One more week until your "Jammer's own festival" is on in Newport.
The Festival Schedule, band and musician details are available online.
There is still a lot of work to do, but we are set for a great weekend!
The Jazz Jammers Newsletter 22nd April 2026
The 19th April Jam
What a great day at the Palace Hotel - lots of good performances.
Musicians by instrument in alphabetical order:
Bass: Anon on a honey bass, Ivan, Martin (Still on holiday from Germany but returns home next Saturday. Thank you for your music)
Drums: Mac, Matt
Guitar: Conan, Moi, Neville
Keyboard: Philip
Percussion: Mike B
Saxophone: Colin, Jeff, John P, Keith, Mike (Baritone), Oliver
Trumpet: Graham W
Vocal: Jane, Philip
Plus, the music lovers: John and his sister, Beverley, Maria, Sylvia, Wayne, Janice.
Apologies accepted from our Monash jammers.
Apologies to anyone I have missed or mis-spelt.
I am told there wasn’t anybody down stairs, they were all upstairs with us.
It is important to register yourself on the attendance sheet in a clear script, to get your set.
Looking forward to our next jam April 26 at the Palace and the last jam before the festival.
Thanks to Mike Powell for this report!
The jam 19 April Anon?, Jane L, Phil, Mike H
More Gigs and stuff....
Jazz at the Boatshed Cafe
The next Boatshed Cafe session will be on
Sunday 26th April,
10.30am - 1.30pm.
Megan Slattery will be joined by Ash Ward on guitar, Don Gula on bass, and Ted W 'the usual' on keys. Always an entertaining gig!
The 19th April session with Aneta Graham, Lee Jones, Kip Dale, and Ted W 'the usual' on keys was by all accounts a 'hot' one despite the chilly morning.
The Boatshed Cafe, Albert Park: stop in the Aquatic Drive car park, and head for the water's edge. Munchies, toasties and a coffee served by Anna's hand-picked friendly staff...
The Duchess: back this week
The Captain Chaos Quartet will be back at The Duchess this Saturday morning with local songbirds Megan Slattery and Aneta Graham fronting the band - it should be a lot of fun! Drop by and warm up with brekkie and/or a coffee!
The Duchess of Spotswood Cafe, 87 Hudsons Road, Spotswood
Next session: Saturday 25th April 10.30 - 12.30
Mr Boogie Man Bar
Bop Till ya Drop with support band
7pm til late on the last Thursday of every month
166 Hoddle St Abbotsford
COLLABORATIONS with Kerri Simpson, Bob Sedergreen and Carl Panuzzo
Carl Pannuzzo is established as a key iconic figure and leads his premier Blues band, Checkerboard Lounge. Carl has recorded many albums and toured internationally, as has Blues, Soul and Gospel queen, Kerri Simpson. This linkage to the Blues also applies to saxophonist Mal Sedergreen, bassist Dean Addison who is Kerri’s regular choice on bass, and Mark Grunden on drums plus jazz legend Bob Sedergreen.
Kerri was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in November 2024. You never know what will happen when Mark & Carl get on percussion instruments.
This gig is a MUST as it features two of the most distinctive and soulful voices in the country.
Saturday 9th May 2026
Time: 6:30 pm
Venue: Paris Cat, 6 Goldie Place, Melbourne Vic
Tickets: $45
Bookings: www.pariscat.com.au
Castlemaine (Jazz Jam ) - new format...
The Castlemaine Jam Session is seeking to try new formats - maybe a house band to accompany soloists and singers, maybe continue the open mic approach, maybe rely on half a dozen or so established players, and encourage newcomers
Every good jam session should do this - constantly evolving and developing... exciting times ahead, so now would be a good time to to give it a whirl.
The next Jam session will be on 3rd May at The Maurocco Bar, 4 Templeton St, Castlemaine VIC 3450. ( first Sunday of every month, 2 - 5pm )...
Photos of the last jam:
https://www.facebook.com/gwynn.james.7/
About Melbourne Jazz Jammers
The jam sessions are a side gig run by the Melbourne Jazz Jammers Inc., a Not For Profit Incorporated Association - the Jam Sessions started before 2002 at Dizzy's Jazz Club, and have run on a weekly basis ever since. We also promote The Newport Jazz Festival Australia, which is coming up for its sixth year.
The Jammers are loosely run by an organising Committee of volunteers.
If you would like volunteer for the Festival and/or help pack up after the Jam each week, you are unlikely to meet much resistance. Really...
If you would like to throw your hat in the ring for a spot at one of the gigs, contact Col (he needs a new hat), or Ted at the jam sessions.