Images of and thoughts about jazz gigs at Melbourne venues
CD LAUNCH: Andrea Keller launches her latest album, Wave Rider, with her quartet and a string quartet at The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, 7pm, Wednesday 20 November Pianist and composer Andrea Keller has taken music composed over the past three years and arranged it to include a string quartet comprising Erkki Veltheim violin, Helen Ayres violin, Matt Laing viola and Zoe Knighton cello. The launch … Continue reading QUARTETS MAKE WAVES
On loan from New York City, pianist and composer Barney McAll has two gigs in Melbourne before his return to the US. At Bennetts Lane Jazz Club at 9pm tonight (November 13, 2013) he will be in his Non-Compliance Trio with Jonathan Zwartz on bass and Hamish Stuart on drums. I’ll be working ’til midnight, but luckily I heard the trio at the recent Wangaratta … Continue reading TWO FROM BARNEY — BE QUICK
GALLERY: Tuesday, November 12, 8.30pm: SHANNON BARNETT QUARTET & STEPHEN MAGNUSSON Melbourne Jazz C0-operative What a treat to hear New York-based trombonist Shannon Barnett at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club last night, in a first set with guitarist Steve Magnusson. It’s comparing apples and oranges, but I was struck by what a contrast there was between Barnett’s warm, resonant tones and the amplified, electronic sound of Eric … Continue reading UNITY IN DUALITY
