FINELY BALANCED QUINTET
IMAGE GALLERY Paul Williamson Quintet: Finding the Balance album launch Trumpeter and composer Paul Williamson launched his 11th CD at The Jazzlab on Sunday, November 12. Finding the Balance (Jazzhead), features long-time collaborators, Perth-based Jamie Oehlers (tenor saxophone), Andrea Keller (piano), James McLean (drums) and Christopher Hale (acoustic bass guitar). The original compositions and group aesthetic reflected Williamson’s desire to produce music with memorable themes with … Continue reading FINELY BALANCED QUINTET
LOUD AND PROUD V SUBTLY VARIED
REVIEW Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues 2017 Julian “Cannonball” Adderley was in the car on the way back from this year’s Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues, along with Miles Davis, Hank Jones, Sam Jones, Art Blakey and a bunch of others from the fifties. They were not wearing seatbelts. They soothed my aching ears. They oozed class and they came uncluttered — clear … Continue reading LOUD AND PROUD V SUBTLY VARIED
DUAL CITIZENSHIP LIVE
PREVIEW Nathan Brown album launch tour I doubt that many musicians — other than perhaps Julien Wilson — would want to bother with the cut and thrust of a life in Australian politics. So dual citizenship is pretty much irrelevant, except that most musicians do have a finely tuned sense of justice and a good grasp of what’s important in life (in other words, not … Continue reading DUAL CITIZENSHIP LIVE