DEVONPORT
JAZZ
Last weekend in July - Devonport
Jazz
Devonport Jazz, now in its seventh year, mixes music and dance, art and film and is the hottest winter event of the year! There is something for all musical tastes. Swing, trad, blues, latin and be-bop will have you kicking up your heels or kicking back and relaxing at the many concerts over the weekend.
Our feature concert, “A Tribute to the Music of Duke Ellington” will showcase some of the festival headline acts such as Melbourne’s Julie O’Hara, Sydney saxophonist and vocalist Ben Jones, the fantastically talented multi instrumentalist Michael McQuaid.
Other highlights include Saturday evening’s Dinner Dance at Reece High School with the delightful Julie O’Hara and her swing and blues band, Bopkick.
Boogie Woogie pianist Jan Preston will also feature throughout the weekend, as will multi-award winner Andrea Keller. The best of Tasmania’s bands will also be on show with performances by the Red Hot Roosters, Bruny Island New Orleans Jazz Band and the Ross Challender Big Band.
With concerts by the best of Mainland and Tasmanian jazz bands in over eighteen venues you can have your jazz served with breakfast or brunch, dinner and lunch.
Put the last weekend in July
on your calendar and make Devonport your destination for a wonderful weekend
away.
I hope you enjoy our first Devonport
Jazz newsletter.
Maree Brodzinski, Events Officer
Devonport City Council Events Ph: 6424 0511 Mob: 0408 079805 Email: mbrodzinski@devonport.tas.gov.au
DEVONPORT JAZZ 2008 PROGRAM
24, 25, 26 & 27 July
Click
here to go to their web site
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Information on Workshops Friday
25th July - TBA
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Bookings for concerts at the
Devonport Entertainment and Convention Centre can be made by contacting
DECC Box Office Phone: 03 6420 2900
Email: decc@devonport.tas.gov.au
DECC WEBSITE
Devonport Entertainment &
Convention Centre
145 Rooke Street, Devonport
Thursday 24 July Gospel Song
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Jazz Aperitif: “Tasmanian
Singers Do Duke” 9:00pm
Friday 25 July ABC RADIO Live
Broadcast 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Jan Preston in Concert
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Ben Jones and the Great
American Songbook 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Saturday 26 July An Audience
with Ben Jones 10:30am - 11:30am
Julie O’Hara and Bopkick
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Andrea Keller Quartet
in Concert 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Music of Duke Ellington
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Andrea Keller Quartet
in Concert 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Jazz, Dine and Dance 7:00pm
- 11:00pm
Modern Jazz Standards
9:00pm - 10:30pm
Sunday 27 July “Showcasing
the Con” 11:30am - 1:00pm
Jazz M.A.D. 2:00pm - 4:00pm
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Thursday 24 July
Gospel Song
Time: 7.00pm – 9.00pm
Venue: Town Hall
Price: Full $5, Family $15 (2
Adults + Children)
Local churches and vocal groups
unite to bring an uplifting evening of inspiring music of gospel and spirituals.
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Thursday 24 July
Jazz Aperitif: “Tasmanian Singers
Do Duke”
Time: 9.00pm
Venue: Centenary Court
Price: Full $10, Student $5
An appetizer of relaxed rendition
of Duke Ellington tunes to stimulate your palate featuring Yoly Torres,
Denise Sam, Wendy Moles, Viktor Zappner, Nick Haywood & Steve Hill.
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Friday 25 July
ABC RADIO Live Broadcast
Time: 4.00pm – 6.00pm
Venue: Devonport Entertainment
Centre, 145 Rooke St, Devonport
Price: Free, General Public
Welcome
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Friday 25 July
Jan Preston in Concert
Time: 6.00pm – 7.00pm
Venue: Centenary Court
Price: Full $15, Concession
$10, Jazz Member $8, Student $5
Queen of Boogie Woogie Jan Preston
is widely acclaimed as a pre-eminent blues/jazz performer capitivating
audiences with talented piano skills and an up beat entertaining show.
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Friday 25 July
Ben Jones and the Great American
Songbook
With special guests: Julie O’Hara,
Michael McQuaid, Viktor Zappner, Nick Haywood and Allan Browne
Time: 7.30pm – 9.00pm
Venue: Town Hall
Price: Full $20, Concession
$14, Jazz Member $12, Student $7
Composers like Cole Porter, George
Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers, Hoagy Carmichael,
Jimmy Van Heusen, Victor Young and many others created a treasury of memorable
songs that are used by jazz musicians as a basis for improvisation. This
year’s selection was made by the 2003 Jazz Weekend’s favourite musician,
saxophonist and singer Ben Jones from Sydney.
