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Jan Blake
Ann Craig
Ashley Thomas
Emily Johnson
Lisette Payet
Holly Brick
Sue Haylock

Jazz Notes–Caught In The Act! is thrilled to release our video of ‘Fandango’, the opening track from our album Pretty Eyes (2023).

Written by Juan Carlos Calderón and made famous by Herb Alpert (1982), we’ve put our own high-energy spin on this Latin jazz classic!

From our CD/USB drive, Pretty Eyes, available here.

Sun 20 July 2025
1:00-4:00pm

Stuart Cardell – vocals
Ann Craig – flutes
Ashley Thomas – clarinet/saxophone
Kevin Blazé – guitar
Malcolm Hornby – keyboard
Frank Morgan – bass
Marek Podstawek – drums

Ballarat Golf Club
Sturt St, Alfredton 3350

The Whitehorse Winter Concert Series of Sunday Serenades features music from the movies, jazz and light classics:

• Sun 1 June 2025. Bob Sedergreen and Friends. A life in jazz.
• Sun 15 June 2025. Pippa Wilson with Jazz Notes. Songs from the movies.
• Sun 29 June 2025. Concordia Mandolin and Guitar Ensemble. Vivaldi, Elgar, Beatles and more

Concerts start at 2:00 and end at 4:30pm, to give you time to get home before dark.

At each concert, there’ll be time to chat with the musicians.

Mitcham Bowling Club has ample parking and is fully accessible. Drinks and snacks will be available.

Tickets $20 each or $45 for all three concerts.
https://trybooking.com/CZIYK

Jazz In The Park will be returning to Stiggants Reserve, Warrandyte on Sun 17 November 2024, 1:45-8:00pm.

Featuring:
DR Big Band
Simple Syncopation
Shirazz
Bob Sedergreen and friends
Jazz Notes
Pippa Wilson
Stuart Cardell

And there’ll be Youth Spotlight Acts.

Food, coffee, wine and beer will be served by local businesses.

Details of the bands and programme are on the CMaP site

We’re thrilled to be back in Inverloch for the 30th Inverloch Jazz Festival.

The beautiful beach looks inviting but we can feel the Antarctic chill. Hoping the music will be hot – we’ll be doing our bit!

Catch us as:
Pippa Wilson with Jazz Notes
Caught In The Act!
Ladies Be Good 

What a wonderful night of music, laughter, fun & friendship was had!

The vibe was palpable: the magnificent swing dancers strutted their fun and well-rehearsed moves, so many people having a super time. Pippa was on fire and  the crowd cheered for more! Jazz Notes rose to the challenge and backed Pippa perfectly. 

We welcomed Marek Podstawek on drums for his first time at the VJC and he was fantastic! Right in the pocket, as they say. With Malcolm Hornby on keys, Kevin Blazé on guitar/banjo! and Leon Heale on that magnificent double bass that just speaks “Jazz”. Ann Craig kept the crowd entertained with her fantastic flute and on-stage shenanigans . 

Our thanks to the VJC and especially to Liz, Ian & Warren for a great night. Looking forward to being back again to support live jazz at the VJC. 

Pippa Wilson – vocals
Ann Craig – flute
Kevin Blazé – guitar/banjo
Malcolm Hornby – keyboard
Leon Heale – bass
Marek Podstawek – drums

Thanks to Marion Blazé for the photos.

Sat 22 June 2024

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.

For the lead sheets, see: https://www.swiss-jazz.ch/partitions-real-book.htm#real-book

If you’d like to bring along a song, please bring 4 copies of the lead sheet.

Singers: please bring your microphone!

And, please let us know that you’re coming so that we can include you in our programme.

Food and drinks

A full lunch/dinner menu is available in the Bistro and a low-cost menu is available in the Anzac Bar.

Or you can order in the Function Room.

This event is run by:

Some photos from Jazz On Sundays

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!

Saturday’s set in Warrawee and Sunday’s in the Community Hub.

Ann Craig (flute)
Ashley Thomas (saxophone)
Kevin Blazé (guitar)
Malcolm Hornby (piano)
Frank Morgan (bass)
Simon Atkinson (drums)

Photos by Marion Blazé

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The first winter jazz festival for Inverloch and the crowds were out to see Pippa Wilson with Jazz Notes at the Community Hub.

Pippa Wilson (vocals)
Ann Craig (flute)
Kevin Blazé (guitar)
Malcolm Hornby (piano)
Frank Morgan (bass)
Simon Atkinson (drums)

Photos by Marion Blazé

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Note: This is a past event. For the current event, go back to the Home page and choose there.

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.

Booking

Entry for the entire afternoon of music is $10. 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.

For the lead sheets, see: https://www.swiss-jazz.ch/partitions-real-book.htm#real-book

If you’d like to bring along a song, please bring 4 copies of the lead sheet.

Singers: please bring your microphone!

And, please let us know that you’re coming so that we can include you in our programme.

Food and drinks

A full lunch/dinner menu is available in the Bistro and a low-cost menu is available in the Anzac Bar.

This event is run by the Melbourne Music Performers and Jazz Notes:

https://jazznotes.net.au

https://www.facebook.com/jazznotes

https://www.cmapinc.org.au

Sun 5 June 2022, 1:30-5:30pm

Sun 3 July 2022, 1:30-5:30pm

Sun 14 August 2022, 1:30-5:30pm

Sun 11 September 2022, 1:30-5:30pm

Sun 2 October 2022, 1:30-5:30pm

Sun 6 November 2022, 1:30-5:30pm

Sun 11 December 2022, 1:30-5:30pm

Some photos from Jazz On Sundays – 20 March 2022

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.

Backed by the Jazz Notes band: Ann Craig (flute), Kevin Blazé (guitar), Grahame Taylor (piano), Leon Heale (bass) and Larry Kean (drums).

Saturday 21 May 2022, 7:30-10:30pm (doors open 7:00pm)

Ringwood RSL
16 Station St, Ringwood 3134

Tickets

Buy online $25* (until Fri 20 May, 5:00pm)

www.trybooking.com/BYQRT

At the door (subject to availability): $30

*TryBooking charges a $0.50 service fee.