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Mike Kenny
THE MIKE KENNY NONET AT THE SYDNEY FRINGE FESTIVAL
Reviewed by Eric Myers
Sydney Arts Guide, September 18, 2025
I’m of the view that jazz in many ways has gone backwards over the last 25 years, and is now in a parlous state, particularly in Sydney, where despite a marginal rise in live performance opportunities since the Covid pandemic, most professional jazz musicians are unable to make a decent living. Given this sort of pessimism, I was delighted, courtesy of the Sydney Fringe Festival, to come into contact with a positive phenomenon which hitherto has escaped my attention, and which could bode well for jazz into the future, depending on how widespread it is: the excellent work which a jazz-loving music teacher can do in various schools to benefit jazz…