Jazz

PBS has been a welcome home to jazz since its inception. With contemporary jazz, swing, Latin, fusion, lounge, free and vocal jazz on offer throughout the week, you’ll find jazz for every taste on PBS.

News

Nick Pennington Quartet recorded live at The Jazzlab

Sun 2 Oct 2022
PBS News

On Sunday September 4, the Melbourne Jazz Co-operative presented guitarist Nick Pennington, recently returned to Australia from New York, in concert at The Jazzlab in Brunswick.  

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Congratulations to the winners of our Spring Celebration prize draw!

Sat 1 Oct 2022 to Mon 31 Oct 2022
PBS News
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Soul A Go Go October 1

Sat 1 Oct 2022
PBS Events

Melbourne's premier soul and funk party, Soul A Go Go, is back on the first Saturday of every month at Brunswick Ballroom.

John Scofield

Mon 26 Sep 2022
Studio 5 Live

John Scofield is without doubt one of the true legends of jazz guitar.  For almost 50 years ‘Sco’ has been recording and releasing music, and touring the world’s stages both as band leader and as the ultimate ensemble player.  His list of collaborators reads like a who’s who of 20th and 21st century jazz.   

Makaya McCraven - In These Times

Mon 26 Sep 2022 to Sun 2 Oct 2022
Feature Sounds

Makaya McCraven's album In These Times is this week's PBS Feature Album.

Black Jesus Experience - Good Evening Black Buddha

Mon 19 Sep 2022 to Sun 25 Sep 2022
Feature Sounds

Black Jesus Exprience's album Good Evening Black Buddha is this week's PBS Feature Album. 

Inspired by the land we live on and the connection to all that have gone before and will follow, inspired by the multicultural power of our community, inspired by the paradox of the story of the Black Buddha. From the perversity of the pandemic and its imposition of separation comes Good Evening Black Buddha, celebrating togetherness. Darkness is light.

Vale Uncle Jack Charles

Tue 13 Sep 2022
PBS News

PBS is deeply saddened by the passing of Boon Wurrung, Dja Dja Wurrung, Woiwurrung and Yorta Yorta Elder Uncle Jack Charles, who passed away Monday night. All of us here at the station send our love to his family and loved ones, and the countless folks who's lives he has touched.

Marlon Williams - My Boy

Mon 12 Sep 2022 to Sun 18 Sep 2022
Feature Sounds

Marlon Williams' third record My Boy is this week's PBS Feature Album. 

The New Zealand singer/songwriter announces an artist emerging anew. Gone is the solemn, country-indebted crooner with the velvet voice - in his place comes a playful, shapeshifting creature. 

Julia Jacklin - PRE PLEASURE

Mon 5 Sep 2022 to Sun 11 Sep 2022
Feature Sounds

Julia Jacklin's third album PRE PLEASURE is this week's PBS Feature Album. 

Conceived upon returning to Australia at the end of a huge world tour, and finished in a frantic few months of recording in Montreal, "The songs on this record took either three years to write or three minutes". PRE PLEASURE sees Julia Jacklin expanding beyond her signature sound, while conjuring the ripples and faultlines caused by unreliable communication. 

Data Entry in Concert

Sun 4 Sep 2022
PBS News

Data Entry is a new trio formed by drummer/composer Luke Andresen, featuring Bernard Alexander (alto saxophone) and Sam Anning (electric bass). They debuted at a presentation by the Melbourne Jazz Co-operative at The Jazzlab on Sunday June 5, 2022.