The Age from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia • Page 41

The Age, Friday 16 September 1988 TTT1 WHAT'S QN'IB PETER BISHOP and his JAZZ CRUSADERS, Limerick Arms Hotel. Sth Melbourne. RUBY TUESDAYS McJAZZ, Esplanade Hotel. St Kilda. WEDNESDAY BLUE RHONDO QUARTET with Bettina Vitali, Bouzy Rouge.

399 Oueensberry St. Nth Melbourne. BOB BERTLES, PAUL GRABOWSKY TRIO, Limerick Arms Hotel. Sth Melbourne. CADILLAC BAND, Fountain Inn.

Port Melbourne. LISA YOUNG, BELINDA MOODY, SUE JOHNSON, Lord Newry Hotel. Fitzroy Nth. MAPLE LEAF BAND, Bridge Hotel. Mordial-loc.

ROMANCE WITHOUT FINANCE, Prince Patrick Hotel. Collingwood. THE ROOF SHOW, Prince Patrick Hotel. Collingwood. SAVILLE ROAR, Smith Street Bar and Bistro.

Collingwood. WILBUR WILDE'S BLOWOUT, Tankerville Arms Hotel. Fitzroy. THURSDAY ALLAN BROWNE BAND, Black Prince Hotel. Nth Melbourne.

BELINDA MOODY, SUE JOHNSON, LISA YOUNG, Deco Bar, Hyatt Hotel. Collins St. City. BLACK CAT, Young and Jackson's Hotel. City.

BLUE RHONDO QUARTET, Bouzy Rouge Cafe. 399 Oueensberry St. Nth Melbourne. CHICK PARIS QUINTET, Limerick Arms Hotel. Sth Melbourne.

IN THE POCKET, Music and Theatre Cafe. 316 Church St. Richmond, bookings 428 8508. LA DOLCE VITA, Curry's Family Hotel. Collingwood.

LA TOOT ENSEMBLE, Prince Alfred Hotel. Carlton. MAPLE LEAF BAND, Spread Eagle Hotel. Richmond NEW MELBOURNE BAND, Bridge Hotel. Richmond.

WILLARD SCAT, Lord Newry Hotel. Fitzroy. WITHERS RHYTHM MACHINE, Fountain Inn. Port Melbourne. SATURDAY ANDY WILLIAMS, Royal Mai! Hotel.

West Melbourne THE BLACKSTANLEYS, Fat Bob's. Caulfield Sth. COBBERS, Myer Melbourne. Mural Hall, noon-3: Gumtree Bush Ball. La Trobe University.

Bundoora. DAVID DIPROSE, Twilight Cafe. Kew. EILDON, Dee and Mms Cafe. 13 Burwood Hwy.

Burwood FOLK INSTRUMENT WORKSHOP, Dan O'Connell Hotel. Carlton. 2-5. TARA, Molly Bloom's. Bay St.

Port Melbourne. SUNDAY CHRIS STOCKLEY and STEVE HOY, Limerick Arms Hotel. Sth Melbourne. COLIN HAY BAND, Botanical Hotel. Sth Yarra.

DAVE BRANNIGAN and Friends, Mont-salvat. Eltham. 5 15 pm. FOLKLORE DUO, Molly Bloom's. Bay St.

Port Melbourne. NINA TREADWELL, Twilight Cafe. Kew. RICK VENGEANCE, Fat Bob's. Caulfield Sth.

ROB MITCHELL, RAGGLE TAGGLE, MATTHEW ARNOLD, JUSTIN BRADY and IAN TRIPP, LILLI O'HAGEN and HOLCROFT, One One at Troubadour. Fitzroy. MONDAY DAVE BRANNIGAN, Figaro Cafe. Collingwood. THE LIBERTIES, Molly Bloom's.

Bay St, Port Melbourne MIKE REGAN, Twilight Cafe. Kew. VICTORIAN FOLK MUSIC CLUB, Fairfield Anglers Hall, cnr Rathmines and Clarke sts. 8pm TUESDAY IAN PAULIN, Fat Bob's. Caulfield Sth.

MARVIN LORNE, Twilight Cafe. Kew. REVELRY, Molly Bloom's. Bay St. Port Melbourne.

STEVE WADE, Loaded Dog Pub Brewery. Fitzroy Nth WEDNESDAY BONNIE and CLYDE DUO, Tower Hotel. Alphington. BRIAN LEWIS, ERIC and RANALD'S ORIENTAL ETHNICS, Green Man. Matvera COBBERS, Dan 0 Cornell Hotel.

