PREVIEW Andrea Keller and Miroslav Bukovsky Octet, The Komeda Project, Chapel Off Chapel, Friday 15 May, 7.50pm, $25 – $30 LAST night one of my favourite festivals of improvised music was launched at Malvern Town Hall with a grab bag of acts including Women of Soul, Paul Williamson’s Hammond Jazz Party and the Compton Organ Exhibition. Sadly, the familiar red, black and white program for the … Continue reading STONNINGTON PAYS TRIBUTE
REVIEW: Acquacheta / Paul Grabowsky & Virna Sanzone: The Italian Project, Chapel Off Chapel, Friday 23 May, 8pm for Stonnington Jazz In all my travels abroad, I have not been to Italy. Now I want to go. Yet the musicians who have inspired this wish are close to home. This concert was billed as “jazz with an alluring Italian accent”. It might also have been … Continue reading ITALIAN TRADITION TURNS ADVENTUROUS
REVIEW: Joseph O’Connor Trio / McDougall-Noy-Murphy, Chapel Off Chapel, Thursday 22 May, 8pm for Stonnington Jazz As Sun Ra may have put it, space is the place, and both sets at the Chapel had plenty of that highly prized attribute in improvised music — space. OK, so in space no one can hear you scream, but when you listen to music that is open and … Continue reading IN SPACE, EVERYONE MAY HEAR YOU DREAM
