CD REVIEW / MWIJF PREVIEW Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival: Martha Baartz Quintet Dream Drops CD launch, Wednesday 11 December 2013, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, 8.30pm Alto saxophonist Martha Baartz was lost to the Melbourne jazz scene when she returned to northern New South Wales a while ago after 12 years down south, but she has visited for MWIJF gigs in 2010 and 2011. This … Continue reading WINE, WOMEN AND SONG — IT’S A DREAM DROP
MOVEable Feast: Kings Artist Initiative The brainchild of Zoe Frater, this feast took us to two inner city galleries — Kings Artist Run Initiative in King St and Brood Box in Rankins Lane. The night began and ended with Bach. John Taylor Electric Guitar Quartet First up we heard the — shock horror — totally scripted and completely unimprovised The Art of Fugue (Die Kunst … Continue reading MELBOURNE JAZZ FRINGE FESTIVAL 2010 — DAY 7
CD REVIEW EVEN a teenager hyped from performing in a high school play can be calmed by Magnolia’s debut album on the car stereo, debating whether it is “serene” or “tranquil” music. An afternoon’s playing by friends has become an album of original compositions, as band members from FGHR (Stationary, Going Home) — Daniel Furrugia on drums/percussion, Leonard Grigoryan on guitars/harmonica and Luke Howard on … Continue reading THIS IS MAGNOLIA — MAGNOLIA