Carlton. 8.15 pm. ELIN JNR, Fat Bob's. Caulfield Sth. FOLKLORE DUO, Molly Bloom's.

Bay St. Port Melbourne. PETER ROBERTS, Twilight Cafe. Kew. THURSDAY COONEY BROTHERS, Molly Bloom's.

Bay St. Port Melbourne. FIONA BOYES, Fat Bob's. Caulfield Sth. GREG HILDERBRAND, Green Man.

Malvern. JANETTE GERI, Dee and Mms Cafe. 13 Burwood Hwy. Burwood. NEIL SEBASTIAN, Tower Hotel.

Alphington. PETER SARSTEDT, Troubadour. Fitzroy. RICK VENGEANCE, Twilight Cafe. Kew.

Heartfelt Orleans jazz here GRAEME OSBORNE t-fV NE Mo' Time' was the hit I musical based around 1920s jazz and vaudeville. It's also an apt description of tomorrow's concert at the Tankerville Arms when, after a very successful tour last year, we see the return of singer Topsy Chapman, clarinettist and alto saxophonist Sammy Rimlngton and Geoff Bull's Olympia Jazz Band for a night of the genuine article heartfelt New Orleans traditional jazz. Both Rimington and Bull are acknowledged as among the top exponents of the music playing today, not surprising after careers that include long spells both in New Orleans and touring the globe with the surviving New Orleans masters. The Olympia Jazz Band is completed by a group of equally devoted musicians and when combined with Topsy Chapman's vivacious entertaining, including her hit pieces from the above show, a very exciting night can be expected. Bookings on 240 9032 for dining, show tickets $15.

The peripatetic Paul Grabowsky returns home this week, in time we trust for his gig on Wednesday at the Limerick Arms with Sydney Rimington: genuine New Persuasive Gershwin pieces Topsy Chapman and Sammy Orleans jazzmasters. saxophonist Bob Bertles. Much Impromptu invention in the be-bop mode may be expected from this duo, particularly with backing from the splendid Ben Robertson and Allan Browne. Yet more world-class jazz at your doorstep. A steal at any price! Check on 690 2626.

New Melbourne Jazz Band fans should note the Railway Hotel, Chapel Street, Windsor is the new spot on Saturday nights. Clarinettist Andrew Firth, and his cohorts in the BBC Quartet play at Montsalvat on Sunday from 7.30 pm, presumably in the Great Hall: probably your last chance to catch them on this tour. On your way out to Eltham you could stop in at the George at the keyboard. As for An American in Paris', this has become one of the Gershwin standard repertory pieces, along with 'Rhapsody in Blue'. A far cry from its first reviews and the shrill, petulant notice from one critic, who described 'An American in Paris' as "Nauseous claptrap dull, patchy, thin, vulgar, long-winded and DAVE HETHERINCTON QUARTET, Templestowe Hotel (aft).

FATS WALLER BAND Turf Club Hotel. Caulfield. JAZZTRAX QUARTET, with Bridgette Allan, Richard Millar, Lower Plenty Hotel. 2-5. THE JOINT IS JUMPIN' a tribute to Fats Waller.

Last Laugh. Collingwood. also 18 Sept. LA DOLCE VITA, Babalu. Collins Place, Collins St.

fl 2, City. 5-fl. LA TOOT ENSEMBLE, Railway Hotel. Windsor. 4-7.

LOVESTARS, Edwards Tavern. Prahran (aft). RIVERBOAT BAND, Bridge Hotel. Richmond. SHADES OF BLUE, Rosstown Hotel.

Carnegie. 1-4. STOMP OFF LETS CO, Load of Bull. 1 Brighton Rd. St Kilda.

ft I J-k m- SgarS- Doncaster Gallery at around 5.30 pm on Sunday and hear Brian Brown's Ensemble. Admission is $8, $5 concessions and includes wine and cheese. If Sunday in the city is more your line then Mietta's lounge has an intriguing trio booked to play from 3.30 pm. For $6 you can hear trumpeter Bob Venier, Bob Sedergreen at the keyboard and bassist Lach Easton plenty of good things in that small parcel! Jazz After Dark' at the Arts Centre features the very popular Kit Cat Club and Black Cat on tonight's bill, and tomorrow Swing City and Casual Sax take the stages at around 11 pm. $6 admission both nights.

