ALL WE ARE SAYING — BILL FRISELL
CD review 3.5 stars Savoy Jazz Angst is not something associated with guitar maestro Bill Frisell, so when his quintet of violinist Jenny Scheinman, pedal steel and acoustic guitarist Greg Leisz, bassist Tony Scherr and drummer Kenny Wollesen tackles John Lennon’s pain-filled Mother, it’s not quite as dark as the original with lyrics. Frisell’s band bares the compositional bones of 16 Lennon songs (seven with … Continue reading ALL WE ARE SAYING — BILL FRISELL
TWO QUARTETS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE
GIG: Andrea Keller Quartet with strings, Bennetts Lane, Melbourne on Sunday 4 December 2011 at 8.30pm It’s been a busy time for award-winning pianist/composer Andrea Keller lately. On Sunday and Monday last week the Bennetts Lane Big Band performed one of her compositions (along with one by quartet member Eugene Ball, a horn player also well known as a composer). Then, on Tuesday, Keller played … Continue reading TWO QUARTETS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE
BAARTZ IS BACK
GIG: Women’s Festival Sextet, Bennetts Lane, Melbourne, 8.30pm, Tuesday 29 November (Melbourne Jazz Co-operative) There is no Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival this year, unfortunately, but there will an all-female sextet playing original material at Bennetts Lane on Tuesday. Since 2000, the MWIJF has sought to form a sextet each year of leading female musicians to perform and promote their material. This year the sextet’s … Continue reading BAARTZ IS BACK