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JMI Blog: Top 5 live gigs at JMI Live for 2016
by Gary Eldershaw - JMI Live Bar Manager As the stage lights at JMI Live fade for the last time in 2016, it seems like the most opportune time to reflect on the year of live music that...
The premier choice for music courses in Brisbane – auditions open for 2017 entry
The specialist jazz music school in Brisbane, Jazz Music Institute (JMI), has opened auditions for intake into its 2017 accredited courses. At JMI we believe that learning music through a...
Jazz and Dance in Brisbane – a resurgence in Brisbane’s jazz history
The connection between dance and music has always been inseparable. The history of jazz music is no different with early jazz infused with infectious rhythms and melodies designed for...
Essentially Ellington Down Under Regional Festival
August this year, JMI and Jazz at Lincoln Center brought Essentially Ellington to Australia to deliver the first nationwide Essentially Ellington Down Under Regional Festival (EE Down...
Breaking down the building blocks of Jazz Improvisation – Saxophonists
By Josh Hatcher - Saxophonist and lecturer at Jazz Music Institute Saxophonists have a habit of putting great players on a pedestal. Sometimes this means imagining that our idols have...
Why Jazz Lessons are a rock musician’s best friend! – Part 2 of 2 (Drums)
By Gary Eldershaw Part 2 of our blog on the benefits of learning jazz as a rock musician will focus on how learning jazz will improve your rock drumming. Studying jazz makes your drumming...
Why Jazz Lessons are a rock musician’s best friend! – Part 1 of 2 (Guitar)
The benefits of learning jazz for guitarists of all styles is often apparent to us at JMI music school in Brisbane. People can be a little hesitant to study jazz as they often don’t...
Vincent Gardner & Reggie Thomas from Jazz at Lincoln Center at JMI
What a weekend! JMI had the privilege of hosting Vincent Gardner and Reggie Thomas from Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York. Vince and Reggie spent 4 days in Brisbane taking various...
JMI students playing for Royalty!
A quartet of JMI students had the honour of performing for the royal couple, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, as they visited the great city of Brisbane. It was a great experience for the...
Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at the Lincoln Centre endorses JMI!
Over the Christmas break Dan Quigley, JMI's head of school, had a meeting with Wynton Marsalis, the world-renowned jazz musician and educator and Managing Director of Jazz at the Lincoln...