REVIEW Sarah McKenzie Quartet and Silo String Quartet, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Friday 16 August 2013 Sarah McKenzie piano, vocals; Hugh Stuckey guitar; Hugh Harvey drums; Tamara Murphy bass Aaron Barnden violin, Andrea Keeble violin, Ceridwen Davies viola, Caerwen Martin cello There’s a story in every gig, and in this outing it came in the second set, when we learned that we would be treated to … Continue reading WHEN KEITH JARRETT COMPLAINED
The Sculthorpe Songbook It was a great pity that Peter Sculthorpe, who inspired Phil Slater and Matt McMahon as students and later as the accomplished jazz musicians who brought us this incarnation of the Sculthorpe Songbook, was at the last moment, due to illness, unable to travel to Melbourne for this concert. It was a fitting tribute to one of Australia’s living treasures soon after … Continue reading Stonnington Jazz — Day 9
Gian Slater and the Silo String Quartet THE Melbourne Jazz Fringe opened at the Iwaki Auditorium hard on the heels of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival and will overlap Stonnington Jazz by a day or two. It’s great to have all this live music, but perhaps it would be better if they were spaced a little apart on the calendar. It makes it hard for … Continue reading MELBOURNE JAZZ FRINGE 2009 — COMMISSION CONCERT
