SHREVEPORT STOMP — BROWNE, HANNAFORD, ANNING
CD REVIEW 4 stars ON July 12 last year three patrons left Bennetts Lane jazz club in Melbourne grumbling that they “didn’t pay to hear three drunk blokes wearing flannel … miss every third note”. Yet that night these blokes, none of whom had touched a drop, began recording a live album that dips its lid to Monk, Parker, Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton and Ornette … Continue reading SHREVEPORT STOMP — BROWNE, HANNAFORD, ANNING
OPEN ROAD — LUKE HOWARD, JANOS BRUNEEL
CD REVIEW 4 stars FOLLOWING his exquisite trio album Meadowlands, Howard joins Belgian bassist Bruneel in duets and solos developed during a Nordic road trip. It’s an ideal pairing. Bruneel’s warmth and muscularity, so deeply satisfying in his solos Settlers and Ay Yildis, is an ideal counterpoint to Howard’s pure, cool and often pensive approach. Bruneel also seems to draw out brooding power and momentum … Continue reading OPEN ROAD — LUKE HOWARD, JANOS BRUNEEL
CATCH SAM ANNING ASLEEP AT HIS BASS
GIG Allan Browne Trio CD launch at Uptown Jazz Cafe, 9pm, July 5 Does this look familiar? Yes it’s that characteristic pose of a bass player catching some shut-eye after a night on the town or before a long flight to the US. If you have not heard Al Browne, Marc Hannaford and Sam Anning perform material similar to what’s on their new album Shreveport … Continue reading CATCH SAM ANNING ASLEEP AT HIS BASS