Victorian Jazz Club

VJC MOURNS PASSING OF PRESIDENT MAURIE FABRIKANT 16TH MAY 2012

Marg Hendrie — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:06:39 +0000

Maurie Fabrikant, President of the Victorian Jazz Club Inc. passed away at 10am on Wednesday 16th May, having battled with Motor Neurone Disease for the past 18 months. Maurie was President for the past five years, and has worked tirelessly to restore the Club to the happy and lively place it now is.

He will be sadly missed in the Melbourne jazz music world, and in the ranks of members of the Victorian Jazz Club.

Our thoughts are with Doreen, Ruth, Susie and Simon and their children at this sad time.

WEDNESDAY 23RD MAY – MID-WEEK DAYTIME JAZZ – DOUG RAWSON’S FOSTERS FOAMING 5

Marg Hendrie — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:22:14 +0000

Following the success of last year’s Seniors Week daytime jazz concert, and then another held in February, this will be the last mid-week concert before October when the next Seniors Week function will occur. Doug Rawson’s Fosters Foaming 5 will be a very entertaining group, as well as musically excellent, so those present are in for three hours of sheer enjoyment.

No seat reservations, so just be there by 11am when the music begins.
Music 11am – 2pm.
Entry price: $8
Free tea/coffee during breaks.
Bistro meals and light snacks available.
Drinks at Club prices
Excellent off-street parking facilities.
Close to public transport.

SATURDAY 19TH MAY – MOONEE VALLEY JAZZ BAND

Marg Hendrie — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:14:06 +0000

John Morrison’s Moonee Valley Jazz Band has been entertaining Melbourne jazz enthusiasts for many years, and makes a welcome return to the George Foster Room at the Clayton RSL on 19th May. This will be a night of top trad jazz, with lots of old evergreens being played, and excellent music for those who enjoy dancing. See you there!

Bookings: Phone 9583 5247
Entry: VJC Members $10, Non Members $15
Music: 7.30pm – 10.30 pm.
Doors Open 6.30 pm.

Excellent Bistro meals available
Adequate off street parking
Good Dance floor
Drinks at Club prices.

The 2011 Christmas Edition of Jazzbeat is here!

Marg Hendrie — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 06:30:36 +0000

Click here to download the 2011 Christmas edition of Jazzbeat

If you cannot view the magazine, please make sure you download the latest version of Adobe Acrobat

Welcome to the VJC Website

Marg Hendrie — Fri, 06 May 2011 23:06:48 +0000

Since the commencement of 2011, the new VJC website has been up and running with a brand new look, many links, and we are able to provide lots of information about the Jazz happenings in and around Melbourne.

We trust you will take the time to navigate through the various sections of the site, and glean all sorts of interesting information. And remember, if you have any queries, you have the facility to email the Club Secretary and have your questions answered.

Now into our second year of tenure as permanent “Saturday Night Residents” at the George Foster Room of the Clayton RSL – we are getting busier and busier – crowds now average well over 90 per evening, and the broad range of jazz/swing bands presented is meeting with great approval. For example – over the coming months of 2012 this is a taste of what you can expect to hear.

May The Cotton Club Orchestra

June Brett Iggulden (Sydney) and his top Melbourne musician friends.

July Ultrafox and Pearly Shells

August Shuffle Club, Jo Ruberto, Andrew Nolte’s Orchestra

September – Pippa Wilson, Shirazz, and Geoff Bull (Sydney)

October – Blues Express, Carol Ralph with Kate Dunbar

November – Stevenson’s Rockets, Craig Schneider.

So keep watching this website, which will give you weekly functions at the Victorian Jazz Club – email us for any further information using the Website email facility, and if you wish to book for any functions, call Jill on 9583 5247.

What’s happening at the VJC

Marg Hendrie — Fri, 06 May 2011 00:03:31 +0000

A BRIEF RESUME OF RECENT EVENTS

Saturday 12th May saw nearly 200 people pack the Clayton RSL to hear that wonderfully professional and musically excellent band – The Cotton Club Orchestra. Swing dancers were there in force, and the dance floor was packed all evening. Plenty of toe-tapping by those who were seated onlookers also! This band never fails to entertain and provide top class music and dancing entertainment.

Sunday 13th May was a most remarkable day – a Fund Raiser for the Motor Neurone Disease Association, run as a tribute to President Maurie Fabrikant who has been afflicted with this disease, saw 250 people return to the Clayton RSL for an all-day feast of jazz, cameraderie, music jams, band performances, and general “catch-up” by musicians from all over – they came from as far away as Newcastle, Wollongong, Adelaide, Canberra, Tasmania, and lots of places in between to pay homage to a great musician, President and genuine “all Australian guy”.

The handsome result saw the incredible amount of $9500 raised by a very small group of very hard-working people, with lots of assistance and input from other Jazz Clubs, members of the VJC not on the Committee and friends. A day that had to be seen to be believed!

UPCOMING DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES.

Saturday 19th May The ever popular John Morrison and his Moonee Valley Jazz Band

Wednesday 23rd May Mid-week Jazz – Foster’s Foaming 5
11am – 2pm. $8 entry, free tea/coffee
Saturday 26th May Peter Hooper’s Royal Garden Jazz Band
Saturday 2nd June Louisiana Shakers.

