Live jazz music in Melbourne, Australia. Vocal and instrumental bands, large and small.
This picture from the South Gippsland Sentinel-Times (12 March 2014) is of Jazz Notes on the Saturday night of the 21st Inverloch Jazz Festival. It features Rob Mercer (drums), Chelly Parisi (vocals) and Ann Craig (flute) .
Thanks to Neville Sampson for sending us the article.
Our second set, fronted by Chelly Parisi, was mainly jazz standards but with the added drive of Nicole Thorne on keyboard.
Kevin was thrilled to play a duet with Nicole.
Again, there were dancers!
Chelly Parisi (vocals)
Ann Craig (flute)
Kevin Blazé (guitar)
Nicole Thorne (keyboard)
Andrew Eames (bass)
Rob Mercer (drums)
Photographs by Neville Sampson and Marion Blazé
It was a good crowd in Warrawee for our first set at Inverloch. Some blues, some more modern and, of course, some jazz. Â We even had some people dancing!
Probably the best venue for sound: great for Luella’s debut at a jazz festival.
Luella McCormack (vocals)
Ann Craig (flute)
Kevin Blazé (guitar)
Andrew Eames (bass)
Allan Smith (drums)
Photographs by Neville Sampson and Marion Blazé
Jazz Notes will be presenting two different line-ups at the Inverloch Jazz Festival:
On Friday night (7 March at 11pm), Luella McCormack will be vocalising and Allan Smith drumming.
On Saturday night (8 March at 11pm), we’ll be fronted by Chelly Parisi with Nicole Thorne (piano) and Rob Mercer (drums) storming behind.
On both nights, Ann Craig (flute) will lead the front line while Andrew Eames (bass) will hold down the bottom end; Kevin Blazé (guitar) will try to control the band!
On Sunday 16 February, Ann Craig (flute) and Kevin Blazé (guitar) whiled away the afternoon at the Treble Clef Jazz Lounge in Chirnside Park.
We were joined for a few songs by Risa Kodani – and hope we can do that again sometime soon!
Photographs by Marion Blazé
Saturday 8 February was a very hot night at Kojo Brown with:
Kevin Blazé (guitar)
Tony Luxmoore (keyboard, bongos!)
Daniel Pickard (bass)
Thanks to Denise Burns for taking photographs.
On Wednesday, 4 December, 2013, Jazz Notes played at the opening of the Mayoral Art Exhibition at the Maroondah Art Gallery.
The exhibition was presented by the Croydon Branch of the Bone Marrow Institute to raise funds for research into leukaemia and associated cancers.
We were delighted when so many people took the trouble to tell us how much they enjoyed the music! (We enjoyed it, too!)
Ann Craig (flute)
Kevin Blazé (guitar)
David Taylor (bass)
Thanks to Bill Cole for taking photographs.
It was about 4:30 that we discovered we were expected to play at Kelly’s in Olinda at 7 but we were set up – just in time.
Jan Blake stepped in for the vocals, bringing a stack of charts.
The restaurant was full and there was good engagement with the band – it was pretty relaxed and we all had fun (including the person who was controlling the colour of the lights)!
By the end, Jan was taking requests from the audience.
Jan Blake (vocals)
Ann Craig (flute)
Kevin Blazé (guitar)
Andrew Eames (bass)
Photographs by Marion Blazé
On Friday 11 October 2013, the Mannigham City Council hosted a morning tea as part of the Victorian Seniors’ Festival.
During the morning tea, there were two musical acts on stage, performing to a full house of some 400 people:
The day ran very smoothly (thanks, Anna) and it looked like everyone had a lot of fun. We certainly did!
Ann Craig (flute)
Kevin Blazé (guitar)
David Taylor (bass)
Thanks to David Ng and Manningham City Council for the photographs.
Ann Craig and Kevin Blazé have been in the house band for many prior events of the Melbourne Music Performers but, from 4 Oct 2013, they will be now organizing the monthly Meetup events at Kojo Brown in Richmond.
8-10pm. Set Programme with invited guests.
10pm-midnight. Open Mic.
For more information, see the Melbourne Music Performers page.
Jazz Notes has been invited to play the Seniors’ Morning Tea for the Manningham City Council on Friday, 11 October, 2013.
Allocated seating with bookings essential: 9840 9700.
Ann Craig (flute)
Kevin Blazé (guitar)
David Taylor (bass)
The Seniors Festival takes place over a week with events throughout Victoria. For more information, see the Seniors’ Festival web site.
Jazz Notes had the featured spot at Kelly’s Bar and Restaurant, bringing a rather different style of music to the venue.
Luella McCormack (vocals)
Ann Craig (flute)
Kevin Blazé (guitar)
Andrew Eames (bass)
Rob Mercer (drums)
Wed 25 Sep 2013
Photographs by Marion Blazé, Lynne Gough and Helen Davis
Last time we played at Vesbar, we played as an instrumental trio (Ann, Kevin and Andrew).
This time, we were joined by Juliane Pasternak and the musical arrangements from a year ago came together well: the ‘joint was jumping’!
Juliane Pasternak (vocals)
Ann Craig (flute)
Kevin Blazé (guitar)
Andrew Eames (bass)
Sun 22 Sep 2013
Photographs by Marion Blazé
On 16 September, the Hon. Ryan Smith MP opened the renovated Warrandyte Community Centre.
The crowd braved the miserable weather and was rewarded by the delightful, new building, wine and canapés and, of course, treated to the music of Jazz Notes!
Ann Craig (flute)
Kevin Blazé (guitar)
David Taylor (bass)
Photographs by Elissa Pachacz
Jazz Notes will reappear at historic Kelly’s on the night of Wed, 25 Sep 2013. This time, it’ll be four of us:
Luella McCormack (vocals)
Ann Craig (flute)
Kevin Blazé (guitar)
Andrew Eames (bass)
Dinner starts at about 7 and we’ll be on at about 8:30-9:00pm.
It’s parma night and will be busy so it’d be wise to book.
Kelly’s Bar and Kitchen
1510 Mt Dandenong Tourist Rd
Olinda 3788
http://www.kellysbarandkitchen.com.au
Bookings: 9751 1056
