April 2nd, 2023Old friends realise dream of a Good Friday at the Palais

Inner Melbourne original jazz stalwarts, the Reg Cole Quartet, are realising a decades-old dream in
playing their original music at the historic Palais- Hepburn on Good Friday.
Band founders and friends of 40 years, Sergio Ercole and Zac Teichmann, have wanted to play their music in the iconic Hepburn Springs live music venue since they formed the band back in the 90s in Melbourne.
Sergio, a renowned classical guitarist, said: “I’ve played at the Palais before but being on stage then I remembered how the band had always felt that our blend of jazz, latin and soul would be at home at the Palais.

“We played most of Melbourne’s best-known venues but the Palais had always eluded us. We are thrilled to finally realise that dream.”
The connection with Hepburn Springs goes even deeper, however, as Zac remembers coming to Hepburn
Springs every summer in his childhood, staying at his grandparents’ holiday house, Negev, across the road from the spa.
“I have such fond memories of walking down to the springs with them, carrying bottles and collecting mineral water at the pumps,” he said.
“Every summer I would stay with them for a few weeks, so playing at Hepburn Springs is really something special and personal for me.”
The Reg Cole Quartet normally plays every few months at the acclaimed Melbourne jazz venue, Paris Cat, but will be playing for the first time at the Palais on Good Friday.
“We play songs that we have written over 25 years, that cross genres of jazz, blues,
soul, latin and pop.
“We’ve been working on our sound and these songs since we met Justin (Justin
Lee on bass) and George (George Andrews on drums) in the early 90s at the Con
(Conservatorium of Music in Melbourne),” Sergio said.
Zac added: “We still get so much joy from playing together and we hope the audience feels that.”
Palais-Hepburn – Friday, April 7 at 7.30pm | Dinner & show available
Tickets: https://www.palais-hepburn.com/schedule/reg-cole-quartet
Link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j_Xn2sIs4lw