Images of and thoughts about jazz gigs at Melbourne venues
GIG: Benefit concert for Bernie McGann, Sunday 1 September, 2013, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, organised by Melbourne Jazz Co-operative This is one of my favourite pictures of Bernie McGann. I have plenty of others in which he is blowing up a storm, his brow covered in sweat, or gently transporting us with a ballad. But this picture shows Bernie seated, as is his habit, listening … Continue reading KEEP THIS NIGHT CLEAR FOR BERNIE
REVIEW Sarah McKenzie Quartet and Silo String Quartet, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Friday 16 August 2013 Sarah McKenzie piano, vocals; Hugh Stuckey guitar; Hugh Harvey drums; Tamara Murphy bass Aaron Barnden violin, Andrea Keeble violin, Ceridwen Davies viola, Caerwen Martin cello There’s a story in every gig, and in this outing it came in the second set, when we learned that we would be treated to … Continue reading WHEN KEITH JARRETT COMPLAINED
GIG REVIEW / PREVIEW: Nat Bartsch Trio, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne, 9pm Thursday 25 April 2013 with guest saxophonist Kieran Hensey; Thursday 2 May and Thursday 9 May with guest vocalist Gian Slater. What was intended to be a brief review of the Nat Bartsch Trio’s debut in its present line-up (Bennetts Lane, 26 March) has become a short preview for a CD launch … Continue reading NAT’S BACK, WITH NEW TRIO AND NEW ALBUM
