GIG PREVIEW: Double bill — Leigh Barker and the New Sheiks with Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts Sydney: 505, 280 Cleveland Street, Surry Hills, Thursday, December 6 at 8.30pm, $20 ($15) Melbourne: The Flying Saucer Club 4 St Georges Rd, Elsternwick, on December 16, 3pm until 6pm, $29 table bookings, $22 standing room bookings, $25 at the door Ausjazz Blog puts some questions to … Continue reading THE NEW SHEIKS TAKE A SWING AT THE FINER CUTS
GIG: Howard Cairns Quintet, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, October 30, 2012 at 8.30pm Bassist Howard Cairns has released two albums with his quintet, both demonstrating it was about time he did. Ausjazz blog has been badly remiss in not yet reviewing the second album, Compression, but gave four stars to Cairns’ first album as leader, Newell Waltz (Jazzhead). Tonight the Melbourne Jazz Co-operative presents the … Continue reading BASSIST CAIRNS ON A ROLL
CD REVIEW 4 stars WHAT a delight that double bassist Cairns, after 25 years of being a stalwart in others’ bands, chose to lead such a talented ensemble playing his compositions. There is no chordal instrument in the line-up — Michael Jordan on drums, Stephen Grant cornet, Don Stewart trombone and Adam Simmons tenor sax — but luxuriant harmonies mingle with melodies and timbres to … Continue reading NEWELL WALTZ — HOWARD CAIRNS QUINTET
