$20.00 – $30.00

The Fiona Burnett Band is an exciting ensemble project featuring virtuosic and lyrical soloists performing contemporary popular music, jazz standards and original works. Based on Burnett’s acclaimed 2006 CD album Imagine (one of her 9 albums as leader, 4 of which were on the ABC Jazz label), the band pays tribute to many well-known songs from the canon of popular music through reimagined interpretations of familiar melodies.

Founder of the all-female jazz quintet Morgana in 1992, Burnett also led her own groups (with collaborators such as drummer David Jones), and toured internationally from the early 1990s. This current ensemble brings together the dynamic line-up of Fiona Burnett (soprano saxophone), Mina Yu (piano), Christopher Hale (acoustic bass guitar) and Sonja Horbelt (drums).

Melbourne Jazz Co-Operative:

The Melbourne Jazz Co-operative is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting and promoting original live jazz performance by established and emerging artists in Melbourne.

Since 1983 our objectives have been to increase the exposure of contemporary jazz performance by making it accessible to audiences, and to provide award waged performance opportunities for emerging and established artists.

In addition to support derived from member contributions, the MJC is assisted by  the Victorian Government, through Creative Victoria, via its Arts Development Programs. MJC was assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body from 1983-2017 inclusive, and was delighted to receive Australia Council funding of $60,000 for our 2019 program.

The MJC received $40,000 from the Australia Council over the 2021/2022 Financial Year, and was pleased to received a grant of $75,341 from Creative Australia (with Music Australia contribution) for our 2025 Annual Program.

Our sold-out 40th Anniversary Concert at the Melbourne Recital Centre in May 2023 was supported by a $20,000 grant from Creative Victoria’s Creative Projects program.