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The James Le Fevre Quintet
Tuesday 26 August at the Royal Oak
Hotel
The band encompassed many different genres with jazz being their main vein.
The performance featured special guest artist Karlin Love.
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The Leigh Barker Quartet
Tuesday 22nd July at the Royal Oak Hotel
Picture: ELIZABETH FOXCROFT
Leigh Barker (bass), Matt Boden (piano), Julian
Banks (tenor sax) and Al McGrath-Kerr (drums).
Exploring a great range of music drawing on all the greatest elements of jazz and presenting beautiful harmony and interaction with each other. |
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The Blue Gum Jazz Band Tuesday 24th June at the Royal Oak Hotel
A NEW TRADITIONAL JAZZ BAND
The band wooed the audience with a diverse range of tunes, most of which were familiar.
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Ross Challender and the Launceston Big Band
Tuesday 27th May at the Royal Oak Hotel
Members enjoyed big band favourites, easy listening standards plus some fine jazz from this band.
The band also featured Denise Sam and Steve Hill with great vocal arrangements to compliment their fine singing.
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Cakewalking Babies
Tuesday 29 April at the Royal Oak Hotel
Pictures: DOUG LYONS
Playing early blues, swing and traditional jazz and presenting a new and authentic sounding trumpet player, Malcolm Martin, all the way from Chicago, the energetic and popular Cakewalking Babies kept up the tempo with a lively mix of youthful exuberance and experience.
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North meets South for the 2008 Jazz Jamboree
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Bailey's Blokes 25th March at the Royal Oak Hotel
Christine Bailey - vocals   Paul
Martin - reeds  Neil
Levis - keyboards
and
Terry Patterson on drums / washboards
Pictures: DOUG LYONS
The
group played a mixture of jazz standards, including Latin
and Mainstream and the combination was superb - dance
with them or just enjoy their tight, refreshing and
entertaining style.
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15th Inverloch Jazz Festival Friday 7th to Monday 10th March Some members travelled to the beautiful seaside resort and fishing port of Inverloch - located on the south-east coast of Victoria and renown for the famous labour day long weekend jazz festival.
beautiful beaches
street parades
and....
GREAT JAZZ
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18th February 2008
...George Washingmachine's fiddle actually talks and along with his seductively smoochy vocals have made him one of Sydney's most sought after entertainers...
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December 2007 and February 2008 and it was 'all aboard' the Tamar Odyssey for a cruise on the beautiful Tamar River accompanied by the Bruny Island New Orleans Jazz Band.
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