Southern Highlands Jazz Inc. | Performance & event venue

Southern Highlands Jazz Inc.

Phone: +61 420 817 407

Add/Update information

Reviews

Tags

• Businesses
• Arts and entertainment
• Performance & event venue
• Jazz & blues club

24.01.2022 Thought you might like to see Ben as kid playing with the late great Tom Baker

24.01.2022 Another great recording from our amazing gig last year at the Bowral Golf Club featuring Professor Cunningham and his Old School with the classic 'St James Infirmary Blues'. We'll keep these videos coming until we are back up and running with live shows. Keep an eye out for announcements via this page, or sign up to our email list at https://www.shjazzinc.com.

23.01.2022 I know we are all missing our live jazz in the Southern Highlands, and we hope to be back soon. (Watch this space!) In the meantime, we'll be sharing some video from one of our gigs last year. Up first is Professor Cunningham and his Old School playing the Woody Herman's tune 'Noah'.

22.01.2022 Wonderful jazz pianist, Peter Locke, will be back to entertain us at the Gibraltar Hotel Bowral tomorrow (Saturday 26 September) from 3pm. Hope to see you there!

22.01.2022 Looking forward to enjoying some great piano from the amazing Peter Locke tomorrow at the Gibralter Hotel from 3pm ... hope to see you there! For now though, enjoy this blast from the past featuring Oscar Peterson and Count Basie playing "Jumpin at the Woodside", recorded in 2008. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIs1vcoPQbw

21.01.2022 Hi, Nicki here. Had a good chat our brilliant pianist, Peter Locke, who will be back at the Gibraltar Hotel in Bowral this Saturday from 3pm. It would be great if as many people go along to show support and, as I've said before, enjoy a "glass of" or "cup of" something while listening to some wonderful music. He'd love to see you there, and I hope to see you there too! (A couple of people commented to me that they were worried that Peter was playing a regular gig at the ...Star Casino which has had some positive Covid tests etc. I'd like to clarify that he just did the one gig there three weeks ago, and has now had a Covid test (just in case) which was negative.) To remind you of just how good Peter is, here is another video from the Devonport Jazz Festival in Retrospect, featuring the Peter Locke Trio playing a Salute to Nat King Cole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwZu2_jX9Hk&feature=share

21.01.2022 JAZZ CARD GAME UPDATE....50 more copies released due to popular demand! Get in quick...the last batch sold out in 7 hours! Dispatched in c. 2 weeks, just in ti...me for the next lockdow! ORIGINAL POST the world really needs A Jazz Card Game you say?? Proud to release this fun project i've been working on during the COVID lockdown with some fellow local Jazz Musicians. The jazz game is a bespoke pick-n-pass card game where the objective is for each jazz musician to make as much money as possible. Played over 3 sets, followed by a late night hang, players perform multiple gigs, chase royalties, build LP collections, hoard vintage axes, form big bands, deliver encores, acquire record deals, hang out late and if necessary, steal each others gigs. Tested extensively by real jazz musicians and designed by one of Australia’s most notorious tenor men, the Jazz Game is a simple to play, yet strategy laden, fun game for the entire band. Available for pre-purchase, with delivery September 1, 2020...get your hands on one of the exclusive first release copies, limited to 50 decks. 112 professionally printed cards on matte finish, high quality playing cards stock with rounded edges...at AU$24.95 plus postage the Jazz Game is the only decent thing to come out of 2020’s COVID lockdown. Purchase: https://www.australiannationaljazzorchestra.com//the-jazz- More info including rules and types of cards: https://www.australiannationaljazzorchestra.com/the-jazz-ca Big thanks to Aaron Jansz Marike Van Dijk Grace Cockburn Isabelle Rainbow Joshua Hatcher Lachlan McKenzie Dan Quigley Nick Quigley Bradley McCarthy Joseph Roberts for all the late hangs and thorough development/testing of the Jazz Game.

20.01.2022 When you see and hear a piece like this one featuring the late Janet Seidel and Chuck Morgan and our very own David Seidel ... you really do take a sentimental journey. How lucky are we to still be able to enjoy this great music! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrUuT_l38e8

19.01.2022 Links to some great online collaborations thanks to Wollongong Conservatorium of Music and ABC Illawarra!

19.01.2022 Don't forget that Peter Locke will be back at the Gibraltar Hotel, Bowral, for a couple of hours from 3pm Saturday ... so why not make sure you get along to enjoy some great piano from our very own maestro! Here for your enjoyment is a video featuring the Adrian Cunningham quintet, including Peter Locke. It was filmed some years ago (2009) but I'm sure you'll agree, this music never gets stale! Enjoy!... https://www.youtube.com/watch See more

19.01.2022 The joint is jumpin’ with sumptuous LIVE JAZZ fare @ Gibraltar Hotel Bowral thanks to Southern Highlands Jazz Inc. featuring Ben Jones, Peter Locke, David J Seidel & Josh Morgan... More please

