Uptown Jazz Cafe - Melbourne's newest jazz and improvised music venue

The great Melbounre saxophonist Anton Delecca takes over the Bebop Wednesdays from May!

Recently returned from New York for two years, he has studied and performed with such American greats as Dave Liebman, Chris Potter, George Garzone, Antonio Hart, Tim Armacost, Rich Perry, Joel Frahm, Arthur Blythe, Odean Pope, Wycliffe Gordon and Maceo Parker

Saxophonist with funk heavyweights The Bamboos for 13 years,Anton is also as swinging bebop and standards tenor sax player as you'll find.

With an all star band featuring -

Mark Fitzgibbon on piano, Craig Fermanis on guitar, Ollie Shute on drums and Blakely McLean Davis on double bass



$25/20 concession - cash on entry /cards fine at the bar -  doors open 7.30, music from 8pm. 


doors open 7.30, music from 8pm.

bookings please email us - uptownjazzcafe@email.com

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Local legends, you never know what special guests might turn up !






 

$25/20 concession.  cash on entry/cards fine at the bar - doors open 7.30, music from 8pm.

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One of the world's leading improvised music guitar players
Guitarist and composer Stephen Magnusson is a musician at the height of his powers. From the precocious virtuoso who dazzled the music world when he crashed onto the scene, to a musician so mature, complete and respected that when people talk of an “Australian sound” of instrumental music, it is Magnusson’s influence – his tone, his touch, his compositional watermark and his deep sensitivity – that they hear.

founding member of SNAG, FESTA, Assumptions Trio (Julien Wilson and Will Guthrie) Julio and The Stevies (again with Julien and also Stephen Grant), his trio MAG (Frank DiSario and Dave Beck) and the latest quartet – Magnet (Carl Pannuzzo, Eugene Ball and Sergio Beresovsky) Steve is one of the most vital, musical and leading exponents in this music. Plus he's a sweetheart....

featuring everything from hard swinging Ornette Coleman tunes to delicate originals and distinctive ballads, sometimes even a cover of a Cold Chisel or The Police, Steve captivates and meserises with his incredible musicianship and openness....


with -


Sam Anning -  bass

Dave Beck – drums



$30/25 concession - cash entry - cards fine at the bar


doors open 7.30, music from 8pm.

bookings please email us - uptownjazzcafe@email.com

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One of Australia’s finest jazz musicians, internationally acclaimed jazz pianist Mark Fitzgibbon returns to Uptown this Saturday night.
 
Having lived in London in the 1980’s performing at Ronnie Scotts and throughout Europe, Mark has accompanied many international jazz stars such as Lee Konitz, John Stubblefield, Curtis Lundy, Claire Martin, Mark Murphy and George Coleman jr.
 
Winner of the National jazz awards at the Wangarratta jazz festival, he has worked and recorded with with many of Australias finest jazz performers including Dale Barlow, Bernie Mcgann, Vince Jones, Christine Mcnulty, Jamie Oehlers, Scott Tinkler, Ian Chaplin and Wilbur Wilde, as well as his own trios and quartets.

The quintessential bebop jazz pianist, his swinging touch and virtuosity is the reason why he’s one of the most in demand players in Australia.

 

 “Mark Fitzgibbon is one of the most under rated talents in the country. Always musically tasteful , a consistently sympathetic accompanist , a repository of a vast repertoire and an impeccable touch, he can produce blistering solos and lift the music to another level” -Adrian Jackson the AGE





$35/30 concession - cash entry - cards fine at the bar

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Uptown is very honoured to host the legendary Australian jazz trumpet player Warwick Alder and his new Quartet direct from Sydney.
 
Warwick Alder is known for working with many illustrious artists over his long career, and he is notably a long-term associate of legendary saxophonist Bernie McGann's highly praised quartet. His beautiful sound and style, his feeling for the characteristics of the instrument and his effortless flow of ideas in any idiom have made him the trumpeter of choice for many artists and many styles, from the traditional to the avant-garde.

Alder was a founding member of James Morrison’s first band; Morrison Bros. Big Band, as well as Australia’s leading modern jazz ensemble; Ten Part Invention. He has been a lecturer at the Sydney Conservatorium since time immemorial, and continues to inspire audiences with his unique approach to the music.

Warwick Alder Quartet, featuring Lachy Hamilton on saxophone, George Greenhill on drums, Nick Jansen on double bass

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One of the leading tenor saxophonists in Australia today, the incredible Jamie Oehlers returns to Uptown for an evening of intense swinging, hard driving jazz standards. 

Strongly inspired by the likes of John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, Jamie has carved a name for himself as one of the strongest modern jazz improvisers on the national scene.

Winner of the 2003 White Foundation World Saxophone Competition, was named Australian Jazz Musician of the Year at the 2007 Bell Awards, as well as winning the Best Jazz Release category and is now coordinator of Jazz Studies at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.He has performed with leading international jazz artists in the United States, Asia, India, UK, Europe, New Zealand and throughout Australia and frequently performs at jazz clubs and festivals throughout the world.

Don't miss this rare chance to see Jamie in full flight with his quartet.
 

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