Canberra Jazz blog

It's sad to see a venue disappear for jazz but it's not the first.   Venues change musics for business reasons or they are supplan...

Eric Ajaye hosted a Q&A with bassist Gene Perla at the end of his concert for the Jazz Haus at Tuggeranong Arts Centre and my ear part...

CJ Intern's NYC Adventures Part 5a, as we reach an end (for this visit) By Jeremy Tsuei Tuesday again - Neal Caine and friends at Bemelm...

CJ Intern's NYC Adventures Part 5a: Objects in Rear View Mirror are Closer Than They Appear, or the Third Christian By Jeremy Tsuei Well...

CJ Intern's NYC Penultimate Piece ends (part 4b2) By Jeremy Tsuei Monday: Jochen Rueckert and Chris Botti  Another Matt Penman gig...

This is getting complex...  By Jeremy Tsuei Saturday: Astghik Martirosyan This one came to me after a lesson with Matt Penman, who told me t...

CJ Intern's NYC Adventures Part 4: Promptly Penning a Plentiful Penultimate Piece (part 4a) By Jeremy Tsuei As promised, we're w...

I haven't played too much jazz recently, but when I have it's been satisfying and hugely pleasurable.   Maybe some time away makes...

  When I heard of the Handel Messiah singalong, I was thrilled.   I'd attended a public choral session at Wesley church once before, b...

It was just a few weeks ago that I'd heard Kompactus at a Wesley Wednesday lunchtime session.   It was obviously a prep for their end-of...

CJ Intern's NYC Adventures Part 3: Lion Songs and Lion Kings, or Does This Emmet Guy Need Any More Internet Exposure? By Jeremy Tsuei Wh...

This was Geoff's Jazz at Smiths and it was a special celebration, of the wonder of the long-standing band Wanderlust, and also the long-...

The final concert of the year in the Wesley Wednesday lunchtime series is always the Wesley Scholars.   I'm not sure how it's run,...