 $30 Dan Mougerman piano Rita Satch vocals Phil Noy saxophone Jordan Tarento bass James Sherlock guitar Ben Hanlon bass Depending on the method of purchase Miles Henry drums transaction fees may apply. Please see Sam Bates drums melbournejazz.com for details. Saturday 1 June at 7:30pm Saturday 8 June at 7:30pm

ALEXANDER JULIE O'HARA NETTLEBECK QUARTET QUARTET — Australia — Australia

PERSONNEL PERSONNEL Proudly presented by Alexander Nettelbeck piano Julie O'Hara vocals Nitida Atkinson voice, guitar Steve Sedergreen piano Conrad Henderson bass Frank DiSario bass Andy Horneman drums Edward York drums

Saturday 1 June at 9:30pm Saturday 8 June at 9:30pm

30 CLUB SESSIONS TONY GOULD BOB SEDERGREEN QUARTET AND FRIENDS — Australia — Australia

PERSONNEL PERSONNEL Tony Gould piano Bob Sedergreen piano Mirko Guerinni saxophone Mal Sedergreen saxophone Frank Di Sario bass Adrian Sherriff trombone Joe Batrouney drums Ivan Rosa bass Mark Voogd drums Friday 31 May at 7:30pm Friday 7 June at 7:30pm

SOUTHSIDE JACKIE BORNSTEIN FEM BELLING QUARTET — Australia — Australia PERSONNEL PERSONNEL Fem Belling vocals, violin Howard Belling piano JAZZ Jackie Bornstein voice Mark Fitzgibbon piano Friday 7 June at 9:30pm Philip Rex bass Danny Fischer drums Friday 31 May at 9:30pm JOHN SCURRY'S ROOM REVERSE SWING SAM KEEVERS QUARTET — Australia VENUE TRIO Southside Jazz Room — Australia PERSONNEL John Scurry guitar PRICE FULL CONC. PERSONNEL Eugene Ball trumpet All Shows $35 $30 Sam Keever piano Brennan Hamilton-Smith clarinet Chris Hale bass Matt Boden piano Danny Fischer drums Depending on the method of purchase Howard Cairns bass Danny Fischer drums transaction fees may apply. Please see Saturday 1 June at 7:30pm melbournejazz.com for details. Saturday 8 June at 7:30pm

EMMA GILMARTIN PAUL WILLIAMSON QUARTET HAMMOND COMBO — Australia — Australia

PERSONNEL Proudly PERSONNEL presented by Emma Gilmartin vocals James Sherlock guitar Paul Williamson saxophone Frank Di Sario bass Tim Neal keyboard Danny Fischer drums Mike Jordon drums

Saturday 1 June at 9:30pm Saturday 8 June at 9:30pm

Over two days of free gigs and activities, Jazz Out West will bring global jazz stylings, laid-back beats and old-school funk to the neighbourhood. Saturday 1 June, kick back and enjoy the mid-winter sun and local talent all day at the Yarraville Village Pop-up Park. Saturday 8 June, go on a jazz crawl and soak up the tunes at local Moonee Valley cafes and bars. Curated by MzRizk. JAZZ WEST OUT Jazz Out West is FREE to attend. JUNE 1 SAT Proudly presented by

THE CONCERTEENIES AJAK KWAI WVR BVBY — Australia — Australia — Australia

The Concerteenies is a music series A soulful musical memoirist, This eight piece ensemble for pre schoolers promoting great Kwai’s vibrant afro-beats, rich weaves together roaring horns, music played by great musicians distinctive voice and mesmerising synth, cinematic soul and jazz into with no dumbing down. Tunes old presence tell a story of exile, love what they like to call Intergalactic and new are energised with new and optimism. Hard-Groove. grooves to get little music lovers dancing.

