Events

January 13^th, 2025

Dear former members of Jazz Australia.

Thank you to all who attended my ‘Last Hurrah’ on November 24^th, for the

occasion of the 50^th Anniversary of Jazz Australia! It was a memorable

occasion with 155 in attendance plus Stevenson’s Rockets to entertain us so

superbly along with the Swedish trombonist Jens Lindgren who had flown out

from Sweden especially for the occasion!

Also thanks to the Queenscliffe Historical Museum who took such care of our

culinary requirements all afternoon, and the bar. They made a little over $3000

for the Museum which was badly needed and I was delighted about assisting. I

will never forget my Last Hurrah and thank you to all those who joined in for

such a memorable occasion.

I was particularly thrilled that my three sons attended the event as something

they considered a milestone in their mother’s life, and so they turned up from

all over Australia. Included also were two of my teenage grandchildren who

attended with their parents from Perth and loved every minute of it.

My new role in semi-retirement is as a Jazz Consultant, and my new client is

Barry Iddles the owner of the delightful Queenscliffe restaurant 360q. Barry

has offered to take over my Quarterly Sunday Jazz Luncheons on condition

that I choose the jazz ensembles for him, which I’m thrilled to do. The first of

these events will be the Summer Jazz Luncheon on Sunday Feb. 2^nd with The

Easy Does It Swing Quartet which features the wonderful jazz vocalist

Georgia Brooks. Jon Hunt is a reed player par excellence and they will be

accompanied by the great acoustic bassist Tamara Murphy and the highly

revered guitarist Sam O’Hallaran.

Try Booking will be handling the bookings for 360q and the tables will seat 10.

A beautiful grazing menu will be served all afternoon.

I do hope to see you there on Feb. 2^nd for a new era of great jazz on the

Bellarine!

Diana Allen