Talkin’ Jazz is a community music program for young musicians to meet, learn and play hosted and supported by the Brisbane Jazz Club.

It offers performance based jazz and improvisation programs for high school students who have an interest in playing jazz music and want to learn more about it and meet other like-minded musicians. 

"I loved it because it gave me a place to play without feeling judged."

Talkin' Jazz consists of three programs: monthly Jam Sessions, a Big Band, and Performance Workshops. All the programs are designed and facilitated by our fantastic mentors and grow and develop each year in response to participants.

If you are interested in attending a Jam Session come on down to the club and try it out! Visit the Jam Session page for more information including the registration form.

“They have an inspired approach to jazz education that creates an enjoyable culture for young people to develop creative, artistic, social and technical skills in jazz and improvised music” - Dr. Sandy Evans OAM.(Guest Mentor)

“Having thirty years’ experience in school education this is without doubt one of the best extra-curricular opportunities for students i’ve been exposed to”
- TJ Parent

The program offers opportunities for students to learn from and work with some of Brisbane’s and Australia's best jazz musicians and educators. In the past we've been visited by musicians including: Andrea Keller, Sandy Evans, John Morrison, Kristin Berardi, Ellen Kirkwood, Sam Anning, Zac Hurren, Ben Hauptmann, Rafael Karlen, Steve Newcomb, David Jones, Dan Quigley, Helen Russell and more!

"...it's such a supportive community."

"I got to socialise with everyone, express myself on my instrument, and have loads of fun."

Please note: The Brisbane Jazz Club or Talkin’ Jazz do not take responsibility for your instrument while attending the Jam Sessions, Big Band or the Workshops.

find the Brisbane jazz club

The Brisbane Jazz Club is right next to the Holman St. Ferry terminal.

talkin' jazz would like to thank our designer, megan crocombe

We would like to thank Megan Crocombe for creating, designing and illustrating for our program. We love what Megan has created and can't recommend her highly enough. She is very experienced not only in designing logos, posters and brochures but also in album art design for bands and much more. Just head to www.megancrocombe.com and check out her work for yourself.