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TATAFU KALYANI & ISHA & KALYANI DATE VENUE DATE VENUE — Australia sisters Tatafu Tongan-Australian old schoolLiona and Janna bring to soul hits tunes and modern R&B their undeniable chemistry, with life perfect and pitch big soul voices harmonies. — Australia This dynamic, Naarm based ambient pop duo melds the and the modern in a traditional soft blissful soundscape. Kalyani’s of shivering on top float vocals spiritual in a deeply organic, synths pop experience. Saturday 8 June at 2:00pm 8 June at Saturday The Boathouse Saturday 8 June at 8:00pm 8 June at Saturday Wine Room and Daisy The Fox

LIL SUMTHIN' QUINTET SUMTHIN' LIL THE CB3 THE VENUE DATE VENUE DATE Taking cues from hip-hop, R&B cues from Taking and jazz, guitarist lead by this trio melodic Cristian Barbieri craft of push the limits that grooves can sound like. a guitar what Deluxe Bar Deluxe — Australia 6:30pm 8 June at Saturday — Australia Honey dipped vocals, rich upright dipped vocals, Honey and base, kicking percussion this dynamic – melodic keys a melding deliver to assembly unite jazz and soul. R&B, of refined Saturday 8 June at 2:00pm 8 June at Saturday Up The Re

Proudly Proudly by presented SAT 8 OJ KUSH OJ VENUE DATE — Australia sounds, Multiple musicians, organic the a drum machine programming performance LUSH – each OJ beat in is a unique experiment and the exchange improvisation of musical expression. JUNE 5:00pm 8 June at Saturday Young Penny JAZZ ON FILM

BETTY DAVIS: CHASING TRANE: ELEVATOR TO THEY SAY I’M DIFFERENT THE JOHN COLTRANE THE GALLOWS DOCUMENTARY DATE 3 and 6 June at 7:00pm DATE 31 May at 7:00pm VENUE Classic Cinema VENUE Classic Cinema DATE 2 and 8 June at 7:00pm VENUE Classic Cinema BETTY DAVIS: ELEVATOR TO THEY SAY I’M DIFFERENT CHASING TRANE: THE GALLOWS THE JOHN COLTRANE

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DATE 6 and 9 June at 7:00pm VENUE Lido Cinemas MILES AHEAD BILL EVANS: TIME REMEMBERED DATE 1 June at 2:00pm CLIVE DAVIS: VENUE Classic Cinema DATE 1 June at 7:00pm THE SOUNDTRACK 9 June at 2:00pm VENUE Classic Cinema OF OUR LIVES MILES AHEAD

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Inaugural Tomorrow is My Turn With her unmistakable voice and Leader Claire Cross presents a sultry tones, Phoebe Day has been JUILLIARD special International Jazz Day compared to Amy Winehouse performance. and Billie Holiday. Sophisticated Bassist Cross's signature sonic melodies, soothing harmony and style is rich and melodic, bristling laid-back grooves complete her FREE with energy and incredible artistry. signature sound. LUNCH DATE DATE Tuesday 30 April 12:00pm – 2:00pm Monday 3 June 12:00pm – 2:00pm

SOLI TESEMA ELLE SHIMADA TIME — Australia — Australia 24-year old singer-songwriter Soli Innovating somewhere between Tesema is one of Melbourne's finest Tokyo underground subculture JAZZ upcoming R&B acts. Her heavily and immense love of Jazz, join inspired smooth gospel sounds, genre-bending violinist, producer Celebrate the spirit of jazz! soulful tones and stage presence and a multi-instrumentalist Elle This free lunchtime concert are truly captivating. Shimada and her jazz quintet for series presented by Juilliard a unique combination of thickly will put a spring in your step DATE layered string lines making tender and a smile on your face. Friday 31 May 12:00pm – 2:00pm love to heavy new-jazz influenced beats, creating a cinematic and other-worldly atmosphere while VENUE keeping the dance floor pulsing St James with visionary and edgy production.