Tomorrow's concert, conducted by Vladimir Kamirski, is part of the MSO's New Worlds series (a title, one presumes, is more attractive than Music that Is Slightly Adventurous and Not Brahms). Also on the program is Peter Sculthorpe's 'Port Essington', and Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances. An adventurous program, to be sure. SWING SHIFT with Btvtrwy Sheehan, Coach and Horses Hotel. Ringwood (aft).

WILBUR WILDE'S BLOWOUT. Zanies, cnr Russell and Lonsdale sts. City. 4.30 pm. YARRA YARRA BAND, Windsor Castle Hotel.

Windsor. 5-8. MONDAY BARRY WEBB, Fountain Inn. Port Melbourne. FRANK GOW, Curry's Family Hotel.

Collingwood. KEN SCHROEDER QUINTET, Glasshouse Hotel. Collingwood. TUESDAY BLACK and WHITE with Shallay Scown, Rix Bar. Elstemwick.

10 pm. FRED PARKES, GRAHAM COYLE, Curry Family Hotel. Collingwood. PASTICHE, Music and Theatre Cafe. 316 Church St.

Richmond, bookings 428 8508. COUNTRY WESTERN FRIDAY DELTA BAND, Box Hill RSL. HOWIE BROTHERS and IAN CASTLES, Brunswick RSL. SATURDAY DELTA BAND, Gaelic Club. Keysborough.

HOWIE BROTHERS, East Ringwood Sports Club. THURSDAY WHITELINE COUNTRY, Springvale Sports Club. LATIN AMERICAN FRIDAY BLACK and WHITE, Babalu. Collins Place. City.

COMBO LA REVELACION, Carlton Club Hotel. Fitzroy. MADE IN BRAZIL, Green Man. Malvern. TUNARI, Windsor Castle Hotel.

Windsor. SATURDAY RIO SAMBA TRIO, Green Man. Malvern. SUNDAY MAN FRIDAY, Smith Street Bar and Bistro. Collingwood.

TUESDAY MACKA RODRIGUEZ, El Rincon. 385 Victoria St. Abbotsford. WEDNESDAY LATIN BROTHERS, El Rincon. 385 Victoria St.

Abbotsford. OUT OF TOWN ALBURY: Little River Band, Lavington Sports Club, Sun. ARARAT: Little River Band, Janz, Town Hall, tonight. BALLARAT: Cattletruck, Provincial Hotel. Sun.

BARWON HEADS Hotel. Tinsley Water-house Band, Beggarman Thief, Sun. BENDIGO: Party Boys, Velvet's Night Club. Tues: Peter Sarstedt, Doug Ashdown, Osborne Theatre, Wed. DROUIN: Colin Hay Band, Royal Hotel, Sat.

EUROA: Little River Band, Grand Slam, Seven Creeks Run. Sat. GEELONG: Sensational Rocket 88s, The Refinery, tonight: Pep Talk, Valley Inn. Sat: Peter Sarstedt, Performing Arts Centre. Tues: The Moffs, Telegraph Hotel.

Thurs. HEALESVILLE: Greg Champion, Grand Hotel. Sat. LANCEFIELD Winery. Rick Vengeance Bush Band, Sun.

MILDURA: Australian Blues Brothers Revival Band, Bridge Hotel, Wed. MORNINGTON: The Mercury, Royal Ho tel. Thurs. RYE Hotel. Gardner and Young, tonight.

SOMERVILLE Hotel. Party Boys, Beg-garman Thief, Thurs. TRARALGON: Jon English and the Foster Brothers, Astradome. Thurs. WONTHAGGI: Cattletruck, Caledonian Ho tel.

Sat JAZZ FRIDAY BLACK CAT, Amcor Lounge. Arts Centre, St Kilda Rd. 11 pm. CHRISTINE SULLIVAN, Deco Bar. Hyatt Ho tel.

Collins St. City. CAIRO CLUB ORCHESTRA, Station Taven and Brewery. Prahran. CHRIS LUDOWYK'S SOCIETY SYN-COPATORS, Emerald Hotel.

Sth Melbourne. CREOLE BELLS, Bridge Hotel. Richmond. FRED PARKES and hia SINGING DETECTIVES, Black Prince Hotel. Nth Melbourne.

JAN TANKARD'S DEADLY NIGHTSHADES, Travel Lodge. St Kilda Rd. 6.30-10.30. KIT CAT CLUB, Potter Foyer. Arts Centre.

