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Eltham Town Jazz & Blues Heritage Festival 2010 |
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Untitled Document
PRESENTED BY THE ELTHAM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY INC.
Jazz and Blues Heritage Festival
Australia Day Weekend 2010!
The Eltham Town Annual Jazz and Blues Heritage Festival has become one of the premier jazz and blues events in Melbourne.
Download the 2010 program here!
On behalf of our performers, sponsors and committee, welcome to the 11th Eltham Jazz and Blues Heritage Festival. We are thrilled with this year’s line up and sincerely hope you enjoy the diversity of music on offer. In addition to a host of world renowned performers and bands, we are proud to have initiated the composition of new works from local musicians Geoff Hughes and Jordan Murray, collaborations between established artists and some of Victoria’s finest youth big bands, as well as premiere performances by emerging tertiary student talents. Relax, enjoy and let yourself be moved…
Saturday 23rd January
TOWN SQUARE STAGE
| Time |
Band |
| 1.00 – 2.00 |
Julie O’Hara’s Bopkick Rockin’ R&B swing and jump blues. |
| 2.30 – 3.30 |
Band Flap! Original songs about obese avatars, falling off cliffs and the universal themes of falling in love and getting wasted. |
| 4.00 – 5.00 |
Don Stewart Band Red hot offerings from prodigy trombonist/ trumpetist Don Stewart. |
| 5.30 – 6.30 |
The Syncopators Illustrious masters of traditional and mainstream styles. |
| 7.00 – 8.00 |
Geoff Kluke and the Changes Diverse, eclectic and soulful. |
| 8.30 – 9.30 |
The Woohoo Revue Music for celebrating; dancing, drinking and forgetting that tomorrow exists. |
ROOF TOP STAGE
| Time |
Band |
| 1.45 – 2.30 |
Eltham High Stage Band Under the direction of Ed Fairlie,
featuring Gian Slater. |
| 2.45 – 3.30 |
Balwyn High Ensemble Under the direction of Rick Freeman, featuring Eugene Ball. |
| 3.45 – 4.30 |
Blackburn Big Band All-star band of Blackburn High Alumni. |
| 5.00 – 6.00 |
Flap! |
| 6.30 – 7.30 |
The Woohoo Revue |
| 8.00 – 9.00 |
Paul Williamson Hammond Combo featuring Stephen Magnusson Hard swinging jazz with more than a hint of R&B fervour. |
| 9.30 – 10.30 |
Los Cabrones Melbourne’s premiere Latin jazz group since 1995: a 14 piece sweat-soaked
salsa storm! |
POST OFFICE STAGE
| Time |
Band |
| 4.30 – 5.30 |
Liz Cavanagh Quintet Iconic Australian tunes with delectable jazz sensibility. Presented by the Nillumbik Reconciliation Group |
| 6.00 – 7.00 |
Don Stewart Band |
| 7.30 – 8.30 |
The Syncopators |
| 9.00 – 10.00 |
La Bande di Sandro Music of the Caribbean, New Orleans and the islands within the Gulf of Mexico |
Sunday 24th January
11.00-11.45 Street Parade featuring ‘Blow it Out Your Brass Band’ with students from Eltham High School.
TOWN SQUARE STAGE
| Time |
Band |
| 12.00- 1.00 |
Julie O’Hara Sextet: Vocalese Project Twisting and turning original lyrics to bebop tunes and historic horn solos. |
| 1.30 – 2.30 |
Allan Browne’s Australian Jazz Band Bell Award winning ensemble, presenting material composed by Australian jazz legends past and present. |
| 3.00 – 4.00 |
The Band Who Knew Too Much Raucous rhythms, local lyrics, all singing, top fun! |
| 4.30 – 5.30 |
Michael McQuaid & Allan Browne Dance music from the French Caribbean. |
ROOF TOP STAGE
| Time |
Band |
| 12.30 – 1.30 |
Stoneflower Infusing magic and soul into a colourful program of jazz and Brazillian repertoire. |
| 2.00 – 3.00 |
Geoff Hughes and Jordan Murray Commission Project Premiere of new works commissioned by the festival from this pair of renowned composers, arrangers and instrumentalists. |
| 3.30 – 4.30 |
Collectivo 29 Paying homage to the dark dramas played out by Argentinean maestros with post-Piazzolla tango. |
| 5.00 – 6.00 |
Gian Slater with the Silo String Quartet Unique and prodigious vocalist Gian Slater collaborates with this renowned string quartet to bring you songs from her latest album Creatures at the Crossroads. Truly exquisite. |
POST OFFICE STAGE
| Time |
Band |
| 1.45 – 2.45 |
Helen Catanchin Ensemble Presented by Monash University Conservatorium of Music, Jazz & Popular Studies |
| 3.15 – 4.15 |
Audur Zoega Ensemble Presented by NMIT Bachelor of Australian Popular Music |
| 4.45 – 5.45 |
The Band Who Knew Too Much |
Presented by the Eltham Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc.
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