OK OK OK at Bennetts Lane
GIG / CD LAUNCH, June 16 Album: Searching, Finding Sophia Exiner, piano/toy piano Joshua Teicher, electric guitar/effects Josh Holt, double bass Rebecca Ari, vocals Sophia Exiner On its Facebook page, OK OK OK describes itself as “a collaborative music project” and says “Sophia’s unique blend of traditional jazz elements and contemporary extended piano technique combine with Teicher’s electronic soundscapes and rock-based guitar playing and Holt’s … Continue reading OK OK OK at Bennetts Lane
ANOTHER PLACE, SOME OTHER TIME — JOE CHINDAMO
CD REVIEW IT would be handy to have some free time after hearing Joe Chindamo‘s album of Coen Brothers film music, because it will almost certainly have you revisiting the films. But the absence of a moving image is no obstacle, freeing Chindamo’s arrangements from expansive requirements of the big screen. The Fargo theme, on solo piano, suggests so much — the dead quiet of … Continue reading ANOTHER PLACE, SOME OTHER TIME — JOE CHINDAMO
TOM O’HALLORAN TRIO at Bennetts Lane
GIG — June 8, 2010 Tom O’Halloran, piano Peter Jeavons, acoustic bass Daniel Susnjar, drums Tom O’Halloran This trio called at Melbourne during a national tour, with assistance from Soundtravellers, also stopping in Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra and Perth. Susnjar returned from Miami University, where he has studied for a Masters in Music Performance, to reunite with Jeavons and O’Halloran from Perth. I was reminded … Continue reading TOM O’HALLORAN TRIO at Bennetts Lane