Cock Your Sax, Annie; Manly Jazz Has Arrived

When the jazz man’s testifying a faithless man believes.

Which means in the country of jazz’s origin its capacity to excite the human soul is only effective about 20% of the time. And due to the rise in nationalist-cum-religious hysteria, that percentage will only decrease.

It’s a shame.

Though jazz shares some of the tendencies of religious sermons, namely, the ability to last for six hours in a somehow both cacophonous and boring manner, its moments of mellifluousness are far greater in number than the Church’s canon whose musical zenith is ‘Unless a Grain of Wheat’ (We are, of course, choosing from the least bloodthirsty Church refrains, though they tend to be the ones with the most romantic orchestral swells…for some reason).

Jazz is the orphaned child of a bible-swilling country on a bender; the only stage provided for a trumpet is that of a mass grave, because that’s the only time you’ll be able to hear a trumpet over the sound of millions of hillbillies cocking their guns.

Jazz is looking for a new home.

Enter: Manly Jazz.

The internationally acclaimed Manly Jazz is back.

It’s known worldwide for its beautiful location and the diversity of music it presents, from traditional New Orleans jazz to funk, Latin, fusion, blues, gospel, swing and roots – with performances in multiple indoor and outdoor venues including major stages alongside the world famous Manly Beach.

If you know your jazz cats, you’ll be excited to see names on the program like Carl Allen, who’ll share his 30 years of diverse experience in the industry through musical storytelling, and Nina Ferro and Nic Jeffries who will perform a tribute set honouring one of their central influences, Aretha Franklin. Others on the roster include the ’80s jazz fusion group Back to Back, Moruya local Alice Terry, and Veneno who combine Afro-Latin beats with contemporary jazz.

Okay, so Manly isn’t going to be a permanent new home for jazz. More of a three day layover.

But it’s pulling out all the stops to make that orphan feel welcome.

Manly is sultry, sexy, overflowing with heroin, and just so the transition isn’t too jarring, there’ll still be a couple of bibles around.

They make brilliant coasters.

 

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