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.

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Bernard Alexander is a saxophonist living in Naarm/Melbourne. After completing his Bachelor of Music, Bernard moved to Melbourne from Adelaide in 2019 to pursue his career in music. Since then Bernard has played as a member of various ensembles such as the Vanessa Perica Orchestra, Anton Delecca Quintet, and Flora Carbo’s ECOSYSTEM, as well as leading his own quartet and trio at venues all around Melbourne. Bernard has a passion for Black American Music and strives to make music that pays tribute to the lineage of great artists that have come before him whilst incorporating modern elements.

Fusing the old with the new, the Bernard Alexander Trio draws inspiration from the long history of Black American Music to create a sound firmly rooted in the present moment. Playing original music and more, they produce a sound that is sometimes melancholic, sometimes joyous, but always soulful.

Featuring:

Harry Morrison | Bass
Patrick Danao | Drums

 

$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 most standout trumpet players in Melbourne, or the world for that matter, is the wonderful Eugene Ball. Founding member of legendary Australian jazz ensembles such as the Andrea Keller Quartet, the Allan Browne Quintet, the Australian Art Orchestra and the Hoodangers, Eugene is a both leader on his instrument and in the field of improvised music.Strongly influenced by the New Orleans tradition, he nevertheless reinvents his homages to the great players of the 20's, 30's and beyond in a thoroughly modern, unique and Melbourne way.

Playing new takes on old standards Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and Ornette Coleman inspired, this is a special ensemble of long time collaborators stretching out over some of their favourite tunes.


Eugene Ball - trumpet
Fran Swinn - guitar
Chris Hale - bass
James McLean - drums



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


doors open 7.30, music from 8pm.

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The incredible New York ex-pat guitarist Hugh Stuckey holds sway this Saturday, playing his mix of swinging jazz standards in the classic guitar trio format

Originally from Adelaide, Hugh has become an in-demand player on the Melbourne scene and has earned the respect and luv of his peers and audiences alike.

Finalist in the National Jazz Awards at the Wangaratta Jazz Festival, he also supported the John Scofield Quartet at the Adelaide guitar Festival last year to rave reviews.

Highly recommended.


with -

Sam Anning - double bass
Kyrie Anderson - drums



$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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