19.01.2022 The boys auditioning a new drummer. Merry Christmas everyone!

18.01.2022 I don't know about everyone else, but I'm really missing the regular gigs we affectionately call "Sunday Sessions Jazz" at the Bowral Golf Club. So to remind everyone of just how good our musos are, I thought I'd post some videos. This one is from the Devonport Jazz Festival (who are posting a range of their "in retrospect" series). This one features the great Ben Jones doing what he does so well on sax. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch

17.01.2022 Last chance for tickets - it’s this Friday night! JAZZ MUSIC with David Theak Ben Jones John Harkins & Jacob Graham

17.01.2022 Saturday is fast approaching again when we can get along to listen to Peter Locke doing what he does so well on the piano at the Gibraltar Hotel, Bowral, from 3pm. For those of you who have become regulars, please note that on this occasion he will be playing in Harvey's Bar, not the Gallery as usual. Just for fun, here is some footage featuring the Peter Locke Trio with Gregg Arthur, recorded at the Devonport Jazz festival in 2018. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch Devonport Jazz In Retrospect - Gregg Arthur & the Peter Locke Trio 2018

17.01.2022 If you're planning to visit the Gibraltar Bowral to enjoy hearing Peter Locke on piano, please note that there's been a change to his start time. Tomorrow (Saturday 10 Oct) he will be playing from 2 until 4. Hope to see you there!

16.01.2022 REMINDER - 2PM START! For anyone coming along to listen to the amazing Peter Locke on the piano today (Saturday) at the Gibraltar Hotel in Bowral, don't forget he starts playing at 2pm in Harveys Bar. What a great way to spend the afternoon for a couple of hours! Hope to see you there!

16.01.2022 We have SOLD OUT! Thanks to everyone who purchased tickets. We look forward to seeing you on the 18th. If you missed out this time, don't worry: we hope to have another gig coming up in November. To be kept up-to-date on what's happening, please go to http://www.shjazzinc.com/ and sign up to our mailing list.

14.01.2022 UPDATE ... UPDATE ... UPDATE There are not many tickets left for our last gig for 2020, when we'll be presenting one of Sydney’s premiere vocalists and trombonist extraordinaire, Dan Barnett! The band will be playing from 2-5pm. The $30 ticket price (plus $0.50 booking fee) is for event entry only. We have table seating, with a maximum of 10 people per table due to COVID-19. Doors will open from 1:00pm with food and drinks available for purchase from the bar. Our Christmas sh...ow is always fun ... so come along and join us! Here is the link to book but get in quickly ... you don't want to miss out. https://www.trybooking.com/BNJFP See more

10.01.2022 Here's the recording of a cracking all-in jam to close our gig last year, with the band playing a song written by Sid Robin and Charlie Shavers ... there's nothing "undecided" about this one!

10.01.2022 Brilliant pianist, Peter Locke, who is a member of our wonderful "Sunday Sessions Jazz" quartet, will be back at the Gibraltar Hotel in Bowral from 3pm tomorrow (Saturday). Once again he will be performing in Harvey's Bar - so why not come along to enjoy some great music, maybe with some afternoon tea or a "cup of", or "glass of" something. Hope to see you there!

10.01.2022 Full house at the Gibraltar Hotel Bowral for our first gig back since March. Following COVID-19 safe rules!

10.01.2022 I don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to listening to some great music from maestro Peter Locke at the Gibraltar Hotel in Bowral tomorrow from 3pm for a couple of hours. I hope to see as many of you as possible too! In the meantime, here is a clip from the much missed Janet Seidel, with Chuck Morgan who, sadly, has also left us, accompanied by David Seidel and Ben Jones. "The Way You Look Tonight". It's a great piece, and I hope you enjoy it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UPIx0w_OXk

09.01.2022 Sunday Sessions Band in full swing with Dan Barnett at Gibraltar Hotel Bowral

09.01.2022 Tea for two? What could be better for a cold and rainy afternoon in the Southern Highlands! Here's our Sunday Sessions Jazz Band featuring Warwick Alder, recorded last year at the Bowral Golf Club.

08.01.2022 Sage words from Herbie Hancock!

07.01.2022 Our good friend Peter Locke is going to be back at the Gibraltar Hotel in Bowral tomorrow afternoon from 3. I've spoken with the hotel and they recommend booking ... but I'm pretty sure they'll welcome you even if you haven't booked!

05.01.2022 We're back! We have just 8 tickets still available for our first live gig in 7 months. Sunday Sessions Jazz is at a new venue - Gibraltar Hotel Bowral - in the beautiful 'Observatory' room. Booking details are in the event listing, or you can go to https://www.trybooking.com/BJBVW.

03.01.2022 Guess who is back at the Gibraltar Bowral playing some wonderful jazz from 3pm tomorrow (Saturday). Yes, it's the talented Peter Locke! So what better way to spend a couple of hours on a Saturday afternoon than enjoying some great music with a "glass of" or "cup of" something along with some tasty treat from the kitchen. Hope to see you there!

01.01.2022 Our wonderful jazz pianist, Peter Locke, will be back at the Gibraltar Hotel in Bowral tomorrow afternoon (Saturday 25th July) from 3pm for a couple of hours. With the weather report looking "not so good", it seems to me that it would be a good place to go and enjoy a "cup of" or "glass of" something, kick back, and enjoy some great music. Hope to see you there!