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Thanks to Eric Pozza of Canberra Jazz blog for his complimentary post.

Bella Groove certainly had a great time playing at the Hippo Co on the 14th January. It was great to see people get up and dance to our Latin & Jazz blues numbers in the last set!

We tried some new tunes this time, including: Beatrice by Sam Rivers, Stolen Moments by Oliver Nelson, a jazzy interpretation of Temptation by Tom Waits.

Joe Taylor, tenor sax player was an added bonus. He was called in short notice and did a fantastic job.

We look forward to our next gig at the fabulous Hippo Co bar!

 

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Bella Groove will be playing again at Pheast in Manuka this Sunday, January 25th!

Pheast is such a cool layback Sunday afternoon gig. I’m looking forward to playing funky, R&B grooves with Peter Barta (bass), Robert Nesci (drums) and Jonathan Mao sitting-in on guitar!!

So come along, grab a drink or late lunch, early dinner and sit back to Bella Groove’s funky tunes from 3 to 6pm!

It’s also the Australia Day weekend so no excuse not to come down and chill out at Pheast Manuka’s beer garden!

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Below are a few photos from our End of Year Student Concert. Everyone did a tremendous job performing. The concert was a success. We’ll definitely be holding more student concerts in 2015!

I was proud to present a concert for my students with my friend and colleague Juanita Cucinotta of Queen Juanita Music on the 6 December 2014.

It was a fabulous opportunity for students of all ages to get up and perform in front of family and friends. Some students had already experienced performing in public whilst others had stepped out for the first time!

Regardless of experience, there was a good deal of stage fright on the day. So there was plenty of mutual hugging and supportive comments backstage!

Photographs by Louise Brooks.

 

Elise & Ann-Catherine
Tom -“Maria”
Annie-“You must love me”
Sally -“Jingle Bell Rock”
Daisy-“I can hear the bells”
My Skype student Maya
Acappella group- “Yellow bird”
gospel-blues group
Rory jazzing it up!

 

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It will be BellaGroove’s last gig at the HippoCo for 2014! We’ll play some of our favourite tunes including a couple of soul & R&B tunes to round off the night.

It’s been fun playing at the HippoCo this year. There is always a warm and receptive crowd!

The line-up for this gig will be: John Burgess on (bass), Taliya Blom (drums), Don Fraser  (Keyboard), Sinuhe Pacheco (percussion) and myself on flute and vocals.

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I’m excited to be playing at Smiths Alternative Bookshop for the first time!

Here’s the line-up!

Elise Walsh – flute/vocals
Stuart King – guitar
Tom Fell – sax
John Burgess – bass
Derrick Brassington – drums

See Bellagroove at Smiths November 6

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Expect something a little different from Bella Groove at this Sunday “Sangria” Sounds gig. Here’s the lineup:

Elise Walsh – flute/vocals
Don Fraser – keyboard
Taliya Blom – drums
John Burgess – bass
Sinhue Pacheco – percussion
Jon Mao – bass

See Bellagroove at Smiths November 6