Jazz festivals in and around Melbourne and Victoria
Saturday performance by Ari Hoenig drums, Gilad Hekselman guitar, Jamie Oehlers tenor sax, Sam Anning bass Ari Hoenig Text to come here for this gig, which i left after Moanin’ … Ari Hoenig Continue reading WANGARATTA JAZZ 09 — ARI HOENIG QUARTET
Anthony Pateras on prepared piano and electronics, Sean Baxter on drums and percussion and David Brown on prepared guitar Anthony Pateras: Was that piano prepared for what happened? Text to come for this amazing gig. Not a long dissertation, but some thoughts. The lighting really worked for these guys (and few others), but that’s incidental to the music. Still it all adds atmosphere. Let’s hear … Continue reading WANGARATTA JAZZ 09 — PATERAS, BAXTER, BROWN
Saturday, October 31, performance by US trumpeter and band leader Charles Tolliver with the orchestra Band leader Charles Tolliver is attentive during an Aaron Flower solo. It’s funny how little things can so easily sway us. On the final night of this festival, a while after the last gig, I was on my way back to the motel to start writing a festival review and … Continue reading WANGARATTA JAZZ 09: CHARLES TOLLIVER & JAZZGROOVE MOTHERSHIP ORCHESTRA
