Brisbane Interational Jazz Festival

With a focus on both innovation and accessible programming, providing a feast for both jazz aficionados and those looking to open their minds to one of the world’s most exciting genres, the 2015 Brisbane International Jazz Festival will feature The Tord Gustavsen Quartet from Norway, Poland’s Artur Dutkiewicz Trio and South Korea’s Near East Quartet (the latter two making their Australian debut at the festival). Other festival highlights include: Japan’s Hiroyuki Minowa Trio – from Takatsuki City – who will perform with Toowoomba artists Bruce Woodward and Melissa Forbes in a special collaboration that brings together sister cities in creativity; while Cairns Indigenous jazz singer Wilma Reading will collaborate for the first time with the Andrew Butt Trio. The 2015 event will tip its hat to Brisbane’s jazz roots, with an installation celebrating Peter Hackworth’s ‘Primitif’ Café’, the place for young hipsters, artists and socialites to be in Brisbane from 1957 to its closure after the flood of 1974. Programme Highlights • Tord Gustavsen Quartet (Norway) • Artur Dutkiewicz Trio (Poland) • Near East Quartet (South Korea) • Hiroyuki Minowa Trio (Japan) + special guests Bruce Woodward (guitar) and Melissa Forbes (vox) • Wilma Reading meets Andrew Butt Trio (QLD) • Berardi, Foran, Karlen (QLD) • Dale Barlow (NSW) • EMO (Enthusiastic Musicians Orchestra) (QLD) • The Primitif Requests the Pleasure (QLD) • Mal Woods Bowery Hot 5 + Jam Session • Lateo (QLD) • Andrew Shaw Quartet (QLD) • Steve Newcomb - piano (QLD) and Angela Davis - sax (QLD/NY) • John Reeves Trio (QLD) • Rohan Somasekaran Duo (QLD) • Paula Girvan Duo (QLD) • Out of Abingdon (QLD) • Mark Pradella Band (QLD) • Duo Ras Dashen (QLD)