Enews - 9 July 2010
Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th September 2010 - Celebrating 20 years in 2010
Tickets Now on Sale
The full program schedule for the 2010 Noosa Jazz Festival is now available.
Why not join us in Noosa to celebrate the start of spring and 20 years of Noosa Jazz?
Tickets to all venues and performances are now on sale.
For ticket prices and bookings go to www.noosajazz.com.au/tickets.html or phone
1300 797 723.
Weekend Packages
To celebrate 20 years of Noosa Jazz we are offering two great value packages to save you money across the weekend.
The Twilight Jazz Weekend Package includes admission to the Twilight Jazz Sessions on Friday 3rd September and Saturday 4th September from 6.30-10.30pm. The Twilight Jazz Sessions are a feature of this years’ festival held on the main stage set in the beautiful Noosa Woods, one of the iconic jazz venues in Australia.
| The Twilight Jazz Weekend Package | ||
| General Admission Package: (No seating provided) |
$70 | Save $20 |
| Seated Package: (non-allocated, undercover seating provided) |
$100 | Save $20 |
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The Trad Jazz Weekend Package includes admission to the Bicentennial Hall across all available sessions on Friday 3rd, Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th September including the Final Blast to conclude the weekend.
| Trad Jazz Weekend Package | ||
| Seated Package: (non-allocated seating provided) |
$100 | Save $25 |
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Welcome Night Jam
5.00-11.00pm, Thursday 2nd September, 2010 –
Bicentennial Hall, Ben Lexon Drive, Sunshine Beach
Thursday Night… It’s Spontaneous…and the vibe is electric!
Join us as over 150 musicians hit Noosa and head straight to the Welcome Night Opening Jam Session. The Bicentennial Hall will be blowing the roof off from 5-11pm, and we can guarantee that there won’t be a seat left in the house!
It’s a true traditional jam, where we provide a rhythm section and the musicians just leap up and JAM! It’s exciting and never to be repeated performances.
COST: $38
VENUE: Bicentennial Hall
Bookings online at www.noosajazz.com.au/tickets.html or phone 1300 797 723.
Youth in Jazz returns to Noosa
No festival would be complete without offering schools the opportunity to be part of this amazing dynamic. More than 150 students will offer their talents to a welcoming audience over a three-day period throughout the festival. These 20-piece big bands are as polished and professional as any of our stellar musicians and are a must see performance. See the schedule below for participating schools and performance times.
| Youth in Jazz Schedule | |
| Friday 3rd September, 2010 | |
| 10.50-11.10am | Noosa District High |
| 11.20-11.40am | Maroochydore SHS |
| 11.50am-12.50am | Inaburra SHS |
| 1.00pm-1.50pm | Gympie & James Nash SHS |
| Saturday 4th September, 2010 | |
| 11.00-11.20am | St Andrews Anglican College |
| 11.35-12.35pm | Inaburra SHS |
| 12.50pm-1.50pm | Kingaroy SHS |
| Sunday 5th September, 2010 | |
| 10.35-11.15am | Sunshine Coast Grammar |
| 11.30am-12.30pm | Inaburra SHS |
COST: Free entry to all Youth in Jazz performances
VENUE: Tingirana Stage, Noosa Woods.
Artist Announcements
STEVE MAGNUSSON TRIO
The Steve Magnusson Trio features three highly regarded Australian improvising musicians: Stephen Magnusson – Guitar, Dave Beck – Drums and Frank DiSario – Bass. The trio has performed extensively at many festivals throughout Australia including Adelaide International Guitar Festival, Stonnington Jazz festival, Apollo bay, and Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues.
Stephen Magnusson is one of the most accomplished, versatile and distinctive musicians in Australia. His incredible technique and astoundingly beautiful tone on his instrument have made him an indispensable part of many bands and film scores. Magnusson has performed/recorded with many National and international artists including Chalie Haden’s Music Liberation Orchestra, Tim Berne, Jim Black, Paul Grabowsky, Australian Art Orchestra, Katie Noonan, Michelle Nicole, Assumptions Trio, Mike Nock, Enrico Rava, Arthur Blythe and many others.
Frank Di Sario’s most recent performance was at the 2009 Stonnington Jazz festival as part of the Stephen Magnusson quartet. Has played with Dale Barlow, George Coleman Jnr, Don Burrows, Joe Chindamo, Paul Grabowsky, Barbara Morrison, Nigel Kennedy, Jerry Lewis, Rolf Harris, Howard Alden and many others.
Dave Beck studied music in Australia and abroad in the USA (New York at the Drummers Collective and Los Angeles at PIT) and has since gone on to perform in a variety of musical situations both in Australia and overseas. For the past 4 years he has been playing with the original singers and songwriters Glen Shorrock, Graeme Goble and Beeb Beertles from the record-breaking Australian rock group, the Little River Band. He also performs and records locally with jazz legends such as Don Burrows, Dale Barlow, Joe Chindamo and Paul Grabowsky.
The Steve Magnusson Trio will feature at The J along with the Scott Tinkler Quartet at the Noosa Jazz Festival on Saturday 4th September, 3-5pm. Book tickets now.
PAUL GRABOWSKY TRIO
Renowned Australian pianist Paul Grabowsky has studied and worked internationally in New York, Munich and Switzerland. He has been awarded several accolades for his work, including the 2006 Bell Award for Australian Jazz Artist of the Year and The Rolling Stone magazine’s critics poll in 1988 and 1999 for best jazz musician of the year.
The Paul Grabowsky Trio was established in 1985, led by Grabowsky’s innovative arrangements in classical and jazz music. Drummer Niko Schäuble won the Australian Jazz Award for best drummer in 1992. Bass player Philip Rex is one of Australia’s most in demand musicians, being a leading exponent of the Double Bass, and playing Tuba as his second instrument within the Australian Art Orchestra. Musicians and critics everywhere have noted his musical skill and versatility, both as an instrumentalist, bandleader, and producer.
The Paul Grabowsky Trio has played in major Australian venues including the Sydney Opera House, and with the Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra and international jazz acts including Johnny Griffin, Scott Hamilton and Richie Cole. The trio’s debut album Six by three (1988, Spiral Scratch) was judged Jazz Album of the Year by the 1989 Australian ARIA Awards. They have since produced When words fail (1995, Origin) and Three (2000, Origin). Grabowsky’s recent release, a tribute to New York, is Tales of time and space (2005, Sanctuary Records).
Grabowsky himself is a major presence on the Australian music scene, in jazz and many other genres. He writes alluring songs, graceful yet surprising, full of inspired intricacies that always resolve.’ (Thomas Conrad, Jazz Times, June 2005).
The Paul Grabowsky Trio will feature in the Twilight Jazz Sessions at the Noosa Jazz Festival on Friday 3rd September, 6.30pm-10.30pm. Book tickets now.
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