This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes Cheryl Durongpisitkul, Ingrid Jensen, Lisa Simone and Kendrick Scott in the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, and The Song Company at Trinity College Chapel.
As I stepped off the tram at Federation Square on Saturday afternoon, curious onlookers were peering over Princes Bridge to watch the joyful spectacle unfolding below them. The Hot 8 Brass Band and Horns of Leroy were leading a New Orleans-style street parade along the banks of the Yarra, gathering revellers as they strode through Southbank like exuberant Pied Pipers.
This delightfully entertaining show was one of many events taking place across town during the opening weekend of this year’s Melbourne International Jazz Festival, emphasising the inclusiveness and accessibility of the festival program.Credit:The official opening concert was at Jazzlab on Friday night, when composer-saxophonist Cheryl Durongpisitkul premiered a powerful new suite,.
At the same venue the following night, Canadian trumpeter Ingrid Jensen took to the stage with a band featuring several local musicians she’d met just hours earlier. Her admiration for her onstage companions was palpable, and their ability to deftly interpret her compositions, gestures and body language allowed her to focus purely on the music.
Fire and passion were in abundant supply at Chapel Off Chapel later that evening, thanks to drummer Kendrick Scott and his virtuosic quintet. All five musicians are part of the acclaimed SFJAZZ Collective – also appearing at the festival – but this was an opportunity for Scott to showcase his compositional skills as well as his dazzling artistry at the kit.
Four hundred years may have passed since the death of composer William Byrd, but his experience as a Catholic outsider in Protestant England has left an enduring musical legacy. This legacy formed the impetus for an absorbing exploration of the music of exiles sung with polished commitment by the six members of The Song Company and guest director Christopher Watson.
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