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Celebrate the ever DATES evolving spirit of jazz Weekdays during the Festival SOUTHERN with a series of free 12:00pm – 2:00pm lunchtime performances VENUE CROSS from emerging artists. Southern Cross Lane Corner of Exhibition & Proudly Bourke Streets supported by LANE Melbourne LUNCHTIME JAZZ PRICE Free

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ARTIST WORKSHOPS WORKSHOPS ARTIST MONASH AT UNIVERSITY AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE AKINMUSIRE AMBROSE VIJAY IYER VIJAY DATE VENUE DATE VENUE Witness the fascinating process process Witness the fascinating headliners working of Festival of with the rising generation jazz musicians during these free two-hour workshops. — USA 3 June 11:00am Monday Music Auditorium Monash University Cowen Zelman SchoolSir of Music — USA 10:00am May 31 Friday Sound Gallery Monash University

WORKSHOPS & & WORKSHOPS WORKSHOPS CONFERENCE (AJIRN) CONFERENCE RESEARCH NETWORK NETWORK RESEARCH AND IMPROVISATION IMPROVISATION AND AUSTRALASIAN JAZZ JAZZ AUSTRALASIAN VENUE DATE Embodying Jazz and with Playing Improvisation: it Real. Ideas and Keeping For full details, see ajirn.com full details, For Saturday 1 June – Sunday 2 June 1 June – Sunday Saturday Cat Paris CONFERENCES CONFERENCES

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The Monash University Jazz and Popular Studies Program is the premier jazz course in Australia. We attract the highest calibre of teaching staff and offer a variety of performance, composition and research opportunities. Our international study tours to Italy and New York provide unique opportunities for students to perform, learn and be mentored from seminal musicians such as Joe Lovano, John Taylor, John Scofield, and Kenny Werner.

