Rick Correnza with Jazz Notes – The Great American Songbook Sat 18 September 2021, 7:30pm Ringwood RSL, 16 Station St, Ringwood 3134 Jazz Notes presents a night of cool jazz with Rick Correnza This is our first major event at Ringwood RSL out of COVID and we look forward to your company. Rick will take you on […]
CITA has been working hard building on our vibrant Latin/jazz repertoire during 2020 and 2021. At the Inverloch Jazz Festival in 2020, we gladly accepted an opportunity to pop up in the outdoor tent and entertain the passing crowds. We were happy that so many passers-by stopped and stayed. In the audience were some of […]
We last played at the Victorian Jazz Club when Pippa invited the Jazz Notes Show Band to back her in Feb 2020. It was one of our last gigs for the year. Luckily, things are turning around now and we are looking forward to joining Pippa again at the VJC in March. It’ll be a […]
Britannia Mall Bringing the musical fun that we had at our monthly open mic afternoons to an outdoor setting at the Britannia Mall, 487 Whitehorse Rd, Mitcham 3132. Thanks to the House Cats (aka Caught In The Act!) and a whole bunch of our musical friends, we celebrated bringing fun music to the people. See us […]
You don’t have to go all the way to Rhode Island! Appearing will be: Caught In The Act! Rick Correnza with Jazz Notes and many other artists and bands. Tickets aren’t available just yet but you can find more information at: https://www.melbournejazzjammers.com.au
Here’s a fantastic rendition of the 1963 Henry Mancini song, Charade, by Rick Correnza with Jazz Notes, recorded live at SAE Studios. We just love the energy in this performance, don’t you? Keep an eye on the Jazz Notes Facebook page for more of these performances: we will be releasing more videos over the coming […]
Caught in the Act! in rehearsal. Here’s our version of Horace Silver’s 1965 tune, Pretty Eyes. We hope you enjoy this exciting jazz waltz, based on Dee Dee Bridgwater’s 1995 recording from her album, Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver. Like the Jazz Notes Facebook page to be informed of more videos coming […]
Pippa Wilson sings the beautiful ‘Shadow Of Your Smile’ accompanied by Ann Craig (flute) and Kevin Blazé (guitar). The music was written by Johnny Mandel with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster for the 1965 movie, ‘The Sandpiper’. When things became very quiet in 2020, we thought we should ‘get together’ with Pippa and do something. […]
We were so happy to be able to include this bonus track on our recent CD, ‘A Smooth One’. After recording all the tracks for our duo album at Homestead Studios, we asked the rest of the band to join us to record one of our favourites, Building Bridges, and we shot some footage from […]
It took a little longer than we expected but we are thrilled to have our CD available NOW for purchase. Buy now We hope you enjoy our first CD: we certainly loved recording the tracks! There are 18 tracks from Ann and Kevin and one bonus track from Caught In The Act! with Ashley Thomas […]
Inverloch in March 2020 was the last festival before Victoria went into COVID lockdown. Rick was in fine voice for our sets in the Hub. Rick Correnza (vocals) Ann Craig (flute) Ashley Thomas (saxophone) Kevin Blazé (guitar) Frank Morgan (bass) Simon Atkinson (drums) Photos by Marion Blazé 200308
Inverloch in March 2020 was the last festival before Victoria went into COVID lockdown. We had three great sets with Pippa! Pippa Wilson (vocals) Ann Craig (flute) Vincent Bradley (trumpet) Kevin Blazé (guitar) Tony Luxmoore (piano) Doug Kuhn (bass) Simon Atkinson (drums) Photos by Marion Blazé 200308
Inverloch in March 2020 was the last festival before Victoria went into COVID lockdown. Caught In The Act! appeared as a pop-up band on a lawn in the centre of town and attracted a good crowd Ann Craig (flute) Ashley Thomas (saxophone) Kevin Blazé (guitar) Tony Luxmoore (keyboard) Frank Morgan (bass) Simon Atkinson (drums) Photos […]
The devastating Black Summer bushfires of January 2020 saw the deaths of over 30 people. With the burning of almost 200,000 square kilometres came vast destruction of forests, habitats and animals. Carol McCarthy wanted to hold a fund-raiser for the injured wildlife that were being cared for at Melbourne’s zoos. She asked Jazz Notes to […]
Urbanlife Community in conjunction with the Maroondah City Council is currently conducting Sunday afternoon Open Sessions during March in a ‘secret’ artspace called ‘The Backyard’. Risa Kodani fronted Jazz Notes for our session on a lovely autumn afternoon. Risa Kodani (vocals) Ann Craig (flute) Kevin Blazé (guitar) Doug Kuhn (bass) Photos by Marion Blazé 200315
