Brendan Fitzgerald

0 Ah Hum!

Casablabla, Adealide - Midnight Party

Ah Hum! 23rd December. Casablabla, Adelaide midnight party.

Cocinando Con Latin-jazz showcases dance music that migrated from Cuba and Puerto Rico to New York City, evolving into contemporary genres, Nuyorican Soul and Latin-jazz.

Ah Hum! Australian ten-piece Latin sensation, features singer/dancers, dynamic horns and powerful percussion, with Nepalese bassist Chi Thapa and pianist, Brendan Fitzgerald. Hailing from Chile, El Salvador, USA, Japan and Australia. These musicians have a wealth of international performing experience.

Ah Hum! Fuses driving rhythms, hot brass, saxophone, piano and bass lifting you to your feet with their infectious grooves of mambo, salsa, cumbia and cha cha cha. Mixing jazz arrangements with Afro-Cuban rhythms, this music cooks up a spicy melange of sounds.

★★★★ “This is a band I will be looking out for through the year. Accomplished, infectious and a whole lot of Latin fun!” The Clothesline, 2015

0 Carl Orr Ensemble at CoMA – Composers of Original Music Adelaide

Wheatsheaf Hotel - Thebarton, 8:00pm

CoMA with Carl Orr (UK) featuring Brendan Fitzgerald.

Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George St, Thebarton SA 5031.

Monday 11th December, 8:00pm.

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La Bomba Latin Dance Night The Gov - Hindmarsh

Ah Hum! 8th December. The Gov, Hindmarsh.

Cocinando Con Latin-jazz showcases dance music that migrated from Cuba and Puerto Rico to New York City, evolving into contemporary genres, Nuyorican Soul and Latin-jazz.

★★★★ “This is a band I will be looking out for through the year. Accomplished, infectious and a whole lot of Latin fun!” The Clothesline, 2015

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Casablabla, Adelaide, Midnight Party

Ah Hum! 21st October Midnight Party. Casablabla, Adelaide.

Cocinando Con Latin-jazz showcases dance music that migrated from Cuba and Puerto Rico to New York City, evolving into contemporary genres, Nuyorican Soul and Latin-jazz.

★★★★ “This is a band I will be looking out for through the year. Accomplished, infectious and a whole lot of Latin fun!” The Clothesline, 2015

0 MOJITO! expanded show, Adelaide Fringe

Mojito.A3 final B

eMotion Music’s revised and expanded production, MOJITO! will be listed on the Fringetix website for early ticket sales on 25th October. We are running five shows at The Top Room, Arkaba Hotel, Glen Osmond Road, Parkside from Wednesday, 21st to Sunday 25th February. MOJITO! is returning in a new two-hour version including interval, so why not make a night of it with our host, Ernest Hemingway at his La Bodeguita Del Medio cocktail bar and our lineup of stellar international and Australian Latin musicians.

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Pepper Tree - Old Coach Rd, Aldinga, 8:00pm

Ah Hum! 9th September 8:00pm. Pepper Tree, 445 Old Coach Road, Aldinga, South Australia.

Cocinando Con Latin-jazz showcases dance music that migrated from Cuba and Puerto Rico to New York City, evolving into contemporary genres, Nuyorican Soul and Latin-jazz.

★★★★ “This is a band I will be looking out for through the year. Accomplished, infectious and a whole lot of Latin fun!” The Clothesline, 2015

0 TAKE FIVE and SWING to be put to rest

Due to unforeseen circumstances, I’ve regretably decided to withdraw further performances of TAKE FIVE and SWING productions. We will focus now on MOJITO! for 2018, so watch out for updates regarding the return of that show in early 2018. This includes dates in Sydney in early March and a possible remount for the Adelaide Fringe Festival in late February. Many thanks to all who have performed in TAKE FIVE and SWING since 2012 and to our audience members who have come to see these two productions these past few years. It means a lot to have had your positive input and feedback. Please continue to support live music and theatre.

0 SWING returns for one show only!

Our five-star reviewed show from the 2016 Adelaide Fringe will return for one date only in Willunga, South Australia on Saturday 24th June. The two-hour show covers the major personalities, music and events of the seminal swing era from 1930’s to the end of WWII. Featuring a four piece horn section, piano, bass and drums plus vibrant singers, Gabrielle Ballard and Ben Gatehouse, actor/narrator, Steve Gration and dancer/choreographer, Diana Scalzi, “SWING” takes you on a fast moving journey through some of the greatest jazz dance music of all time.

8pm at Willunga Festival Hall. Tickets $45 and $40 concession.

https://www.trybooking.com/book/sessions?eid=273292

0 Take Five

Ballarat - Her Majesty's

Take Five: the Dave Brubeck Story presents the music of the famous jazz quartet of the 1950’s and 60’s with images from Brubeck’s life and times through the eyes of 1940’s and 50’s radio presenter, Jimmy Lyons, who helped launch Dave’s career.

Presented as a radio broadcast with Brendan Fitzgerald narrating from the piano, Brubeck’s compositions are played using authentic transcriptions from the quartet’s famous albums.

The title is taken from the seminal ‘Take Five’, the highest selling jazz instrumental of all time, featured on the 1959 album, ‘Time Out’, the first platinum-selling jazz disc, moving more than one million copies.

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Adelaide Fringe - Rooftop Bar at Kent Town Hotel

Cocinando Con Latin-jazz showcases dance music that migrated from Cuba and Puerto Rico to New York City, evolving into contemporary genres, Nuyorican Soul and Latin-jazz.

Party with Ah Hum! At the Kent Town Hotel roof-top for a picante feast that will whet your appetite for more.

★★★★ “This is a band I will be looking out for through the year. Accomplished, infectious and a whole lot of Latin fun!” The Clothesline, 2015