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46 170 Russell Melbourne Recital Centre and Salon 170 Russell Street, Melbourne Corner Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Streets, *no seating available at this venue Southbank Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall/ Monash University Music Auditorium, The Channel Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne 55 Scenic Boulevard, Monash University, Clayton The Boathouse 7 the Boulevard, Moonee Ponds Monash University Sound Gallery, The Classic Cinemas Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts 9 Gordon Street, Elsternwick 48 Exhibition Walk, Monash University, Clayton Darebin Arts Centre The Night Cat CornerMACEO Bell Street and St Georges Road, PARKER:137-141 Johnston Street, Fitzroy Darebin Paris Cat Jazz Club A TRIBUTE6 Goldie Place, Melbourne TO Deluxe 595 Mt Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds Penny Young 22 Young Street, Moonee Ponds FederationRAY Square CHARLES Corner Swanston and Flinders Streets, The Re Up Melbourne 521 Mt Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds The FoxFEATURING and Daisy Wine Room THESouthern MELTDOWN Cross Lane 185 Mt Alexander Road, Flemington Corner Exhibition and Bourke Streets, Melbourne The Jazzlab 27 Leslie Street, Brunswick Southside Jazz Room 9 Gordon Street, Elsternwick Lido Cinema 675 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn St James 555 Bourke Street, Melbourne Lido Jazz Room PERSONNEL 675 GlenferrieJazz master, Road, renowned Hawthorn Grammy Award-winningThe SubstationOPENING ACT Branford Marsalis saxophonist and composer, Branford Marsalis1 Market St, Newport Melba Spiegeltent Gregg Arthur Quintet saxophones is a revered instrumentalist – immersed in the 35 Johnston Street, Collingwood The Yarraville— Australia Village Pop-up Park Joey Calderazzo jazz tradition, but completely of today. Leader piano Outside The Sun Theatre, 8 Ballarat Street, Melbourneof one Museum of jazz’s finest quartets, and a frequent DATE Eric Revis 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton Yarraville bass soloist with classical ensembles, Marsalis’ blend of Friday 1 June at 7:30pm Justin Faulkner consummate artistry, thrilling ensemble interplay drums and the ability to create jazz-club intimacy on a VENUE larger stage makes him one of the most compelling Melbourne Recital Centre PERSONNEL — players in the world. OPENING ACT Marsalis has not confined his music to the PRICE FULL CONC. Gregg Arthur A Reserve $91 $81 quartet context. In addition to guest turns with a vocals B Reserve $81 $71 Peter Locke legion of jazz giants including Miles Davis, Dizzy piano Gillespie, Herbie Hancock and Sonny Rollins, he Depending on the method of purchase Craig Scott has performed with artists as diverse as Sting, transaction fees may apply. Please see bass The Grateful Dead, the Malaysian Philharmonic melbournejazz.com for details. Michael Avgenicos VENUE Orchestra and his boyhood friend Harry Connick tenor saxophone Jr. In 2011 he was a group recipient of an NEA Jazz Proudly supported by Tim Geldens drums Masters Award alongside his father and brothers. This magical opening night performance is the ideal starting point for the 2018 Melbourne LOCATIONSInternational Jazz Festival. 47 FESTIVAL PLANNER pg. Fri 31 Sat 1 Sun 2 Mon 3 Tue 4 Wed 5 Thu 6 Fri 7 Sat 8 Sun 9 Modern Billy Childs Melbourne Recital Centre 10 7:30pm Masters Ms. Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton Melbourne Recital Centre 11 7:30pm Vince Jones Melbourne Recital Centre 16 7:30pm Linda May Han Oh Melbourne Recital Centre 17 7:30pm Herbie Hancock Hamer Hall 6 7:30pm 7:30pm Explorations Lonnie Holley Melbourne Recital Centre 15 8:00pm in Jazz Ambrose Akinmusire 170 Russell 12 7:00pm Monash University Jazz Futures Primrose Potter Salon 28 7:00pm YID! Darebin Arts Centre 27 7:30pm Ghost-Note 170 Russell 13 8:00pm HopeStreet Records Showcase Darebin Arts Centre 27 7:30pm Kind of Blue – Ross James Irwin 170 Russell 21 7:30pm Marginal Consort The Substation 29 7:00pm Elio Villafranca The Night Cat 29 9:30pm Alma Zygier Melba Spiegeltent 20 7:00pm Special Gershwin Reimagined Hamer Hall 8 7:30pm 7:30pm Events Tomorrow is My Turn: Claire Cross Melba Spiegeltent 4 2:00pm Nocturnal x MIJF Melbourne Museum 26 7:00 PM Club Vijay Iyer Trio The Jazzlab 14 7pm & 9:30pm 7pm & 9:30pm Sessions Vijay Iyer & MAE The Jazzlab 23 7:00pm PBS Young Elder of Jazz: Josh Kelly The Jazzlab 23 9:30pm Bill Frisell Trio The Jazzlab 18 7pm & 9:30pm Miles Okazaki The Jazzlab 19 7:00pm Florian Hoefner The Jazzlab 24 9:30pm Jamie Oehlers The Jazzlab 25 7:00pm Rifzz2000 The Jazzlab 22 9:30pm Jef Neve & Teus Nobel The Jazzlab 24 7:00pm Michael Pignéguy The Jazzlab 24 9:30pm Songs from My Father The Jazzlab 15 7pm & 9:30pm Angela Davis Trio The Jazzlab 25 3:00pm Tamil Rogeon The Jazzlab 22 9:30pm Rafiq Bhatia The Jazzlab 19 7pm & 9:30pm Late Night Jams The Jazzlab 25 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm Lido Jazz Stephen Magnusson Trio Lido Jazz Room 30 7:30pm Room Harriet Allcroft Quintet Lido Jazz Room 30 9:30pm Daniel Mougerman Quartet Lido Jazz Room 30 7:30pm Alexander Nettlebeck Quartet Lido Jazz Room 30 9:30pm James Sherlock Quartet Lido Jazz Room 30 7:30pm Peter Baylor's Ultrafox Lido Jazz Room 30 9:30pm BOPSTRETCH Lido Jazz Room 30 7:30pm Julie O'Hara Quartet Lido Jazz Room 30 9:30pm

