Post by michellebuxton on Jul 5, 2006 13:03:50 GMT 10
TAC WANGARATTA FESTIVAL OF JAZZ * 3 - 6 November 2006
AUSTRALIA'S PREMIER JAZZ FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES STELLAR LINEUP
The lineup was announced today for Australia's premier jazz event, the TAC Wangaratta Festival Of Jazz, which will be staged over the pre-Melbourne Cup Day weekend of Friday 3 - Monday 6 November.
Artists from the USA, Holland, Cuba and New Zealand will perform alongside many of the leading names in Australian jazz.
Heading the lineup will be US pianist Geri Allen and her trio, with bassist Kenny Davis and drummer Mark Johnson. Ms Allen has worked with such greats as Ornette Coleman and Betty Carter, and is regarded as one of the most important jazz piano stylists of her generation.
As part of the Dutch Dare program, celebrating the 400th anniversary of contact between the Netherlands and Australia, 14 Dutch musicians will perform at Wangaratta, in several bands. The most notable is the ICP Orchestra, an all-star 10-piece band featuring pianist Misha Mengelberg and drummer Han Bennink, who co-founded the influential Instant Composers Pool in Amsterdam back in 1967. Other Dutch bands will be Available Jelly, the Eric Boeren 4tet and the Tobias Delius Quartet. There will be Dutch-Australian collaborations between Misha Mengelberg and saxophonist Elliott Dalgleish, and between Eric Boeren and saxophonist Tim O'Dwyer, while Lloyd Swanton will be a guest bassist with the Tobias Delius Quartet.
Other international jazz artists will be Cuban trumpeter Luis Valle, whose Afro-Timba band will feature Melbourne guitarist Kenny Lopez and Cuban percussionist El Panga ; and New Zealand saxophonist Jeff Henderson.
The lineup of Australian artists will feature such respected names as James Morrison, Joe Chindamo, Paul Grabowsky, Dale Barlow, Erroll Buddle and Graeme Lyall. Large ensembles will include the Australian Art Orchestra and the Pearly Shells Swing Orchestra. Smaller groups performing original, contemporary music will include those led by trumpeters Scott Tinkler, Phil Slater, Paul Williamson and Eugene Ball, guitarist James Muller, pianist Andrea Keller, bassist Steve Hunter, drummer Niko Schauble and saxophonists Jamie Oehlers, David Theak and Andy Sugg.
Jazz singers taking a turn in the spotlight will include Nichaud Fitzgibbon, Carol Ralph, Kristin Berardi, Julie O'Hara with Bopkick, and Judy Jacques, Rebecca Barnard, Margie Lou Dyer and Margot Barrett with gospel group, Calling All Angels.
Fans of classic jazz can enjoy bands like Brett Iggulden's Jazz Hounds, Geoff Power's Classic Jazz, Carol Ralph's Blue Rhythm Band, Al Davey's Monstars, Bopkick and Stevenson's Rockets.
The blues program will be headlined by legendary harmonica player and singer, Billy Boy Arnold, who was a key figure on the Chicago blues scene back in the 1950s, recording for Chess and Vee-Jay.
Other blues acts will include renowned Sydney bands, The Foreday Riders and Ray Beadle & The Vipers; and from Melbourne, Andy Cowan, Andrea Marr and Joe Galea.
The festival's artistic director, Adrian Jackson, said, "I think this is a really exciting lineup, that no jazz lover would want to miss. Bands like the Geri Allen Trio and the ICP Orchestra are at the highest level internationally -- as are so many of the Australian bands on the program.
"There is a lot of diversity in the program, from the duets -- Morrison and Chindamo, Barlow and Grabowsky, Gould and Lyall, Mengelberg and Dalgleish -- through to the Australian Art Orchestra, or Erroll Buddle playing tenor with Col Nolan on the Hammond organ. There will be gospel, classic jazz, mainstream jazz, free improvisation, latin jazz and fusion.
"On the blues program, I'm especially pleased to be presenting Billy Boy Arnold, who is a link with the golden age of Chicago blues ; with the Australian players backing him, I'm sure he will put on some unforgettable shows."
An annual event since 1990, the TAC Wangaratta Festival Of Jazz is one of Australia's biggest regional events, and has been acclaimed by fans, musicians and critics as Australia's premier jazz festival. It enjoys Tourism Victoria's Hallmark Event status, having won the Victorian Tourism Award for Regional events three times, and the Australian Tourism Award in 1999 for Regional Festivals & Events.
The festival's main program features a schedule of over 90 events at 16 venues, ranging from a Cathedral to the Town Hall, pubs and wineries in nearby Milawa, Oxley and Taminick. Most of these events are covered by the Festival Pass, which offers great value for three days of music, priced at $140, or just $125 for 'early bird' orders before 30 September.
In addition to a great lineup of jazz and blues performers, the TAC Wangaratta Festival of Jazz offers visitors the chance to enjoy the quality wines and gourmet foods for which the surrounding region is renowned, whether at street stalls in town over the weekend, or meals at venues like Brown Brothers Epicurean Centre or the Wangaratta Gateway.
It all adds up to the 2006 TAC Wangaratta Festival Of Jazz being an event that no music lover can afford to miss!
Tickets to the 2006 TAC Wangaratta Festival Of Jazz are on sale from 6 July.
For tickets: call 1800 803 944 (freecall); check the Festival's web site www.wangaratta-jazz.org.au or write to: Wangaratta Festival Of Jazz, PO Box 860, Wangaratta 3676
For accommodation information including Homestay call: (03) 5721 2252 or Schoolstay (03) 5723 1333
Cullens Australian Tours offer a Day Trip from Melbourne on Saturday 4 November and one on Sunday 5 November, both priced at $100; bookings on 1800 803 944 (freecall)
www.wangaratta-jazz.org.au
AUSTRALIA'S PREMIER JAZZ FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES STELLAR LINEUP
The lineup was announced today for Australia's premier jazz event, the TAC Wangaratta Festival Of Jazz, which will be staged over the pre-Melbourne Cup Day weekend of Friday 3 - Monday 6 November.
