Get ready to experience the smooth and sultry sounds of Melbourne’s Lady of Jazz, Pippa Wilson, in an afternoon of unforgettable music at East Malvern RSL. Pippa will perform a selection of her favourite crowd-pleasers, from jazz standards to jazz-inspired pop and a touch of Latin rhythm.
The D.R. Big Band, Jazz Notes, featured singers, jazz jam, open mic – all on a Sunday afternoon at Ringwood RSL.
A guest singer will join the 17-piece DR Big Band for some big band favourites, old and new. And Jazz Notes – Caught In The Act! will bring you some funky Latin music and more.
It’ll be a huge afternoon of music at Ringwood RSL with the bands followed by a jam.
The music commences at 1:30pm.
Sunday 5th March 2023 Sunday 2nd April 2023 Sunday 7th May 2023 Sunday 4th June 2023 Sunday 2nd July 2023 Sunday 13th August 2023 Sunday 10th September 2023 Sunday 1st October 2023 Sunday 12th November 2023 Sunday 10th December 2023
Please note that all dates are correct at the time of publication but we occasionally have to move them due to other commitments of the RSL.
Booking
Entry for the entire afternoon of music is $15. Please book through TryBooking to ensure your place – tickets will be on sale UNTIL 5:00pm on THE DAY BEFORE the event. https://www.trybooking.com/BVWQE
Tickets will also be on sale at the venue, subject to availability.
It helps us with room arrangements if you book in advance.
Entry after 4:30pm is by donation.
Jazz jam and open mic
The jazz jam runs 4:30-5:30pm: singers and all instrumentalists are welcome. The house band will fill gaps in the line-up.
Ann & Kevin – Free Community Concert at Wyreena Gardens
Jazz Notes Duo, Ann & Kevin are looking forward to performing in Croydon at the beautiful gardens of Wyreena (home of Eastern FM).
Bring a picnic, or grab a snack from the delightful Conservatory Cafe.
We will play a lovely mix of jazz & popular tunes. A classy start to the day.
On the day we be promoting Jazz at the Lake – a free community event being held on Sunday 26 Feb at the magnificent Ringwood Lake Sound shell. 11:00am – 8:30pm
You’ll also be able to purchase a raffle ticket for our very unique Jazz & Bubbles Raffle: for your own private concert by Ann & Kevin. We will come to your house or party, private dinner party, BBQ (or whatever) and perform a specially-selected 2 hour set just for you. AND, we’ll bring you a bottle of Moët & Chandon champagne for this special event.
See you on Saturday 21 Jan 10am-12:00noon
Free Concert – donations appreciated! All proceeds to Jazz At The Lake
We’ll come to you, bringing you a bottle of champagne and two hours of live music just for you: a house party for your friends, a barbecue at home, an intimate dinner or a special event – and we’ll bring a bottle of bubbles!*
Tickets are only $5 each or 5 for $20 and there are only 250 tickets available for this special raffle. The prize will be drawn at Jazz At The Lake on 26 Feb 2023. If all tickets are sold earlier, we will draw the ticket via a Facebook Live event and the lucky winner will be notified.
All ticket sales support Jazz At The Lake 2023 on Sunday 26 February, 2023.
We are currently seeking sponsors and donations to support the event.
You can see photos from Jazz At The Lake 2022 here.
The bands of 2022: Bob Sedergreen & Friends Pippa Wilson with Jazz Notes DR Big Band with Rick Correnza Vincent Bradley Quintet Li’l Miss Jazz Caught In The Act! Ringwood Secondary College Senior Jazz Combo Jazz Running Wild
The Jazz Notes Duo, Ann & Kevin played 3 sets during the Goolwa Festival, a Facebook livestream from the magnificent beach house, just a thong-throw from the beach.
We performed in the Regional Art Centre which was a beautifully acoustic reverberant room, our music was well received but must have been pretty hot because the alarm sounded for about 15 minutes. The audience was covering their ears and (for a change) it wasn’t due to Kevin’s edgy chords!
We made some new friends and even sold a few ‘A Smooth One‘ CDs.
After a few winery stops and some shopping, we were off to Goolwa and with the band sharing a house, there were some very funny evenings, indeed!
The sun was shining for the very first gig of the Goolwa Jazz Festival, with Pippa playing to a full house in the Centenary Hall, a few teething issues with the PA which were sorted out by our next gig and a very engaged audience set us up for a fabulous weekend.
We were very lucky to have this venue for all four performances with Pippa. Goolwa really knows how to treat their guests.
Caught in the Act! Yup we were there and were caught having way too much fun.
Great music and we sold quite a few copies of our album, ‘Pretty Eyes’, so we were very happy about that.
Special thanks to Ashley for making the quick trip (1600km) up and back to allow Caught in the Act! to perform with its complete lineup and all for 2 sets! That’s commitment!
October was such an amazing month for great gigs with Pippa. Our first time heading to South Australia for a Jazz Festival and the Southern Jazz Club in Adelaide. We all had so much fun and the weather was delightful.
The Southern Jazz Club hosted Pippa with Jazz Notes and the audience certainly got a great show. Some of the audience commented how they have wanted her at the Club for many years.
Pippa was in top form and Jazz Notes supported her with the confidence she has come to expect from us. We are a friendly bunch and that shows on the stage always. We were so thrilled to be able to combine this trip to SA for these two very memorable events.
We were thrilled to be invited back to the Phillip Island Jazz Club and were warmly received by the very friendly audience. We played several songs from our ‘Pretty Eyes’ album plus a number of more traditional jazz songs – all to enthusiastic reception.
Some surprise visitors make the trip to the Island and were happy that Pippa got up to sing a couple of her crowd-pleasing favourites.
We were also able to see President Robin Blackman receive a donation from the Bendigo Bank. The Bendigo Bank is a great contributor to our local communities, including the Arts community.
Thanks to our amazing band: Ashley, Malcolm, Frank, Simon, Ann & Kevin, and to our partners for joining us for the afternoon.
And thanks to Marion (again) for these fabulous photos.
Thanks for having us again at the Phillip Island Jazz Club, Robin & Jill: we’d love to come back again!
Melbourne’s Lady of Jazz, Pippa Wilson, will sing some of her favourite crowd-pleasers including jazz standards, jazz-inspired pop, a bit of Latin – all with her beautiful velvet tone.
Our CD is hot off the press and back from the printers so those of you who are heading to the Castlemaine Jazz Festival will be the first ones able to get our CD, Pretty Eyes.
Our album launch will be held at 5:20pm.
Come and get Caught in the Act! with Ashley, Ann, Kevin, Malcolm, Frank and Marek as we launch our CD in the warm and cosy setting of Castlemaine’s historic Theatre Royal on Saturday 11 June, 2022. And, we’ll play several songs from the CD.
How amazing is this opportunity? Finally, a real jazz festival, something to get excited about!
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 a sophisticated and stylish journey through some of the most popular tunes from The Great American Song Book.
Rick will showcase fabulous swinging tunes, smooth bossa nova, crooner classics and sultry ballads from the masters: Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin, Ray Charles, and many more.
A night not to be missed.
The Great American Songbook – Rick Correnza with the Jazz Notes band
