The Noosa Jazz Festival wraps up this weekend with back-to-back concerts at The J Theatre, Noosa Junction, on Friday, 5 September, and Saturday, 6 September (from 6.30 pm), followed by a special Father’s Day concert on Sunday, 7 September, at Lions Riverstage, Gympie Terrace.
Friday and Saturday evenings will feature three lively sets of classic jazz standards by specially formed bands and ensembles. Featured artists will include Graeme Arthur, a dynamic Melbourne-based trombonist; Will Purcell, a stalwart of the traditional jazz scene since the early 1980s, who brings crisp banjo rhythms and an authentic ragtime style; award-winning trumpet player and singer Eamon McNelis; and twice-voted singer of the year Penny Eames.
Penny has sung and recorded with several of the leading jazz bands in Sydney and Adelaide. She toured overseas and Australia with Bob Barnard’s Band, including appearances at the Sydney Opera House and the Adelaide Festival Centre, and taught jazz voice at the Adelaide Conservatorium. The Southern Jazz Club placed her in its first “Hall of Fame” list of nineteen performers.
Eamon began playing the trumpet and jazz at the age of eight, winning the Jazz Award for Brass at the 2010 Wangaratta Jazz Festival and has performed at venues and festivals around the world. He now leads The Skellingtons, a band noted for playing evocative, swinging tunes from the 1930s and 1940s.
For further information and to buy tickets, log into Noosa Jazz Club’s website at noosajazzclub.com, email, info@noosajazzclub.com, or phone/text 0478 256 245.
