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The Newport Jazz Festival is coming: Fri 29 Apr to Sun 1 May, 2022.

Caught In The Act! and the Jazz Notes Duo will be playing.

Details to come.

Jazz on Sundays returns to the Ringwood RSL on Sun 20 March 2022.

1:30-5:30pm

Ringwood RSL

16 Station St

Ringwood 3134

For full details of upcoming events, see the Meetup page of the Melbourne Music Performers.

Eight bands present a full day of free entertainment at Ringwood Lake Park on Sunday 6 March 2022.

Bob Sedergreen, Pippa Wilson, DR Big Band, Rick Correnza, Li’l Miss Jazz, Vince Bradley, Jazz Notes, RSC Senior Jazz Combo, Jazz Running Wild, Caught in the Act!

Get the Program and full details

This is a free community event organised by Jazz Notes with much generous support…

Financial support from: City of Maroondah, Bendigo Bank (Ringwood East), Forté Music School (Wantirna), Graeme Howie Foundation, Melbourne Music Performers

In-kind support from: National Seniors Australia, Australian Jazz Museum, Barry Plant (Heathmont), Central Ringwood Community Centre, Jazz Notes

Jazz on Sundays

1:30-5:30pm

Ringwood RSL

16 Station St

Ringwood 3134

For details of upcoming events, see the Meetup page of the Melbourne Music Performers.

Christmas is coming early this year – on Saturday, July 27 with a traditional Aussie Winter Christmas, in July, at the Ringwood RSL.

Melbourne’s master of crooning, Mr Rick Correnza, joins the merry elves of Jazz Notes to bring many a fine crooning tune to the Ringwood RSL.

Rick Correnza love of the crooners of the 40-50’s and will sing the songs of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Ray Charles and Bobby Darren, including from their Christmas albums.

So, you’ll hear Christmas favourites along with other swing and bossa hits – not just Christmas.

For this event, the band will comprise:
Ann Craig (flute)
Kevin Blazé (guitar)
Tony Luxmoore (keyboard)
Frank Morgan (bass)
Marek Podstawek (drums)

Saturday 27 May 2019, 7:30-10:30pm
Ringwood RSL
16 Station St, Ringwood 3134

Excellent parking and excellent disabled access.
Train and bus stations are within 100m.

Bookings

Tickets $20 online (until 5pm Friday 26 July)

Booking at: www.trybooking.com/BCNPW 

$25 at the door

Enquiries: (03) 9876 1467

Programme

7:15pm Doors open
7:30pm Show commences
10:30pm Approximate finishing time

Seating
There will be no allocated seating.

Dining

Coffee, cakes, meals and full bar available. 

The bistro is open from noon; bookings (03) 9870 6604. As a guide to prices, a recent menu is here but it might change before our event. The Anzac Bar also has meal deals for around $10 and service is available in the Function Room.

We’re even trying to organise some chestnuts roasting on an open fire – chestnuts aren’t a problem!

The opportunity to play as a duo AND so close to home – in the lovely setting of Rosebank North.

Ann Craig (flute)
Kevin Blazé (guitar)

Thanks to Marion Blazé for photos and video excerpt of Sting’s Fragile.

 

 

170723 Rosebank duo

 

Debbie Woodroffe and Buddy Love presented a combined event at Farouk’s Olive, Thornbury with a mix of band members!

Debbie Woodroffe and Buddy Love (vocals)
Ann Craig (flute)
Keith Hughes (saxophone)
Kevin Blazé (guitar)
Matthew Birtchnell (bass)
Alan Richards (drums)

 

Thanks to Marion Blazé for photos.

 

 

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9 October

Photos by Marion Blazé

 

What a great festival!

Thanks to everyone who played with Kevin: Alex (sax), Andrew Eames (bass), Ann Craig (flute), Anne Hayres (vocals), Ben Hooper (keys), Brian Paulusz (guitar), Chelsea Allen (drums), Colin Garrett (tenor saxophone), Frank O’Brien (bass), Jess Wood (bass), Luella McCormack (vocals), Mark Voogd (drums), Monique Zucco (drums), Nicole Thorne (piano), Simon Atkinson (drums).

To the organisers: congratulations on a great effort. We’d expected to strike problems at the inaugural Castlemaine Jazz Festival but had none. Such a good vibe, too. (Even the weather was great!)

We can only hope that you had enough fun to make it happen again in 2015 – perhaps extending into Monday.

 

On Fri, 23 May 2014, Ruskin Park Primary School celebrated its 50th anniversary at Wyreena Gallery: a cocktail party in the atrium to the music of Jazz Notes.

Ann Craig teaches various intruments at Ruskin Park so, naturally, it was to her that they turned for the event’s music.

7:30-11pm

Ann Craig (flute)
Kevin Blazé (guitar)
David Taylor (bass)

Wyreena Conservatory Café
13-23 Hull Rd
Croydon 3136

 

Photographs by Marion Blazé