Canberra Jazz blog

Is there no end to these Pots promos?  The latest is Freddy in LA.  The Pots music is seriously getting around.  The parsimonious listener c...

Now it’s Tom, partner to Chamberlain, parading The Pots in London.  Proof: Big Ben in the background.  How we get around!  But most notably,...

May Li played a Wednesday lunchtime concert in the midst of the Eisteddfod being held at Wesley.  Given her history with the Eisteddfod, as ...

There’s a certain desperation that goes with a Community Play Day with a challenging piece and this suffered from that. It’s a mix of people...

It’s an annual outing to hear and record various group from the Canberra Girls Grammar School at Wesley.  The performers are many and the gr...

I try to the get to monthly Canberra Blues Society jams at Harmonie German Club.  I seldom manage it but I did this last weekend and had a g...

The Pots reaches out to the world. Our intreprid promoter is now in Salzburg. Cheers to Chamberlain and thanks from BassistEP, MegSee and Th...

The cheese to the earlier chalk was Max Alduca’s rich and detailed and beautifully exposed compositions with his quintet touring his studio ...

I was off to hear old mates playing jazz at Smiths, or at least upstairs in McGregor Hall but I noticed a fascinating touring band from Pert...

The Pots' new album Flesh (no.10) is now launched. Have a listen. Here’s my description “The Pots joins with MegSee to consider the them...

I attend organ concerts too infrequently. This was a lunchtime concert at Wesley, but in the church with the organ. It’s not a big organ by ...

What could possibly go wrong was asked in the play bill for Spider’s Web. It’s a play by Agatha Christie performed at Theatre 3. It’s also d...

I first heard some tunes as I was setting up to record and the melodies just about brought tears to my eyes, even from Sound of Music.  ...

It was a strange entry to John Mackey's new jam night at Smiths.   I expected it was upstairs in McGregor Hall (as advised online) and...

The buzz is beckoning!   Nice to see Chamberlain proudly promoting The Pots in currently warmer climes, on the waters around Rhode Island,...