Canberra Jazz blog

It's a massive weekend of jazz in Canberra but I'm off in Adelaide for family matters, but Quentin Angus and MSFS was on tour and pe...

I've had to explain SCUNA to a few people over recent days and maybe the abbreviation ANUSOM is much the same, but I haven't done it...

I think it was Hampton Court Palace where Henry VIII strolled in while we were in the room.  But then it was not the real Henry VIII and the...

It was another opportunity to play some great music with a choir and I loved it as always.  These choir spots are short on rehearsals, perha...

It can be quite intriguing watching young players as they develop over the years.  Thus it is with Charles Huang.  This concert featured Sch...

I associate saxes with jazz rather than classical, but I was taken by the Andromeda Sax Quartet that played at Wesley.  I was recording and ...

I record Wednesday lunchtime concerts at Wesley and I often hear upcoming pianists, experienced with great teachers and Eisteddfod and the l...

There was a second choral concert at Wesley and I stayed on to record that one too.  This was The Australian Voices, a very professional and...

I've come to love the sound of the voice, the most human of instruments.  I've also come to love a choral concert, so our annual out...

I walked in on Ben's Sextet playing some of the most authentic sounding Miles hard bop that I'd heard, given great playing but also ...

We didn't do too well finding local jazz, the venues mostly appearing to be bars and maybe with recorded music.  There was a Blue Note i...

The four cities had specific tourist sites supplemented by pagodas, temples, palaces, restaurants.  Beijing featured Tien'anmen Square, ...