A once-in-a-lifetime gathering of Australian jazz talent in a program of all-original Australian works.

The Melbourne Jazz Co-operative is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting and promoting original live jazz performance by established and emerging artists in Melbourne.

About the concert

Their performance in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall features 30 leading contemporary jazz musicians from around the country, with some of the most-respected figures in Australian jazz – Mike Nock, Paul Grabowsky, Andrea Keller, Barney McAll, Sandy Evans, Scott Tinkler, Julien Wilson, Stephen Magnusson and more.

A specially formed 18-piece Orchestra conducted by Vanessa Perica, will premiere Jumping Yaks, a four-part suite commissioned by Paul Grabowsky, and inspired by Beethoven’s 7th. Symphony, alongside works by Erkki Veltheim, Eugene Ball, Erik Griswold, and Niko Schauble.

The Melbourne Jazz Co-operative’s 40 years of continuous concert presentations has included 24 years at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, founding the Melbourne Women’s Jazz Festival in 1997, and introducing jazz concerts into the Melbourne Festival. Join Melbourne Jazz Co-operative in celebrating this milestone.

‘The Melbourne Jazz Co-operative is an organisation that has played a crucial role in supporting Australian jazz over the past 40 years’ – Jessica Nicholas, The Age.