Jazz festivals in and around Melbourne and Victoria
Scott Tinkler and Philip Slater trumpets, Simon Barker and Ken Edie drums, Carl Dewhurst and Stephen Magnusson guitars, Marc Hannaford piano Scott Tinkler wets his whistle This extended work — composed and improvised — was intended to represent the music of the folk in Tinkler’s life. Folk music it was not. I had to close my eyes to avoid being distracted by the man (Tinkler) … Continue reading WANGARATTA 2009 — AUSTRALIAN ART ORCHESTRA: FOLK
Ari Hoenig drums, Gilad Hekselman guitar, Jamie Oehlers tenor sax, Sam Anning bass Ari Hoenig Ari Hoenig is a fantastic drummer. His skill and obvious delight in displaying his party trick of varying the pitch on his drums provided my first festival highlight during the quartet’s performance of Bobby Timmons’s Moanin’ (made famous by Art Blakey, Hoenig reminded us). He tuned the drums, then used … Continue reading WANGARATTA JAZZ 09 — ARI HOENIG QUARTET
Charles Tolliver takes a solo. CHARLES TOLLIVER / JAZZGROOVE MOTHERSHIP ORCHESTRA What is the one sentence that can sum up this opening concert in the new Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre to open the 20th of these jazz festivals staged here? The phrase that comes to mind is “the utmost control mixed with the confidence of a conductor who knows he can let go”. That describes … Continue reading WANGARATTA 2009 – OPENING CONCERT
