Back in February 2021 we had the massive honour to play two nights at Hamer Hall with The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Over 50 people were on stage and it was something that truly felt like a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Melbournians had just emerged from the city's first major lockdown, the gift of seeing and playing live music again seemed to carry extra weight for everyone in the room. Our saxophonist Damon Grant was making his return to the stage for the first time after defeating a life-threatening illness. We had also recently learned the sad news of the passing of our musical brothers Pierre Baroni and Dion Hirini. All of the raw emotion in the room, along with the incredible arrangements from our very own Ross Irwin, galvanised the band and the audience to make these shows count.
We are so happy to announce the Live At Hamer Hall album.
The LP is released on Dec 2nd on Ltd Ed Turquoise Vinyl with CD/DIG out Feb 3rd.
Melbourne International Jazz Festival
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Excited to announce that we’ll be bringing the full 11-piece Menagerie line up to the stage as part of Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2022! Friday October 14th at Darebin Arts.
Grab your tickets here:
NEW LIVE BAMBOOS VIDEO
/We’ve dropped another clip taken from The Bamboos livestream show from 2021. The latest is the crowd favourite ‘Ride On Time’. Subscribe to The Bamboos YouTube channel to never miss any of our video clips, live footage or music!
NEW LANCE FERGUSON 7 INCH OUT NOW!
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Not one but two LF projects dropping 45s this week! Taken from the Rare Groove Spectrum Vol. 2 album, the A side is a take on Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers cover of Gladys Knight's “Got Myself a Good Man”. Backing things up is the undeniable latin-funk strut of Mandrill's Mango Meat.
NEW BAMBOOS 7 INCH SINGLE OUT NOW!
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We’re always excited to drop new vinyl and our latest is a 45 with live fave “Nothing I Wanna Know About” on the A-side (check that cowbell breakdown!). On the flip is “Bad Line”, which makes it’s first appearance on wax after coming out on the digital Deluxe Edition of Hard Up late last year. Snap ‘em up while they last!
BAMBOOS PLAY THE USA ON JAM CRUISE 19
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Yes, The Bamboos are coming to America.
We're so excited to announce that we'll be jumping on board Jam Cruise 19, Feb 6-12th 2023! We’ll be joined by Cymande, George Porter Jr., Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, John Medeski and so many more! Six days of non-stop music on the good ship MSC Divina, as she winds her way through the Caribbean, from Miami, Florida to Puerta Plata, The Dominican Republic and Ocean Cay, Bahamas.
You can pre-book cabin selection May 9-11th and tickets are on sale May 12th 11am US ET.
We cannot wait!
