The sun came out to play yesterday and enhanced the spectacular backdrop to Kate and Matt’s wedding at Athol Hall. A beautiful daytime ceremony complete with gorgeous, relaxed bride and groom was complemented with some chilled jazz tunes on the balcony – followed by some impressively energetic dancing inside later on. A cracker of a day! Congratulations to the lucky couple.
Well we’re right in the middle of the busiest time of the year now with late spring/summer weddings and corporate christmas parties all peaking at the same crazy time (+ we’re hitting the road for a mini tour at the end of this month). Yes, ‘the silly season’ is here!
There’s a whole bunch of new live gig recordings we’ve been making which will soon be ready for posting, but in the meantime I thought we’d share a funky photo and some feedback about some music we performed at a recent 21st birthday party.
Thanks again for providing such a wonderful evening of musical entertainment. You all were amazing. Hannah was over the moon with your sound and it made her 21st party an evening to remember. Thank you for being on time, being sensitive to how the evening was progressing and providing that extra song at the end of the night. If we ever need music for another function you will definitely be the first ones we call. I am more than happy to recommend you to anyone who will listen.
Bev Cameron, Daughter’s 21st @ Private Home
Is this a blast from the past?
Nope, it’s actually just a bit of digital technology using an app called Hipstamatic for iPhone. Thanks to Edoardo Santoni for taking this photo while we opened a daytime wedding gig with a relaxed instrumental jazz quartet set.
Remember that gig in 1973? Actually this was taken in 2011 using a vintage filter on Hipstamatic for iPhone (Sydney Jazz Collective)
Launch of Bloomsbury Publishing in Australia @ Centennial Parklands Dining, Centennial Park
Hello and welcome to the official blog of Sydney Jazz Collective.
We’ve been making some great live recordings at some of the 150 gigs we perform together each year, and thought it was time to share some of our favourite audio clips with you.
So here is the very first installment of our brand spanking new blog! Featuring some live tracks recorded at a wedding we performed at last weekend.
Hope you enjoy, and watch this space for lots more audio recordings of the band live in action + hopefully some videos coming soon too!
All Or Nothing At All – 26 Feb 2011 @ Sydney Uni Refectory
Vocal Quintet: Vocalist, Sax, Keyboard, Bass, Drums
Alone Together – 26 Feb 2011 @ Sydney Uni Refectory
Instrumental Quartet: Sax, Keyboard, Bass, Drums
