JOHANNES LUEBBERS DECTET – Farewell season/ ”Oh!Jazz” stream

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Following their standout performance at the 2021 Melbourne International Jazz Festival and 2022 MJC presentation, the Johannes Luebbers Dectet (JLD) return to the JazzLab once again. Featuring the music of one of Australia’s most distinctive jazz composers and arrangers, JLD is a jazz chamber group focused on the nexus between jazz and classical traditions. Combining jazz improvisation with the unique colours of orchestral instrumentation and a diverse compositional language, JLD’s four albums have resulted in two jazz ‘Bell’ awards and an APRA/AMC Art Music Award. This performance will feature some leading musicians, with Melissa Doecke (flute), Ben Opie (oboe), Angela Davis (alto sax), Michael Wallace (tenor sax), Paul Williamson (trumpet), Jordan Murray (trombone), Henry Eames (French horn), Andrea Keller (piano), Blakely McLean-Davies (bass), Aaron McCoullough (drums), and Johannes Luebbers (musical director). They will perform original music from their four albums, as well as some new work. With Luebbers relocating back to Perth with his family, this will be a ‘farewell performa