GIGS ON IN MELBOURNE
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AN ACCUMULATION OF SUBTLETIES — MIKE NOCK TRIO
CD REVIEW 4 stars AN accumulation of creativity, spontaneity and vibrancy, this double CD is the deeply satisfying result of a Sydney Opera House Studio session and a weekend live at Sydney’s Sound Lounge, both recorded in 2008. With no agenda in the studio “except to allow the music to come through”, Mike Nock on piano, Ben Waples on double bass and brother James on … Continue reading AN ACCUMULATION OF SUBTLETIES — MIKE NOCK TRIO
UNE SAISON EN ENFER — ALLAN BROWNE QUINTET
CD REVIEW (A SEASON IN HELL) 4 stars HELL has never been this appealing. In its second interpretative journey into the works of Arthur Rimbaud — after The Drunken Boat — the quintet takes as inspiration the prose poem A Season in Hell, written after the poet’s unhappy relationship with Paul Verlaine. Composers Eugene Ball (trumpet) and Geoff Hughes (guitar) bring eight harmonically rich and … Continue reading UNE SAISON EN ENFER — ALLAN BROWNE QUINTET