Jazz festivals in and around Melbourne and Victoria
John Clare in full flight as extempore editor Miriam Zolin reflects. Wangaratta Festival of Jazz opens with a journal Yes, the latest – third – issue of the journal extempore has been launched at St Patricks Hall at the opening of the 2009 Wangaratta Festival of Jazz. Mick Nock set the volume on its way and editor/publisher Miriam Zolin looked relieved that it had all … Continue reading WANGARATTA 2009 – EXTEMPORE LAUNCH
CD cover to come ON its third album, recorded live in June last year at Bennett’s Lane, the quintet reflects the whole jazz tradition, with bassist bandleader Leigh Barker drawing on blues, country and gospel influences in his four compositions. It’s honest, unpretentious music played with obvious joy and a commitment to good old fashioned swing. Beethoven Blues and Lynnville hark back to 2005’s Off … Continue reading Lynnville — Leigh Barker Quintet
CD cover to come (Lamplight) THERE’S disorder in the house, as Warren Zevon would put it. Shares are falling, temperatures rising and super suddenly not so. At such times music can express our pain (Scott Tinkler’s solo trumpet, perhaps) or soothe our soul. Robson’s Trio offers a sublime escape. In its second album with this line-up (composer Robson on saxophones and descant recorder, Steve Elphick … Continue reading Radiola — Andrew Robson Trio
