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Celebrating 21 years of The Shuffle Club

Special Events

The Shuffle Club

Australia

Sun 23 Oct, 6:00pm

Chapel Off Chapel

Debut album release from a remarkable Australian ensemble.

Club Sessions - Explorations

The What Ifs

Australia

Sat 22 Oct, 9:30pm

The JazzLab

“In a career already littered with highlights, these albums take their rightful place as seminal Australian jazz recordings” – Des Cowley, Australianjazz.net (on Transients vol 1 & 2)

Explorations

Transients

Australia

Wed 19 Oct, 8:00pm

Chapel Off Chapel

“This is freshly minted contemporary jazz bursting with panache” – All About Jazz

Explorations

Zela Margossian Quintet

Australia

Thu 20 Oct, 8:00pm

Chapel Off Chapel

“Few jazz artists are as successful as Haarla in creating a world, a scope of feeling, and making it their own.” – Jazztime

Club Sessions - Explorations

Suite Suomi

Australia / Finland

Tue 18 Oct, 9:30pm

The JazzLab

The award-winning Monash Art Ensemble premiere new compositions at the Alexander Theatre as part of MIJF 2022.

Explorations

The Monash Art Ensemble

Australia

Thu 20 Oct, 7:00pm

Monash University

“Tal Cohen is among the best of a very few young inspired pianists I’ve encountered in my travels…” – Joe Lovano

Club Sessions

Tal Cohen

Israel / Australia

Wed 19 Oct, 7:30pm

The JazzLab

“…you’re sucked inside a sound world where organic and robotic elements cohabit with improbable collegiality” – Sydney Morning Herald

Club Sessions - Explorations

Tangents

Australia

Sat 15 Oct, 9:30pm

The JazzLab

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The Melbourne International Jazz Festival in partnership with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra are proud to present a living legend of R&B, soul and jazz – 5-time Grammy Award winner, Lalah Hathaway.

Modern Masters - Special Events

Legacy: Lalah Hathaway Sings Donny Hathaway

USA / Australia

Australian Premiere

Fri 21 Oct, 7:30pm - Sat 22 Oct, 7:30pm

Arts Centre Melbourne

“An…explosive exploration of percussion set to the tense groove of civil unrest” – Limelight Magazine

Explorations

Disruption!

Australia

Opening Act: Gian Slater - Grey is Ground

Wed 19 Oct, 7:30pm

Melbourne Recital Centre

“…restores the magic of the movie experience to even the most jaded of audiences” – The New Yorker

Explorations

The Merry Frolics of Méliès

NSW

Fri 21 Oct, 7:30pm

Darebin Arts Centre

“In a career already littered with highlights, these albums take their rightful place as seminal Australian jazz recordings” – Des Cowley, Australianjazz.net (on Transients vol 1 & 2)

Explorations

Transients

Australia

Wed 19 Oct, 8:00pm

Chapel Off Chapel

Debut album release from a remarkable Australian ensemble.

Club Sessions - Explorations

The What Ifs

Australia

Sat 22 Oct, 9:30pm

The JazzLab

“Tal Cohen is among the best of a very few young inspired pianists I’ve encountered in my travels…” – Joe Lovano

Club Sessions

Tal Cohen

Israel / Australia

Wed 19 Oct, 7:30pm

The JazzLab

Witness an icon of jazz drumming.

Club Sessions - Explorations

Pheeroan akLaff

USA / South Korea / Australia

Sun 16 Oct, 9:30pm

The JazzLab

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Al Di Meola sits firmly among the greatest guitarists of our time, with a celebrated international career spanning almost five decades and numerous GRAMMY awards under his belt.

Modern Masters

Al Di Meola

USA

Tue 18 Oct, 7:30pm

Melbourne Recital Centre

First Nations Artist Residency Program: 2022 Commission

Explorations

Brenda Gifford

Australia

First Nations Artist Residency Program: 2022 Commission

Sun 23 Oct, 7:00pm

Melbourne Recital Centre

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Acknowledgment of Country

Melbourne International Jazz Festival respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which our Festival takes place, the People of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, as well as to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the wider Melbourne community and beyond. We are honoured to contribute to the rich history of music making and storytelling that has taken place on these lands.

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