Modern Billy Childs Melbourne Recital Centre 10 7:30pm Masters Ms. Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton Melbourne Recital Centre 11 7:30pm Vince Jones Melbourne Recital Centre 16 7:30pm Linda May Han Oh Melbourne Recital Centre 17 7:30pm Herbie Hancock Hamer Hall 6 7:30pm 7:30pm Explorations Lonnie Holley Melbourne Recital Centre 15 8:00pm in Jazz Ambrose Akinmusire 170 Russell 12 7:00pm Monash University Jazz Futures Primrose Potter Salon 28 7:00pm YID! Darebin Arts Centre 27 7:30pm Ghost-Note 170 Russell 13 8:00pm HopeStreet Records Showcase Darebin Arts Centre 27 7:30pm Kind of Blue – Ross James Irwin 170 Russell 21 7:30pm Marginal Consort The Substation 29 7:00pm Elio Villafranca The Night Cat 29 9:30pm Alma Zygier Melba Spiegeltent 20 7:00pm Special Gershwin Reimagined Hamer Hall 8 7:30pm 7:30pm Events Tomorrow is My Turn: Claire Cross Melba Spiegeltent 4 2:00pm Nocturnal x MIJF Melbourne Museum 26 7:00 PM Club Vijay Iyer Trio The Jazzlab 14 7pm & 9:30pm 7pm & 9:30pm Sessions Vijay Iyer & MAE The Jazzlab 23 7:00pm PBS Young Elder of Jazz: Josh Kelly The Jazzlab 23 9:30pm Bill Frisell Trio The Jazzlab 18 7pm & 9:30pm Miles Okazaki The Jazzlab 19 7:00pm Florian Hoefner The Jazzlab 24 9:30pm Jamie Oehlers The Jazzlab 25 7:00pm Rifzz2000 The Jazzlab 22 9:30pm Jef Neve & Teus Nobel The Jazzlab 24 7:00pm Michael Pignéguy The Jazzlab 24 9:30pm Songs from My Father The Jazzlab 15 7pm & 9:30pm Angela Davis Trio The Jazzlab 25 3:00pm Tamil Rogeon The Jazzlab 22 9:30pm Rafiq Bhatia The Jazzlab 19 7pm & 9:30pm Late Night Jams The Jazzlab 25 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm 11:30pm Lido Jazz Stephen Magnusson Trio Lido Jazz Room 30 7:30pm Room Harriet Allcroft Quintet Lido Jazz Room 30 9:30pm Daniel Mougerman Quartet Lido Jazz Room 30 7:30pm Alexander Nettlebeck Quartet Lido Jazz Room 30 9:30pm James Sherlock Quartet Lido Jazz Room 30 7:30pm Peter Baylor's Ultrafox Lido Jazz Room 30 9:30pm BOPSTRETCH Lido Jazz Room 30 7:30pm Julie O'Hara Quartet Lido Jazz Room 30 9:30pm

