If Daniel Gassin’s name is not seductive enough to lure you, his lyrical contemporary sounds are. Catch this inventive French influenced pianist and composer’s Sextet.
At: Uptown Jazz Café
Date: 12th June
Time: 8.30pm
Price: $12

A Night Uptown
On a chilly Melbourne night, the red glow of Uptown Jazz Café is inviting as you mount the dark staircase. Its appeal is straightforward jazz, with an iconic Charlie Parker photograph perfectly pitched.
Uptown has only been open six months, and boasts an art deco interior, stylised Japanese bar shelves and mirrored stage. Black and white 1950 (French subtitled) movies are screened before jazz performances. The windows are lined with bar stools, reminiscent of bars in Japan. It is anchored upstairs from Akari Japanese restaurant where it sources its …