Ed Kuepper seems to be in a fairly nostalgic mood these days. He recently reformed The Saints, and now he’s announced the Laughing Clowns will play together at this year’s Melbourne International Jazz Festival.
The April show will be the band’s first since 1985. The outfit, who dabbled in freeform jazz, bluegrass, and krautrock, formed in 1978 after Ed left The Saints. They split in 1985, but reformed again late last year. The line-up still features original members Louis Elliot on saxophone, Biff Miller on bass, and Alister Spence on keyboards.
The Melbourne International Jazz Festival is a week-long celebration featuring 55 events.