Southside Tony Gould Quartet Southside Jazz Room 31 7:30pm Jazz Room Jackie Bornstein Quartet Southside Jazz Room 31 9:30pm Sam Keevers Trio Southside Jazz Room 31 7:30pm Emma Gilmartin Quartet Southside Jazz Room 31 9:30pm Bob Sedergreen and Friends Southside Jazz Room 31 7:30pm Fem Belling Southside Jazz Room 31 9:30pm John Scurry's Reverse Swing Quartet Southside Jazz Room 31 7:30pm Paul Williamson Quartet Southside Jazz Room 31 9:30pm Jazz Out The Concerteenies Yarraville Village Pop-up Park 32 10:30am West Ajak Kwai Yarraville Village Pop-up Park 32 11:45am WVR BVBY Yarraville Village Pop-up Park 32 1:00pm The CB3 The Re-up 33 2:00pm Tatafu The Boathouse 33 2:00pm OJ Kush Penny Young 33 5:00pm Lil' Somethin Quartet Deluxe Bar 33 6:30pm Kalyani & Isha The Fox and Daisy Wine Room 33 8:00pm Jazz On Film Betty Davis: They Say I'm Different Lido Cinemas/Classic Cinemas 34 2:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm Bill Evans: Time Remembered Lido Cinemas/Classic Cinemas 34 7:00pm 7:00pm 2:00pm 2:00pm Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes Lido Cinemas/Classic Cinemas 34 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary Lido Cinemas/Classic Cinemas 34 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of our Lives Lido Cinemas/Classic Cinemas 34 7:00pm 7:00pm 2:00pm Dingo Lido Cinemas/Classic Cinemas 34 7:00pm 2:00pm Elevator to the Gallows Lido Cinemas/Classic Cinemas 34 7:00pm 7:00pm Miles Ahead Lido Cinemas/Classic Cinemas 34 2:00pm 7:00pm Miles Davis: Birth of Cool Lido Cinemas/Classic Cinemas 34 7:00pm 2:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm Close Ambrose Akinmusire The Channel 37 3:00pm Encounters Miles Okazaki The Channel 37 3:00pm Ghost-Note The Channel 37 3:00pm Linda May Han Oh The Channel 37 1:00pm Rafiq Bhatia The Channel 37 1:30pm APRA Panel 1 The Channel 37 2:30pm APRA Panel 2 The Channel 37 4:00pm Family 9:30am Events Justine Clarke's Big Jazz Adventure Melba Spiegeltent 20 11:00am 12:30pm Free Events Soli Tesema St.James 35 12:00pm Phoebe Day St.James 35 12:00pm Elle Shimada St.James 35 12:00pm Southern Cross Lane Lunchtime Jazz Southern Cross Lane 35 12:00pm 12:00pm 12:00pm 12:00pm 12:00pm 12:00pm Artist Workshop: Vijay Iyer Monash University Sound Gallery 36 10:00am Sound Walks Federation Square 28 4:30pm 4:30pm 6:00pm 4:30pm Artist Workshop: Ambrose Akinmusire Monash University Music Auditorium 36 11:00am ACCESS TICKETING INFORMATION INFO Melbourne International Jazz Festival is committed to improving access for all. If you have specific requirements, please notify venue staff when booking HOW TO BOOK so that suitable arrangements can be made. Book tickets and explore the full Festival program at melbournejazz.com WHEELCHAIR ACCESS: FEES These venues are wheelchair accessible. Accessible Depending on the method and value of transaction seating is available at the venue, subject to you may be charged additional fees on top of the availability. Please note there is no wheelchair listed price. access at Lido Jazz Room. Please see the ticketing page of our website for full details. ASSISTIVE HEARING: Sound amplification systems are available for people CONCESSION who are deaf or hard of hearing. For assistance The following cards entitle you to purchase tickets please see venue staff. at Concession prices: Student Card (full-time), children 16 years and under, Carer Card, Health COMPANION CARD: Care Card, Pension Card, Veterans Affairs Card, all The Festival offers a second ticket at no cost to government-issued Seniors Cards. Companion Card holders for all Festival-presented events – phone or in-person bookings only. Proof of concession is required when you by your ticket and when you enter the venue. AUSLAN INTERPRETED: Auslan Interpretation is suitable for people who REFUNDS AND EXCHANGES are deaf and communicate using Australian Sign Refunds will only be provided as required by law Language (Auslan). and the LPA Ticketing Code of Conduct. LARGE FORMAT GUIDE TICKET RESALE To request a large format version of this Program MIJF does not permit ticket resale. 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