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Stonnington Jazz 2008

15 - 24 May

100% Australian Jazz

The City of Stonnington was once again proud to present another fabulous Stonnington Jazz festival, our autumn Jazz program featured some of Australia's finest jazz artists.

Malvern Town Hall and Chapel Off Chapel hosted fifteen concerts between 15 and 24 May 2008. There was an exceptional array of acts on offer during the series with many sold out concerts - there was something for everyone!
Vince and Katie at Stonnington Jazz 2008

Highlights for Stonnington Jazz 2008 included:

Stonnington Jazz had some fabulous media coverage and reviews. Please see below for just some of these, click on the links to read further.

Jones takes five with an enemy of jazz and beats him by Miles, by Jim Schembiri
17 May 2008, The Age
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Feeling Blue? Come to mama, by Andra Jackson
17 May 2008, The Age
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Plenty to love in songs about war, by Jessica Nicholas Katie Noonan at Stonnington Jazz 2008
20 May 2008, The Age
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Download Stonnington_Jazz_Age_Review_Vince_and_Katie_20May2008.pdf The Age Review Plenty to Love (85KB)

Six nights, 10 acts and every one a winner, by Jessica Nicholas  
26 May 2008, The Age
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Download Stonnington_Jazz_Six_Nights_26May2008.pdf The Age Review Six Nights (126KB)

Bob Sedergreen: It's about the music, by Miriam Zolin
14 May 2008, Jazz Australia website
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The full Stonnington Jazz 2008 program can be downloaded below.
Download Stonnington_Jazz_2008_Program1.pdf Stonnington Jazz 2008 Program (1.26MB)

The Stonnington Jazz wrap up Media Release can be downloaded below.
Download SJ08_-_final_age_wrap.pdf Stonnington Jazz 2008 Wrap Media Release (1.68MB)

For further information contact Council's Service Centre on 8290 1333 - Stonnington Jazz will be back in 2009 - please check back in 2009 for more details.

All photos for Stonnington Jazz by Natasha Blankfield