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Sun 17 March 2013

Another great evening at Vesbar (3/80 Station Street Somerville 3912).

Good company, good food, a glass of wine, … .

Beverly Fraser (vocals)

Ann Craig (flute)

Kevin Blazé (guitar)

Andrew Eames (bass)

Fri, 15 Mar 2013

Jazz Notes played at the World’s Longest Lunch, a gourmet feast for 150 diners held in Gallipoli Park, Marysville.

It was a well-organized event with everything set up for us. The setting was lovely and the weather, perfect..

Dave Buchanan was the sixth member of the band, twiddling knobs to get the sound right.

Pam, one of the guests, was kind enough to take photos.

Kevin was thrilled to be invited to back Pippa Wilson at Inverloch’s closing picnic on Mon, 11 Mar 2013.

Pippa Wilson (vocals)

Ron Anderson (sax, flute)

Kevin Blazé (guitar)

Neville Drummond (bass)

Alan Richards (drums)
Photos by Clive Budd

Sun, 10 Mar 2013

The last set of the night and the temperature had dropped to bearable!

A good mix of quiet numbers and some up-tempo songs to an enthusiastic audience.

Alan Richards was kind enough to play drums for us.

Photos by Neville Sampson

Sat 9 Mar 2013

The late set on a very hot night started with ‘A Smooth One’ with cool vibes; then a hot cadenza on sax to start Ringo Oiwake (Apple Blossoms); and a range of lovely vocals from Anne.

Anne Hayres (vocals)

Nakase Izumi (alto saxophone)

Kelvin Legg (vibes)

Kevin Blazé (guitar)

Andrew Eames (bass)

Rob Mercer (drums)

Photos by Clive Budd and Neville Sampson

Sun 24 Feb, 2013

It was in the middle of a heat wave but the audience had gathered early in the marquee and there was good involvement – especially the dancing children.

We were delighted to see some familiar supporters in the crowd, including Andrew from Canada, friends from the ‘Jazz Drive’ days and members of our families.

Parts of the event were broadcast by Plenty Valley FM and Kevin was interviewed after the performance.

Thanks to Joe for inviting us.

Juliane Pasternak (vocals)

Ann Craig (flute)

Kevin Blazé (guitar)

Andrew Eames (bass)

Rob Mercer (drums)

Pictures by Andrew Wray and Ashley Thomas

Jazz Notes will play at the World’s Longest Lunch at Marysville on the afternoon of Friday 15 March, 2013.

Saturday 9 February, Sunday 10 February 2013

Jazz Notes made its first appearance at the Grampians Jazz Festival, playing sets on Saturday and Sunday.

Juliane Pasternak (vocals)

Ann Craig (flute)

Kevin Blazé (guitar)

Andrew Eames (bass)

Rob Mercer (drums – Saturday)

Allan Smith (drums – Sunday)

Photos by Marion Blazé and Brad Courtney

It’s The Vibe! returned to the Grampians Jazz Festival, playing one set on Saturday, 8 February and another on Sunday, 9 February, 2013.

Anne Hayres (vocals)

Jon Magill (sax, flute)

Kelvin Legg (vibes, sax)

Kevin Blazé (guitar)

Paul Bonnington (bass)

Rob Mercer (drums – Saturday)

Chelsea Allen (drums – Sunday)
From slow ballads (Windmills Of Your Mind) to bossas (Wave) to funkier numbers (The Chicken and Chameleon).

Photos by Marion Blazé

The programme is now available: we’re on Stage 2 (Commercial Place) at 12:30-1:30pm on Sunday, 24 February 2013.

Our first visit to Bev’s delightful venue in Somerville – a short hop from the new Peninsula Link.

Ann Craig (flute), Kevin Blazé (guitar) and Andrew Eames (bass) enjoyed an enthusiastic audience and good food.

It was a mostly instrumental affair but we managed to persuade Bev Fraser to join in for several vocal numbers. We’ve been invited back in March and hope that Bev can take time from her duties to sing even more.

Photos by Grant Campain
http://www.grantcampainphotography.com.au

On the eve of the Melbourne Cup, 150 guests gathered at the Lake Mountain Alpine Resort for the presentation of awards for Australia’s best sparkling wines.

Set in the strong landscape of skeletonized trees killed by the heat of the bushfires of Black Saturday, 2009, this was a striking venue.

The wines were accompanied by a gourmet dinner and the music of Jazz Notes, playing a range of vocal and instrumental jazz along with some pieces from the pop repertoire.

• Juliane Pasternak (vocals)
• Ann Craig (flute)
• Kevin Blazé (guitar)
• Andrew Eames (bass)
• Rob Mercer (drums)

Photos by Marion Blazé

With Juliane suddenly indisposed through illness, we were fortunate indeed that Marge Hamilton and Chelly Parisi were available to step into the breach. And they carried it off very well with enthusiastic renditions of some of our repertoire as well as some songs that we hadn’t tried before.

So, for our last Sunday at Bar Oussou, our line-up was:

• Chelly Parisi & Marge Hamilton (vocals)
• Ann Craig (flute)
• Kevin Blazé (guitar)
• Andrew Eames (bass)
• Allan Smith (drums)

Bar Oussou, 653 Sydney Road, Brunswick (see map)

Photos by Marion Blazé

A relaxing evening at Bar Oussou!

Tried some of the new songs. Really good feel.

• Juliane Pasternak (vocals)
• Ann Craig (flute)
• Kevin Blazé (guitar)
• Andrew Eames (bass)
• Rob Mercer (drums)

Bar Oussou, 653 Sydney Road, Brunswick (see map)

Photos by Marion Blazé