JazzGroove
Since its inception 11 years ago, the Jazzgroove association has become one of Australia's most important contemporary music organisations. Presenting over 100 bands each year, including weekly gigs at Sydney's Excelsior Hotel, our CD launches at iconic jazz venue The Basement and through our independent record label Jazzgroove Records which currently has 47 releases in its catalogue.
Jazzgroove has presented hundreds of original groups, including many of Australia's most talented and respected improvising musicians. It is unique in this country as it is an organisation run by practicing musicians. Audiences can expect performances by leading Australian jazz ensembles that often have limited performance outlets for their music. Jazzgroove represents a unique opportunity for the creative development and artistic endeavour of a broad range of Australian jazz composers and performers.
'People ask all the time 'What is Jazzgroove?', and I find that my best answer is no answer at all since the exciting part is that nobody really knows. It’s happening NOW! and It’s not yet fallen into a box you can put a lid on.
So maybe record store owners don’t know where to put our stuff on the shelf and radio disc jockeys are unsure to play the next album release and some find they loved the ‘support’ more than the ‘headline’.
No definitions is the price we pay for the muse, who brings us such brilliance and passion and excitement and emotion into our lives through music.
So who really cares what Jazzgroove is when the music is this good?', Cameron Undy, Joint Artistic Director 2007 - 2008