REVIEW: Stonnington Jazz 2012 John McAll’s Black Money/Barney McAll’s Chaos Lento: A Guajira Project, Chapel Off Chapel, May 23, 2012 The brothers McAll performing together in the one venue was always going to be something special — it had never happened before — and it proved to be a real highlight of this year’s festival. The elder brother, John, is in Australia these days and … Continue reading McALLS FAIR IN SIBLING RIVALRY
ROGER MITCHELL reflects on two concerts by the Josh Roseman Unit at Wangaratta on October 29 & 30, 2011: Sunday at Wangaratta Jazz and Blues Festival brought the opportunity to revisit and reflect, as well as to hear a moving suite performed live, and something well out of left field involving a choir and two pianos. The day’s lesson came early, but not at the … Continue reading JOSH ROSEMAN UNIT — EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
INTERVIEW Ausjazz blog talks with Josh Roseman When trombonist Josh Roseman talks music, it’s not long before the word “sonic” crops up. Born in Boston to a Jamaican mother and Jewish father, Roseman says he was “born to synthesize” because he came from such disparate backgrounds, so that “it became part of my intellectual and aesthetic make-up to intuit different cultural streams”. He embraced his … Continue reading WHO’S ON THE WAX WHEN YOU DROP THE NEEDLE
