Musician Gian Slater receieved an early career fellowship in the first round of creative fellowships under the new Federal Government’s Creative Australia Artist Grants initiative.
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Barney McAll’s creeping unease
Barney McAll’s Graft is a suite of music that looks at technology and the bizarre affect it is having on human connection. It is a wild musical sound painting reflecting the ever increasing ambiguity between virtual and real.
ANU School of Music – changes cause concern
Recent changes to the ANU School of Music in Canberra have created a dismayed buzz in the Australian jazz and improvised music community. We’ll keep you posted, but here’s some information and a petition… ANU School of Music announcement – press conference The press conference video on the ANU School of Music website: music.anu.edu.au/news/proposed-changes-anu-school-music-bachelor-music-degree Opinion [...]
Trevor Watts – in his own space
“Every day I do some music of some kind because I need to, like I need to eat food. No big deal, I just get on with it. Because of that it becomes over time quite natural to just play and explore your own things.”
UNESCO International Jazz Day Concerts
Musicians all over the world will celebrate UNESCO’s inaugural International Jazz Day on Monday 30 April 2012. Here are some Australian events you might like to attend…
Farewell Ken James
He was a wonderful composer, arranger and bandleader in his own right as well as being a great teacher.
We want your Australian jazz news
If you’re in Australian jazz, please keep us on your mailing list for tours, record releases and other news. We also love to hear from the Australian jazz diaspora – whether you’re in New York, the south of France, Shanghai, Israel or New Zealand. Or anywhere really. The best way to contact us is to [...]
Welcome to the new Jazz-Planet
Jazz Planet has been around since 2002. The site began as a magazine site specialising in information about Australian jazz and improvised music. Then Miriam (who runs this site) started publishing the extempore journal and then moved onto books. The niche extempore imprint publishes writing inspired by jazz and improvised music. We kept the extempore [...]
Review: Anyone Who Had A Heart (Joe Chindamo)
The rhythm section, Ben Robertson on bass and Tony Floyd on drums, create every mood you need, from dancesway strollswagger on ‘Walk On By’ to a barely there susurrus on ‘Alfie’ and ‘I just don’t know what to do with myself’.
