Bennetts Lane Jazz Club
The Bennetts Lane Jazz Club[1] is a music venue in Melbourne, Australia, located off Little Lonsdale Street.[2] It has operated since 1992, with a second room, the Jazz Lab, opening in 2000.[3][4] The club hosts local and international musicians and is a venue for the Melbourne Jazz Festival. Lonely Planet has called it "the world's best jazz club" and it won the Best Venue Award at the Australian Jazz Awards in 2003[5] and 2004.[6][7] Musicians to perform there include:
- The Cat Empire
- Harry Connick, Jr.
- Chick Corea[8]
- Kurt Elling
- Herbie Hancock
- Abdullah Ibrahim[9]
- Branford Marsalis
- Wynton Marsalis
- Brad Mehldau
- Justin Timberlake
- Prince.[10]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Official website.
- ↑ Location at Google Maps.
- ↑ "Discover the Lane", Bennett's Lane. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ↑ Claire Halliday, "Can you dig it?", The Age, 2 May 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ↑ Carolyn Webb, "Top honour for jazz veteran 'Lazy Ade'", The Age, 29 August 2003. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ↑ Greg Burchall, "Giving is its own award", The Age, May 24, 2006. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ↑ Andra Jackson, "Round midnight in Melbourne", The Age, 18 April 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ↑ Michael Dwyer, "Prodigy makes great Corea move on her stairway to jazz heaven", The Age, 5 May 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ↑ Andra Jackson, "Don't ask me, I'm the conduit", The Age, 19 April 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ↑ Patrick Donovan, "Prince's secret gig not-so-secret", The Age, 12 October 2003. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
Coordinates: 37°48′32″S 144°58′3″E / 37.80889°S 144.96750°E