Ausjazz blog previews the Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2012, which was launched on March 13: The hubbub on level 24 of The Langham in Melbourne gave way to attentive silence yesterday evening as Murphy’s Law treated the assembled multitude to about four minutes of Big Creatures & Little Creatures: The Modular Suite. The music was a welcome relief from the necessary formalities of the official … Continue reading FESTIVAL TAKES TO THE SKIES
SARAH McKENZIE SEXTET at Chapel Off Chapel Sarah McKenzie The first set was my last for this year’s Stonnington Jazz. A family commitment meant I had to leave before Paul Williamson and Friends, and could not make it to the Sunday gig with David Jones and Friends. I was not all that happy with my photographic efforts for this “last” gig. I was probably already … Continue reading STONNINGTON JAZZ 2010 — DAY 10
INTERVIEW / STONNINGTON JAZZ 2010 Before his quintet ushers the Stonnington Jazz audience into A Season In Hell, Allan Browne tells ROGER MITCHELL of his personal journey to the brink ALLAN Browne has had his season in hell. In 2002 the drummer was staring death in the face and escaped by undergoing a lung transplant operation that meant time away from his beloved drum kit. … Continue reading TO HELL AND BACK, THE BEAT GOES ON
