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Born On this Day : Sahib Shihab (June 23, 1925)

Born On This Day Jazz

Besides being one of the first jazz musicians to convert to Islam and change his name (1947), Sahib Shihab was…

Vale Bob Barnard AM: 1933-2022

Jazz Program Highlights Tributes

Australian trumpeter and cornetist, Bob Barnard has died at 88. A jazz icon has passed, but we are the richer for his life. He grew up in a Melbourne musical family and continued to pass down his knowledge and experience to his children and even his grandchildren, which included our FineMusic Artist-In-Residence, pianist Casey Golden.

He started playing cornet at 12, because the family band (led by his mother Kath Barnard) needed a trumpeter. But he was also deeply impressed by a record of Muggsy Spanier, as well as Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Sidney Bechet, Bunk Johnson and Graeme Bell. He toured New Zealand and Papua New Guinea … … …

Jazz After Hours

Jazz Jazz After Hours Program Highlights

May 8th – Latenight Sundays and Mondays bring something special to this week, Cole Porter. From 10pm, Deborah Evans on Sunday and Gail Monjo on Monday. Catch them with jazz to engage, relax and refresh.

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