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Saturday 26 July
An Audience with Ben Jones
Time: 10.30am – 11.30am
Venue: Centenary Court
Price: Full $18, Concession
$15, Jazz Member $10, Student $5
Ben Jones saxophone sound is
reminiscent of the big-toned 1930’s & 40’s tenor players and his vocal
style is a unique mix of swing & “crooning”, taking heed of the masters;
Sinatra, Bennett & Torme.
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Saturday 26 July
Julie O’Hara and Bopkick
Time: 12.00pm – 1.00pm
Venue: Centenary Court
Price: Full $18, Concession
$15, Jazz Member $10, Student $5
Bopkick, a 40's/50's R&B
swing and jump blues band, will present a program of swing classics from
the 30's & 40's, also including some of their usual repertoire to get
your feet tapping in your seats.
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Saturday 26 July
Andrea Keller Quartet in Concert
Time: 1.30pm – 2.30pm
Venue: Centenary Court
Price: Full $15, Concession
$10, Jazz Member $8, Student $5
The Quartet will play a selection
of music from their CD ‘Little Claps’ which has just been voted “The Best
Australian Contemporary Jazz Album” at the recent ‘Australian Jazz Awards’
otherwise known as “The Bells”, in tribute to Graeme Bell.
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Saturday 26 July
Music of Duke Ellington
Time: 3.00pm – 5.00pm (with interval)
Venue: Town Hall
Price: Full $30, Concession
$25, Jazz Member $22, Student $15
Duke’s favourites will be performed
by the cream of the festival's artists including Julie O’Hara, Ben Jones,
Michael McQuaid, Andrea Keller, Eugene Ball, Allan Browne, Nick Haywood
and Viktor Zappner. Duke Ellington is regarded as being one of the greatest
American composers – alongside with Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein.
Among jazz musicians he is, together with Thelonious Monk, certainly the
most important jazz composer. From his early instrumental and orchestral
pieces, through to his song writing and some extended compositions, the
quality of his music is astounding. Our concert will try to illustrate
his greatness as a composer, while showing how improvisation can be an
integral part of it.
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Saturday 26 July
Andrea Keller Quartet in Concert
Time: 5.30pm – 6.30pm
Venue: Centenary Court
Price: Full $15, Concession
$10, Jazz Member $8, Student $5
The Quartet will play a selection
of music from their CD ‘Little Claps’ that has just been voted as “The
Best Australian Contemporary Jazz Album” at the recent ‘Australian Jazz
Awards’ otherwise known as “The Bells”, in tribute to Graeme Bell.
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Saturday 26 July
Jazz, Dine & Dance
Time: 7.00pm – 11.00pm
Venue: Reece High School, Middle
Road, Devonport
Price: Full $65
Enjoy a three course meal, then
dance the night away to the music of Julie O'Hara and Bopkick, supported
by the Matthew Ives Quintet.
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Saturday 26 July
Modern Jazz Standards
With Kelly Ottaway, Michael
McQuaid, Viktor Zappner, Nick Haywood, and Allan Browne
Time: 9.00pm – 10.30pm
Venue: Centenary Court
Price: Full $20, Concession
$14, Jazz Member $12, Student $5
Apart from the Great American
Songbook, there is another canon of compositions used by jazz musicians
the world over as a starting point for improvisation. For example Miles
Davis, Dave Brubeck, Charlie Parker, Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk and John
Coltrane were the creators of some of these tunes.
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Sunday 27 July
“Showcasing the Con”
Time: 11.30am – 1.00pm
Venue: Town Hall
Price: Full $12, Concession
$8, Jazz Member $7, Student $4
Two of the finest ensembles made
up of current students, staff and community members associated with the
Conservatorium will make a representation on behalf of the contemporary
music faculty and will perform original Australian jazz as well as time-honoured
standard arrangements. Featured bands will be the Matthew Ives Quintet
and Modern Operative, a nine-piece orchestra led by Kelly Ottaway.
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Sunday 27 July
Jazz M.A.D.
Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Venue: Town Hall, Centenary
Court, Foyer, Federation Room
Price: Free
Young Musicians, Artists and Dancers come together to present an energetic and engaging display of local talent.
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For Accomodation: Call the Devonport Visitor Information Centre 1800 649 514
For further information: Phone Elsa Kat, Devonport
City Council 03 6424 0511 (Bus.Hrs.)
Elsa sent me this extra comment
-"last year 2002 was our inaugural event which luckily went so well that
it is easier to get support the second time around. While Council certainly
underwrites this event, coordinates, promotes the event the concept
is that we do this in partnership with local business who make a contribution
towards entertainment cost and where appropriate combine entertainment
with meals etc. Regards, Elsa."
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