St Kilda Rd. 11 pm. NEW MELBOURNE JAZZ BAND, Railway Hotel. Windsor. PETER HARPER QUARTET, Glasshouse Hotel.

Collingwood SENTIMENTAL THRASH, Dick Whittington Tavern. St Kilda. SWING CITY, Fountain Inn. Port Melbourne. WHITEFEATHER, Lizzard Lounge.

500 Lygon St. Brunswick. WILBUR WILDE'S BLOWOUT with Erana Clarke, Robert Ratti, Limerick Arms Hotel. Sth Melbourne. VINCE JONES, Music and Theatre Cafe.

316 Church St. Richmond, bookings 428 8508. YARRA YARRA BAND, College Lawn Hotel. Prahran. SATURDAY ALLAN BROWNE QUINTET, Black Prince Hotel.

Nth Melbourne. BASIN STREET with Jan Tankard, Fountain Inn. Port Melbourne. 3-6. BLACK BEACH BAND, Load of Bull.

1 Brighton Rd. St Kilda. BLACK CAT, Young and Jackson's Hotel. City. CASUAL SAX, Amcor Lounge.

Arts Centre. St Kilda Rd. 11 pm. CREOLE BELLS, Railway Hotel. Windsor.

JAN TANKARD'S DEADLY NIGHTSHADES, Lemon Tree Hotel, Carlton. JAZUL, Potter Foyer. Arts Centre, St Kilda Rd. 11 pm. JAZZ JUMP with John Hawes, Railway Hotel.

Windsor. JAZZ UNLIMITED, College Lawn Hotel. Prahran (aft). JUBILEE BAND, Bridge Hotel. Richmond.

KIT CAT CLUB, Prince Patrick Hotel. Collingwood. KOALA JUMP, Music and Theatre Cafe. 316 Church St. Richmond LA VIDA NEW ORLEANS BAND, Grosve-nor Hotel.

St Kilda. MISTAKEN IDENTITY, Glasshouse Hotel. Collingwood. NEW ORLEANS SPECIAL with Sammy Rimington, Topsy Chapman, Geoff Bull's Olympia Jazz Band, Tankerville Arms Hotel. Fitzroy.

S15. Bookings 240 9032. RIVERBOAT BAND, Fountain Inn. Port Melbourne. SHELLEY SCOWN, STEVE HOPE, Madi- gans.

400 Sydney Rd. Brunswick. SILVER SERVICE DIXIELAND BAND, VJC. Museum Hotel. City.

SOCIETY FOUR, Station Tavern and Brewery. Prahran (aft). TIM HARDINGS COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA, Emerald Hotel. Sth Melbourne. MICHAEL SHMITH SPOLETO finished, you might be forgiven for thinking that music also might take a breather.

Not so next week, when there is much on to tempt the Melbourne music-lover out of Spoleto-induced retirement. Tomorrow at 8 pm, for example, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, fresh from its rendition of Scriabin's "Poem of Ecstasy' (complete with lights and perfume, as originally specified) is performing two Gershwin pieces whose fame is justly deserved: 'An American in Paris' and 'Rhapsody in Blue'. The latter piece (soloist. Piers Lane) is persuasive in its melodies from the very start, when that clarinet glissando whines its way up the scale. The piece was originally to be called 'American Rhapsody' but Gershwin, at the suggestion of his brother, Ira, abandoned that.

He found inspiration at a New York gallery exhibiting works by James McNeill Whistler. If he could have 'Nocturne in Black and Gold' or 'Arrangement in Gray and Black', why not a musical 'Rhapsody in Blue'? TURN AROUND JACKSON, Nicholsons Hotel. Carlton Nth. VINCE JONES, IDs. Prahran.

WILBUR WILDE'S BLOWOUT, The Reef. 126 Lt Collins St. City. WJAZ with Penny, Linda, Lindsay, Limerick Arms Hotel. Sth Melbourne.

YARRA YARRA BAND, Bells Hotel. Sth Melbourne. SUNDAY BBC QUARTET, Montsalvat. Hillcrest Ave. Eltham.

BLACK CAT, Bleak House Hotel. Albert Park (aft). BRIAN BROWN, MATTHEW CUN-LJFFE, Green Man, Malvern. CAIRO CLUB ORCHESTRA, Geebung Polo Club. Auburn.

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