The Melbourne International Jazz Festival
It's Melbourne International Jazz
Festival time! We normally go see a couple or three performances but this year, it's boiled down to just one. Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea are one of the headline acts this year; and we couldn't resist.
Welcome to the refurbished Hamer Hall. No pictures or video is allowed; and I got this picture in before they made the announcement. Yeah. It's a technicality...but I'm sticking with it.
I've realised that I completely suck at taking pictures with the smart phone!!! It's probably more correct to blame me.....than blame the phone camera, right? Still.....here are the
Celebrities.
At the END of the show, everyone had their phone cameras out. Who am I to argue? It was a fantastic show that these two 70-something year olds put on. The double grand pianos and the double keyboard synthesizers were played masterfully!
I've been asked what I enjoyed about this concert a number of times. I have to say the thing that I will remember most is the joy these two friends showed in playing together and jamming with each other. It was relaxed and the music was food for the ears.
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Celebrity spotting! Before the concert, we had dinner at the Melbourne Southbank precinct where the Concert halls are. Not that I listen to his music, but when a group of 5 sat down at the table next to ours, I knew I recognised his face. This is Walter Smith III. He and his quintet were playing at another jazz venue on Saturday night. They were also eating dinner before heading to the Chick Corea concert. I've worked out that my i-phone is terrible in low light!
I also took a walk in the city last night and caught some free performances at Federation Square.
Guitarist
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