Artists from the USA, Holland, Cuba and New Zealand will perform alongside many of the leading names in Australian jazz.
Heading the lineup will be US pianist Geri Allen and her trio, with bassist Kenny Davis and drummer Mark Johnson. Ms Allen has worked with such greats as Ornette Coleman and Betty Carter, and is regarded as one of the most important jazz piano stylists of her generation.
As part of the Dutch Dare program, celebrating the 400th anniversary of contact between the Netherlands and Australia, 14 Dutch musicians will perform at Wangaratta, in several bands. The most notable is the ICP Orchestra, an all-star 10-piece band featuring pianist Misha Mengelberg and drummer Han Bennink, who co-founded the influential Instant Composers Pool in Amsterdam back in 1967. Other Dutch bands will be Available Jelly, the Eric Boeren 4tet and the Tobias Delius Quartet. There will be Dutch-Australian collaborations between Misha Mengelberg and saxophonist Elliott Dalgleish, and between Eric Boeren and saxophonist Tim O'Dwyer, while Lloyd Swanton will be a guest bassist with the Tobias Delius Quartet.
Other international jazz artists will be Cuban trumpeter Luis Valle, whose Afro-Timba band will feature Melbourne guitarist Kenny Lopez and Cuban percussionist El Panga ; and New Zealand saxophonist Jeff Henderson.
The lineup of Australian artists will feature such respected names as James Morrison, Joe Chindamo, Paul Grabowsky, Dale Barlow, Erroll Buddle and Graeme Lyall. Large ensembles will include the Australian Art Orchestra and the Pearly Shells Swing Orchestra. Smaller groups performing original, contemporary music will include those led by trumpeters Scott Tinkler, Phil Slater, Paul Williamson and Eugene Ball, guitarist James Muller, pianist Andrea Keller, bassist Steve Hunter, drummer Niko Schauble and saxophonists Jamie Oehlers, David Theak and Andy Sugg.
Jazz singers taking a turn in the spotlight will include Nichaud Fitzgibbon, Carol Ralph, Kristin Berardi, Julie O'Hara with Bopkick, and Judy Jacques, Rebecca Barnard, Margie Lou Dyer and Margot Barrett with gospel group, Calling All Angels.
Fans of classic jazz can enjoy bands like Brett Iggulden's Jazz Hounds, Geoff Power's Classic Jazz, Carol Ralph's Blue Rhythm Band, Al Davey's Monstars, Bopkick and Stevenson's Rockets.
The blues program will be headlined by legendary harmonica player and singer, Billy Boy Arnold, who was a key figure on the Chicago blues scene back in the 1950s, recording for Chess and Vee-Jay.
Other blues acts will include renowned Sydney bands, The Foreday Riders and Ray Beadle & The Vipers; and from Melbourne, Andy Cowan, Andrea Marr and Joe Galea.
The festival's artistic director, Adrian Jackson, said, "I think this is a really exciting lineup, that no jazz lover would want to miss. Bands like the Geri Allen Trio and the ICP Orchestra are at the highest level internationally -- as are so many of the Australian bands on the program.
"There is a lot of diversity in the program, from the duets -- Morrison and Chindamo, Barlow and Grabowsky, Gould and Lyall, Mengelberg and Dalgleish -- through to the Australian Art Orchestra, or Erroll Buddle playing tenor with Col Nolan on the Hammond organ. There will be gospel, classic jazz, mainstream jazz, free improvisation, latin jazz and fusion.
"On the blues program, I'm especially pleased to be presenting Billy Boy Arnold, who is a link with the golden age of Chicago blues ; with the Australian players backing him, I'm sure he will put on some unforgettable shows."
An annual event since 1990, the TAC Wangaratta Festival Of Jazz is one of Australia's biggest regional events, and has been acclaimed by fans, musicians and critics as Australia's premier jazz festival. It enjoys Tourism Victoria's Hallmark Event status, having won the Victorian Tourism Award for Regional events three times, and the Australian Tourism Award in 1999 for Regional Festivals & Events.
The festival's main program features a schedule of over 90 events at 16 venues, ranging from a Cathedral to the Town Hall, pubs and wineries in nearby Milawa, Oxley and Taminick. Most of these events are covered by the Festival Pass, which offers great value for three days of music, priced at $140, or just $125 for 'early bird' orders before 30 September.
In addition to a great lineup of jazz and blues performers, the TAC Wangaratta Festival of Jazz offers visitors the chance to enjoy the quality wines and gourmet foods for which the surrounding region is renowned, whether at street stalls in town over the weekend, or meals at venues like Brown Brothers Epicurean Centre or the Wangaratta Gateway.
It all adds up to the 2006 TAC Wangaratta Festival Of Jazz being an event that no music lover can afford to miss!
Tickets to the 2006 TAC Wangaratta Festival Of Jazz are on sale from 6 July.
For tickets: call 1800 803 944 (freecall); check the Festival's web site www.wangaratta-jazz.org.au or write to: Wangaratta Festival Of Jazz, PO Box 860, Wangaratta 3676
For accommodation information including Homestay call: (03) 5721 2252 or Schoolstay (03) 5723 1333
Cullens Australian Tours offer a Day Trip from Melbourne on Saturday 4 November and one on Sunday 5 November, both priced at $100; bookings on 1800 803 944 (freecall)
www.wangaratta-jazz.org.au
Lovely to see so many wonderful jazz musos too! (like duh.. of course!) :lol: