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Post by alimcg on Mar 3, 2010 16:46:59 GMT 10
As aj mentioned, I think all 3 festivals have slightly different audience demographics. I don't reckon there are too many people who would attend performances at all 3 festivals.
And to "yes" (if that is your real name...), I think it is a bit out of line to lay the blame at the feet of the Fringe committee. As A Noid said, BAS has been going for a while now, and the Fringe dates have been out for quite a while. Considering the closeness of the jazz community in Melbourne, I can't believe that the MIJF people didn't know that BAS was on that day. In a similar light, I can't believe that there was no communication between committees - surely at some point in recent months someone from each committee met by chance and happened to discuss their plans...mmmm...
And for that matter, aren't there fringe gigs at Bennetts, which, if I'm not mistaken, is owned by a man rather closely involved with the MIJF?
Oh well, I'm just getting old and cynical. Actually, I was cynical before. Maybe I'm just getting old.
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Post by Shaggy on Mar 3, 2010 22:06:06 GMT 10
I don't know but it looks like the fringe festival has been outfringed by the MIJF. Damn that festival within a festival idea sounds great! Nelson Cline, oh yeah! This Sydney boys gonna travel south for that gig!
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Post by bxckxtrxdxr on Mar 4, 2010 0:38:26 GMT 10
Its basically Annalee Koernig, Sean Baxter and Sophie Brous co-curating the Overground event.
So there are no surprises really, given what those guys have been doing over the years with the more avant sides of Make It Up Club and Stutter, etc.
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Post by Interested on Mar 4, 2010 9:41:01 GMT 10
Looks like a really great program, it just seems like such a shame that it was organised on the same day as BAS. I guess only the people programming MIJF will ever know whether it was just a mistake come about through disorganisation or something else. It seems hard to believe that they wouldn't have known that BAS was on given it's been on every year for three or four years on the last Sunday of the Fringe. But whatever the truth it sure seems to have taken the focus off the music and created a lot of tension. A real pity.
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Post by trumpetperson on Mar 4, 2010 11:00:21 GMT 10
is there a reason that 3 jazz festivals occur at pretty much the same time, in the same city, with no apparent interaction on any level? Wouldn't a pooling of minds and resources be a better way to go? Perhaps it could all be 1 megafestival? Shared marketing, administration, budget etc. You could still have sub-committees to ensure the integrity of each component (international, Australian, fringe). To the best of my knowledge even New York doesn't try to host 3 major jazz festivals at the same time! Call me crazy...... You're crazy! I can only speak for Stonnington Jazz. Our event is on in May because that is the only workable timeframe with regard to Stonnington's schedule of events, and the availability of the key venues (Malvern Town Hall & Chapel Off Chapel). We have communicated regularly with the folks at Fringe & MIJF to minimise the risk of 2 events booking the same acts, or getting into a bidding war for their services. In an ideal world, yes, there would be more of a gap between the 3 events (although, by definition, a 'fringe' festival is usually adjacent to the relevant major festival). But it is possible to have a workable differentiation between the events in terms of artists, venues and target audience/s. Maybe I was unclear in what I was trying to say. I meant that the 3 festivals would still be independent with regards to content, target audiences etc but a "community" of like minded persons dealing with the overall administration, marketing etc would create more effective (and cheaper) admin, reduce overlapping of concerts, increase potential for private and public funding, etc. It is apparent that the timing of the 3 being so close together is unavoidable so why not use that to your advantage and work together? The jazz community in this country (like most other countries) is small so surely a pooling of minds and resources for a common goal is a good thing. |
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Post by hurt lancaster on Mar 27, 2010 13:04:52 GMT 10
what are people going to?
huge program
mulatu astatke, john abercrombie, john hollenbeck/claudia quintet, jamie/grabba/harland/rogers, theo bleckmann all looking good...
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Post by aj on Apr 3, 2010 16:40:26 GMT 10
Yep. Also Charles Lloyd is one I'm realy looking forward to.
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