BOOKINGS FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE – PHONE JILL ON 9583 5247
Music – Winter Times 7.30pm – 10.30 pm. Doors Open 6.30pm.
Excellent Bistro meals available
Good off street parking facilities
Great Dance floor
Drinks at Club prices.

ADVANCE NOTICE OF FUND-RAISER FOR MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE ASSOCIATION.

Sunday 13th May there will be a Fund Raiser for this very worthy cause at the Clayton RSL from 11am until 5pm. This function will take the form of a Jam Session and Sit In for all the musicians who wish to attend, and particularly those who have ever played with our President, Maurie Fabrikant. Entry will be a $10 donation, there will be raffles, prizes, and every dollar raised will go to the MND Association. Please try to either attend, or just drop in – we know it’s Mothers Day, but if you wish to donate we’d love to see you. The core band on the day will be John Morrison’s Moonee Valley Jazz Band, and all musicians have very kindly donated their services for this fund-raising event.

For further details phone: Marg Hendrie on 9553 3850 or Jill Assauw on 9583 5247, or email any queries through the facility on this website.

Festivals this Year

Marg Hendrie — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 06:25:52 +0000

The following are the Jazz Festivals scheduled for 2012

2012 Festivals:

March 10th-13th Inverloch Jezz Festival

April 6th-9th Illawarra Easterfest, Wollongong NSW

April 20th-22nd Tooley Jazz at Tooleybuc Sporting Club NSW

May 5th – 6th Moe Music Festival VIC. Contact Bruce Lawn 5174 3516 or Bill Lawler on 5127 4783 or visit www.moemusicfestival.com.au

June 3rd-12th Melbourne International Jazz Festival

June 8th – 11th Merimbula Jazz Festival NSW

June 21st – 24th Barham 13th Jazz Festival NSW

November 16th – 18th Phillip Island Jazz Festival VIC Contact Robin Blackman – 0432 814 407 or email: phillipislandjazzfest.org.au

FURTHER CONTACT DETAILS FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE FESTIVALS MAY BE OBTAINED BY USING THE EMAIL FACILITIES ON THIS WEBSITE.

VJC MAGAZINES

Marg Hendrie — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:23:33 +0000

The Victorian Jazz Club produces two magazines—a monthly newsletter “Jazzbeat” and a magazine which is produced three times each year—”Jazzline”.

Jazzbeat gives details of all Jazz gigs, Festivals and Conventions in Melbourne, country Victoria and Interstate. A sample copy of this magazine is on this website, to give you an idea of what you would receive each month, should you care to join the Victorian Jazz Club.

Temporary Editor is Marg Hendrie, who can be contacted through this website.

Jazzline which is published three times per year is a magazine giving reviews of CDs, DVDs. profiles of bands, and items of interest about musicians, both local and International.

Editor is Mike McKeon, who can also be contacted through this website.

VJC Radio Programme

Marg Hendrie — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:21:25 +0000

For the past 38 years the Victorian Jazz Club has sponsored the radio program “Jazz on a Saturday” on Community Radio 3CR—855 am Band.

This program goes to air each Saturday from 4pm to 5.30 pm. Presenters are Roger Beilby, John Smyth, John Trudinger and Geoff Tobin.

This is Australian radio’s longest continuously running jazz program, and brings you a great and varied selection of jazz, as well as keeping you in touch with the latest news on the jazz scene, together with VJC gig updates.

Contact us here if you require further information about Jazz on a Saturday

2011 New Venue for the VJC

Marg Hendrie — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:46:31 +0000

Since 5th February 2011, the VJC has been operating from its new home of the Clayton RSL, Carinish Road, Clayton every Saturday night, with the exception of those dates when Festivals occur. You will be notified on this website of this during the year.

Given the greatly improved facilities at Clayton, we look forward to seeing you at our new venue sometime shortly.. The move was decided on by the committee in the best interests of the Club.

There is much more parking, a larger room, excellent catering and a great dance floor.

During 2011 we have some wonderful interstate artists booked to perform at the Clayton RSL: -

On Saturday May 7th we have Andy Firth coming from Sydney to perform with James Clark, Peter Hooper and Bill Polaine from Adelaide.

In September we are looking forward to a return visit from Geoff Bull & Gary Walford from Sydney – in October we have Kevin Goodie and Neil McBeth from Sydney, and in November, George Washingmachine is paying us a visit.

Quite a “Star-studded” year is planned for this year, interspersed with some of the following marvellous local bands, such as “Shuffle Club” , “Blues Express”, “Cairo Club” , ”Cotton Club” ”Pearly Shells” and many other top bands. Keep browsing this website in future weeks to keep up-to-date with what’s happening at the George Foster Room, Clayton RSL.

STOP PRESS! Watch this website for the Flood Relief Jazz Day on Tuesday 26th April – all monies raised go to the Brisbane Jazz Club to assist with their refurbishing after the devastating floods.

For more details on this Flood Relief Benefit Jazz Day on 26th April, please go to
“What’s Happening at the VJC”

More later!