Trolley Trio at the Races
Trio at The Alto
Duo in a balcony scene
Books, jazz and high tea at Eynesbury
Last Sunday, the Trio played at the beautiful Eynesbury Homestead to accompany the launch of Kerry Greenwood’s Murder and Mendelssohn, the 20th book in her Phryne Fisher series. We enjoyed high tea with a coterie of immaculately dressed Phryne …
My thoughts on background music
Live background music gets a bad rap. I once played at an after-concert foyer jazz session for a major performing arts organisation, and the manager of that organisation stood up beforehand and told everyone how offended he was by the …
Bringing our jazz bands to country Victoria
I’ll share a secret: musicians from Melbourne really love travelling out of town. We all love living here – it’s a fantastic music town – but spending as much time as we do out and about in the inner city, …
Trio at The Plough
Last Sunday the trio played for a birthday party at a new venue for us, The Plough Bar and Bistro in Myrniong. It’s a gorgeous out-of-the-way restaurant with a country inn vibe, delicious food and excellent service. The main dining …
Dinner at the Grand Hyatt
Last Thursday, the trio played for a conference dinner at the Grand Hyatt.
It was a professional crowd, friendly and sociable but also purposeful and businesslike. The music needed to supplement that energy and perhaps lighten the atmosphere a little, …
Jazz in the backyard
Last Sunday, we played for a birthday party in a Parkdale backyard. Our client requested a banjo, so we used a special version of our swinging background music trio, bringing in the wonderful Peter Hooper. We played with no amplification …