
Matinee: Visionary-Steel
FACEBOOK EVENT (RSVP + invite your mates!)
1:30pm - Quincoction
“A collection of five musos concocting tunes to make you stamp your feet and groove to the beat!”
Multi-instrumentalist Leon Varela-Mauna takes you on a sonic journey through modern jazz-fusion-funkadelia with his dynamic sextet.
2:45 PM - Music Valley Big Band
Featuring members of the renowned MV Dream Team, Music Valley Big Band is a powerhouse ensemble delivering captivating performances of jazz standards and innovative arrangements. Debuting at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre in 2024, this exceptional group of musicians showcases the finest in both local and global musical artistry.
4:00pm - Visionary-Steel
Visionary-Steel is a 6 piece international jazz ensemble, blending musical references from around the world into the modern jazz idiom.
Berklee graduate and international composer, Martin Case, has assembled some of the finest modern jazz musicians in Western Melbourne to create Visionary-Steel, performing in Australia since 2018. Visionary-Steel is presently touring to promote their recent album release, $50 Martini.
On featured vocalist Emma Sidney: “Emma Sidney…is joyous innovation. A jazz singer through and through, she soars when touching other idioms … her singing … is inventive, and takes us on a journey to new and previously-unexplored territory.” - Leon Gettler, Cherish 2014