Enews - 11 June 2010
Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th September 2010 – Celebrating 20 years in 2010
Twilight Jazz Sessions returning in 2010
Friday 3rd September and Saturday 4th September – Noosa Woods, Hastings Street, Noosa
The main stage for the Noosa Jazz Festival (NJF) is truly one of the iconic jazz venues in Australia. Set in the ‘Noosa Woods’, a beautiful tree-lined park at the ‘Spit’ end of Hastings Street, the park overlooks the beautiful Noosa River. This is the feature outdoor stage where our headline acts perform in a wonderful setting with evening sunsets and warm spring nights.
The main stage is big enough to feature big bands, but the setting is personal and ideal for the Noosa climate. The NJF team build the park amenities to be self contained including a riverside bar, quality food vendors and undercover premium seating for the jazz aficionados.
Friday night is Big Band night featuring the Ralph Pyl Big Band from Sydney which includes the great vocal sounds of Doug Parkinson, Monica Trapaga and Frank Bennett. Warren Vaché will also appear on the main stage on this night as well.
Saturday is the Festival Feature night. What a line up; Brazilian Jazz with Doug De Vries, Capella quartet ‘Idea of North’ and the brilliant New York Trio ‘The Bad Plus’ will enthral jazz buffs with their energetic and powerful performance.
The Twilight Jazz Sessions combine an iconic Noosa setting with amazing Jazz. Tickets on sale soon.
The J Theatre joins the Noosa Jazz FestivalSaturday 4th and Sunday 5th September – Noosa Junction, Noosa Heads The J is a new purpose built performance centre centrally located in Noosa Heads close to public transport and with its own car parking. The Noosa Jazz Festival is introducing the J as an official venue in 2010. The J is a very attractive purpose built performance centre with excellent acoustics and theatre seating for approximately 300 people. To celebrate 20 years of Noosa Jazz, we have invited some amazing jazz talent to grace the stage of this terrific venue. Our vision for the J is to build it into one of our premium venues where our patrons can enjoy the cream of Australian and International talent in a controlled indoor environment. The J is the place to head to on the afternoons of Saturday and Sunday of the Festival to catch the amazing performances from: Saturday:The Phil Slater Quartet Sunday:Doug De Vries (Brazilian Jazz) Bookings can be made directly with the J Theatre from mid June (tickets on sale date will be announced soon).
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Artist Announcements
THE BAD PLUS
The Bad Plus is a collective made up of bassist Reid Anderson, pianist Ethan Iverson, and drummer David King. All three are from the Midwest and they have known each other since their teens. Nonetheless, with the exception of one unimpressive meeting in 1990, it is only after spending their formative 20s apart – King as member of the seminal indie jazz group Happy Apple, Iverson as the musical director for the Mark Morris Dance Group, Anderson as a prominent up-and-coming player on the New York jazz scene – that they reunited in late 2000 to play a weekend club date in Minneapolis. The chemistry was immediate and obvious. They planned a second gig and a one-day recording session for the indie jazz label Fresh Sound and The Bad Plus was born.
The Bad Plus will feature in the Twilight Jazz Sessions at the Noosa Jazz Festival on Saturday 4th September.
BARB JUNGR
With rave reviews internationally and two New York awards (2008 Nightlife Award for Outstanding Cabaret Vocalist and Best International Artist 2003 Backstage Award), Barb Jungr is renowned for her extraordinary song stylings – combining her unique vocals with radical, minimal arrangements and interpretations. Her acclaimed recordings and live performances have brought her to the world stage and revealed her to be one of Europe's most exciting singers.
Critics have compared Jungr to Nina Simone and Peggy Lee. She has been called "a British Edith Piaf" and "one of the best interpreters of Jacques Brel and Bob Dylan anywhere on this angst ridden planet today" (Village Voice, New York); “mesmerizing” and “sensational” (The New York Times); and “one of the very best nightclub singers in the world”(Time Out New York).
“Barb Jungr’s voice has established her as a superlative interpreter of the great song-books” - Independent
“A quiet revelation..her sensual performance casts the songs in a fresh light” - The Times
“Barb Jungr is special. As a vocalist, she is a genuine artist…” - Time Out, New York
Barb Jungr will feature at the J Theatre on Sunday 5th September.
Upcoming events
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August 29, 2010 | The Sunday Mail Suncorp Bridge to Brisbane |
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September 2-5, 2010 | Noosa Jazz Festival |
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Sept 29-Oct 3, 2010 | Melbourne 2010 Cycling UCI Road World Championships |
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October 3, 2010 | Gold Coast Half Ironman Triathlon |
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