GIG: St Patrick’s Hall, 4pm, October 30 Ian Date guitar, Nigel Date guitar, Howard Cairns double bass, Ian Cooper violin WHAT a quick trip — from Japan to the Hot Club of France in a few easy steps. With a sense of fun and much agility on strings, Date’s quartet ushered us into the world of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, into gypsy jazz and … Continue reading WANGARATTA JAZZ 2010 — IAN DATE QUARTET
GIG: WPAC Theatre, 3pm, October 30 Aaron Choulai piano, Yoshimoto Akihiro tenor sax, Komano Itsumi trombone, Sugawa Takashi bass, Tanaka Noritaka drums. IT RARELY works to arrive late at a gig. And it is equally not a great idea to leave a concert halfway through in order to hear something else. But at festivals clashes often occur, so these less-than-ideal late arrivals and early departures … Continue reading WANGARATTA JAZZ 2010 — AARON CHOULAI’S SISIA NATUNA
GIG: WPAC Memorial Hall, 2:30pm, October 30 Ian Chaplin alto sax, Philip Rex acoustic bass, Simon Barker drums THIS was an opportunity missed. ARIA award-winning saxophonist Ian Chaplin, who does not appear at gigs that often these days, played with Rex and Barker. It promised to be a fiery, full-on outing, but I had decided this was a time to grab some lunch. So I … Continue reading WANGARATTA JAZZ 2010 — IAN CHAPLIN TRIO
