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

The 18th Birthday week kicks off with Saxophone colossus Carl Mackey and Quartet return to the Uptown stage this Wednesday to deliver a night of hard swinging jazz.

Melbourne based saxophonist, Carl Mackey has been a stalwart on the Australian jazz landscape for more than three decades. Renowned for his versatile and emotionally charged playing style, he has shared the stage with a diverse array of artists, including Lionel Hampton, Kurt Elling, Sammy Figueroa, Ben Wendel, James Morrison, Kate Ceberano, Boy and Bear, Blur, Noel Gallagher,
and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

He has supported international stars such as James Brown, Harry Connick Jnr, The Yellowjackets, Ray Charles and Dianne Reeves.
Co-leader of award-winning group Speedball, he is a member of the Sam Anning Sextet, Australian National Jazz Orchestra, lead alto in the Vanessa Perica Orchestra and can be heard in groups as diverse as Andrea Keller’s Composer’s Circle through to latin orchestra, La Influencia.
A two time James Morrison Scholarship finalist, and a Freedman Fellowship finalist in 2006, Mackey has toured extensively with appearances in the United States, UK, Italy, India, and is a regular fixture on the national jazz festival scene with regular performances at the Melbourne, Perth, Wangaratta, Brisbane and Sydney International Jazz Festivals.




Tix $30/25 concession - seats still available
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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Uptown turns 18!

Internationally famous Melbourne funk band THE BAMBOOS take off the suits and go instrumental as THE FIREMEN, expect the deepest instrumental jazz funk grooves in history.

Rarely do you get a chance to see a serious funk band get to stretch out and improvise over some of the most killer funk grooves in the book.

The greatest funk band in the land, playing the grooviest of the jazz funk standards repertoire from the 60's and 70's, chosen from the vaults of Blue Note, Prestige and CTI Records.



featuring -

Lance Fergusson,
Daniel Mougerman,
Phil Noy
Ross Irwin,
Phil Binotto,
Daniel Farrugia,
Yuri Pavlinov,




Tix $40/35 concession - seats still available

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 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....

 



Tix $35/30 concession - seats still available

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 the most in-demand drummers of the Australian music scene, Dave Beck is a first call session player, theatre pit musician and Jazz ensemble member.
Dave has honed his drumming skills in New York and L.A. and has had the privilege of playing for several top name national and international talents of our times including Lalah Hathaway, Archie Roach, KD Lang, Ben Folds, Meshell Ndegeocello, Ricky Lee Jones, Dan Sultan, Renee Gayer, Glen Shorrock, Hugh Jackman and Suze DeMarchi. When he's not providing key percussive soundscapes for smash-hit musical theatre shows (Hamilton, Moulin Rouge, Book of Mormon, Wicked), he's often found recording and playing with local and international jazz legends including Joe Lovano, Steve Swallow, Carla Bley, Robert Hurst, Dale Barlow, James Morrison, Linda Oh, Stephen Magnusson, Scott Tinkler and Paul Grabowsky.



Tix $35/30 concession - seats still available

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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bookings - emailuptownjazzcafe@email.com and just pay for tickets on arrival