The Bennetts Lane Jazz Club is a music venue, located off Little Lonsdale Street, in the Melbourne

Melbourne

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 CBD. The club hosts local and international musicians. Lonely Planet

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 has called Bennett's "the world's best jazz club". Bennetts Lane has been hosting musicians for 17 years The venue hosts musicians for the Melbourne Jazz Festival

Melbourne Jazz Festival

The Melbourne International Jazz Festival is an annual jazz music festival held in Melbourne, Australia from 4 - 13 June 2011.-History:The Melbourne International Jazz Festival was first held in 1998....

. Bennetts Lane won 'Best Venue award' at the Australian Jazz Awards in 2003 and 2004. Some musicians that have performed at the venue:

• The Cat Empire
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• Abdullah Ibrahim
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• Chick Corea
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• Wynton Marsalis
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• Prince
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• Harry Connick, Jr.
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• Christine Sullivan
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• Julia Messenger