REFLECTION: Livio Minafra (Italy), MIJF Club Session at Bennetts Lane 9.30pm Monday 2 June 2014 I plan to post a review of this festival — within the limits of those concerts I attend — as a whole, but this piano solo gig was so out of left field that it seemed to merit a “reflection”. After discussing this surprising performance by Minafra, I posted on … Continue reading AN ITALIAN SURPRISE TO WARM OUR HEARTS
PICTORIAL UPDATE MIJF Club Session at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club 7pm Monday 2 June: Allan Browne Quintet performs The Drunken Boat I had not heard The Drunken Boat performed live, so it was great to hear this work “in the flesh”, played by an ensemble including the composers Geoff Hughes, Eugene Ball and Stella Browne. Scott McConnachie was on saxophone, but otherwise the line-up was … Continue reading EVERY FACE TELLS A STORY
PICTORIAL UPDATE: Sunday 1 June, 2014 Ausjazz visits two very different Melbourne International Jazz gigs that attracted large audiences: How different can two concerts be? Hardly more so, it seemed, than The Greek Project at Melbourne’s town hall and Chris Dave with The Drumhedz at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club. I had the chance to go to both. This is not a review (that’s for later), … Continue reading FROM CROWD TO CROWD
