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2001 Belmore Basin Jazz Band & Mike Hallam's Dixieland Allstars |
 
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| This is not just another Dixieland band! This group is so talented that any member would be the sole standout in any other band. Their 'Hot & Cool Jazz for the 21st Century' motto means they can play the 'Milenburg Joys' as a sixties rock tune and 'At a Jazz Band Ball' as a funky, modern street beat then turn around and play 'All My Lovin'' as jazz! Even better, when they do play traditional dixieland, it has unbelievable authenticity, whilst maintaining the trademark energy that makes them so cool! |
The 10th Avenue Jazz Band is about passion, energy, soulful
blues, sexy latin songs and sultry ballads. They have the energy of a
youth band and the polish of professionals. They have wowed audiences
around the world in places as diverse as China, England, Morocco, Norway,
Russia, Canada, Scotland, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Wales. Now
let them wow you in Australia! |
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2003
Australian, Bob Barnard, is the cleanest and most cliche free
cornet player I have ever heard". So wrote the reviewer of the Allegheny
Jazz Society (Pennsylvania USA). In an area where the best jazz musicians
are regularly heard that is some praise indeed. He has been compared
favourably by critics to the likes of Louis Armstrong, Bobby Hackett and
Billy Butterfield amongst others.
Bob is presented by jazz festivals and clubs worldwide
and the response is enthusiastic. He enjoys the respect and admiration of
some of the top jazz players in the world as well as critics and
audiences. Critic Steve Robertson called him "the perfect jazz musician".
Whatever the description, Bob Barnard is certainly a leading light of
mainstream jazz in Australia and around the world - an ambassador of good
music wherever he goes. Don't miss him live in
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  Australia's leading jazz vocalist, Vince Jones, is a
remarkable interpreter and composer of songs in a contemporary jazz style
- a style that appeals equally to listeners and his musical peers.
As a vocalist, he resists showing off technique to the
detriment of feel - he is confident in his musical literacy and sings like
there is nothing to prove. It is a refreshing approach that gives the
audience the chance to be truly moved.
Vince Jones also plays trumpet and over the years his
style has developed a distinctive reserve and subtlety. A brief,
thoughtful solo from Vince is worth a hundred notes played with any less
discretion.
Like the best in jazz and improvising styles - the
moment of creativity occurs at the point of execution as much as it does
at the time of the original composition, and Vince Jones walks this line
with finesse and respect.
"Vince Jones is living proof that independence is not
about genres... He's a soulful survivor, with a voice as cool as a long
G&T and a repertoire that balances jazz, rock and soul." Beat
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So what does Moruya do with its old telegraph poles? Local artist,
Brian Carrick hand chisels them into wonderful unique totems with local
themes. This one is called "The Spirit of Jazz" and you can view it in the
main street where it will watch over the Street Parade.Jazzy Youthful Enthusiasm The youthful dynamism of the Jazz Department of the Canberra School of Music will again galvanise the Moruya Jazz Festival. The Canberra School of Music (CSM) Jazz Department has participated in our festival since its inception. Back in 1997, the late Don Johnson, director of the school, responded to our request for assistance by dispatching a bus loaded with the School's Big Band, lead by the elegant maestro of the trombone Tim Long and the Vocal Group in the care of that national living treasure, Gery Scott.
The Vocal group has performed at every Moruya Jazz
festival and their performances are acclaimed as one of the event's
highlights. In more recent years the Commercial group, under the direction
of Eric Ajaye, has taken over from the Big Band. The energetic,
contemporary sound of this ten-piece outfit, along with dynamic vocals,
have ensured it stands out as a crowd favourite.
Smaller student groups such as Heavy Bop and Cowboy
Bebop will also be performing at this year's festival. These and other
groups maintain the canberra School of Music as a major force at the
festival.
We regard the presence of student bands at the festival
as reflecting the friendly community basis of our event. We feel the mix
of youth and experience throughout the program is one of our greatest
assets.
The School of Music is not our only source of student
bands. The Canberra College has brought us such great performers as Psycho
Doug & the Teddy Spiders and the Giant Man Eating Turtles. There have
also been reports that Colonel Goofenberg's Army of Jazz has graduated to
the CSM Jazz Department and will march on Moruya this October.
The Radford College Big Band is another student band
that has become a regular at our festival. Even after retiring as jazz
Director of the CSM, Don Johnson continued his support of the Moruya Jazz
Festival bringing the Radford College Big band to play in 1999. The baton
has been passed to Alan Lee, who we welcome back in
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