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

         Toby Mak is an Australian  Jazz Trumpet player recently returned to Melbourne after living in Shanghai for 20 years. After establishing himself as an in-demand soloist throughout Asia, he performed with artists such as Dee Dee Bridgewater, Mark Turner, Chris Potter, Aaron Parks, Theo Crocker etc. 
         Since returning to Melbourne he has been heard with the bands of Craig Fermanis, Anton Delecca, Bob and Steve Sedergreen, Andy Swann,  Cookin' on 3 Burners, The Bamboos, Pearly Shells etc.
        Expect plenty of bebop inspired  lines and deep swingin' standards from this interactive band! 

Tix $30/25 concession - seats still available

Cash entry - cards fine at the bar

Doors open 7.30, music from 8pm.

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Dedicated to jazz, Tony has spent years immersed in the jazz repertoire and performing regularly around Melbourne. Since 2023, he has been a member of the Melbourne Youth Jazz Orchestra. He earned second place in the VCASS Outstanding Soloist Competition, making history as the first jazz guitarist to receive the award. Tony has also been featured as a soloist with the Daryl Mackenzie Jazz Orchestra and was selected as a finalist for the James Morrison Scholarship, performing at Mount Gambier.

His primary musical influences include guitarists James Sherlock and Mike Moreno, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. Tony has studied extensively with Melbourne jazz guitarist James Sherlock, and under the mentorship of Mike Moreno. He has also studied with other notable Melbourne jazz musicians.

 

Tix $30/25 concession - seats still available

Cash entry - cards fine at the bar

Doors open 7.30, music from 8pm.

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Andrea Keller is one of Australia's leading contemporary jazz pianists and composers. Multiple ARIA and Bell Award winner, famous for the Andrea Keller Quartet, she has now embarked on a series of trios, inspired by the philosophy and legacy of the much loved and respected mentor Allan Browne. 
Based on a collective approach, the music strives for human connection and meaningful dialogue. The trios perform compositions by all members, free improvisations and a few standards as well.
With their beginnings in January 2016, Andrea assembled a series of trios inspired by the philosophy and legacy of esteemed mentor Allan Browne. Based on a collective approach, the music strives for human connection and meaningful dialogue. The trios perform compositions by all members, free improvisations and a few standards as well.

“Wonderful compositions by Keller and Anning. Keller’s tribute to the late John Taylor, a pianist and mentor, entitled “Grateful, Hopeful, Joyful”, was breathtakingly beautiful.” “There was so much magnetism and space in the originals they played that I did not want to leave”
- Review of Transients I at Wangaratta Jazz Festival by Roger Mitchell, Ausjazz, November 1, 2016.
2 sets from 8.30pm



Tix $30/25concession - seats still available

Cash entry - cards fine at the bar

 

Doors open 7.30, music from 8pm.

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One of Australia’s finest jazz musicians, internationally acclaimed jazz pianist Mark Fitzgibbon returns to Uptown.
 
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



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