IT’S BIG BAND WEEK IN MELBS
GIG: Tuesday, October 4, 7.30pm to 10.30pm, The Apartment, 401 Little Bourke St, Melbourne. Entry $10 If you like big band music — and that undoubtedly includes any who caught the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra’s gig at Stonnington Jazz this year — there are treats in store this week. The Bennetts Lane Big Band has its regular monthly gig at Bennetts Lane (as you’d expect) on … Continue reading IT’S BIG BAND WEEK IN MELBS
THE DRUM ON NATIONAL JAZZ AWARDS FINALISTS
Duties related to a certain annual report have delayed this post, but if you haven’t heard the latest on the national jazz awards at this year’s Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues then read on. Ten drummers will perform in competition during the festival, which runs from Friday, October 28 to Monday, October 31 October, competing for a first prize of $8000 and a studio … Continue reading THE DRUM ON NATIONAL JAZZ AWARDS FINALISTS
WHEN THE SKY CRIES RAINBOWS — SANDY EVANS
CD REVIEW 4.5 stars IF you buy one jazz album this year, it should be this. Inspirational Sydney saxophonist Sandy Evans has had since 1996 to compose her response to her musician husband Tony Gorman’s diagnosis with multiple sclerosis. Taking the rainbow as a symbol of finding hope in suffering, Evans has created a musical journey that evokes life’s myriad hues and states of mind. … Continue reading WHEN THE SKY CRIES RAINBOWS — SANDY EVANS