CD REVIEW 3 stars THERE are no rough edges to Rollinson‘s second outing as leader after 1997’s Cause + Effect in a different trio plus guests. The founder of popular ’90s acid jazz band DIG (Directions In Groove) is joined by bassist Jonathan Zwartz and drummer Hamish Stuart, fresh from their work on dual Bell Award-winning album The Sea. On seven originals, three by the … Continue reading YOU TUNES — TIM ROLLINSON TRIO
AWARDS NIGHT AT BMW EDGE The winners: (from left) Hall of Fame inductee Bob Barnard, Kristin Berardi, Stu Hunter, Jonathan Zwartz and Allan Browne. Congratulations to the 2010 winners of the Jazz Bell Awards: Jazz Ensemble of the Year – Jonathan Zwartz – The Sea Jazz Song of the Year – Jonathan Zwartz – Epic Young Australia Jazz Artist of the Year – Linda Oh … Continue reading JAZZ BELL AWARDS 2010
CD REVIEW (ECM Records) **** POLISH trumpeter Tomasz Stanko, whose albums Soul of Things (2003) and Suspended Night (2004) were gonged by Australia’s Bell Awards judges, once said he loved the “extremely great melancholy mood” of Antonioni’s film Il Grido. Stanko’s sublimely mournful playing is a brooding presence in this restrained outing, as he welcomes two Finns — pianist Alexi Tuomarila and drummer Olavi Louhivuori … Continue reading DARK EYES — TOMASZ STANKO QUINTET
