CD REVIEW 4 stars ON July 12 last year three patrons left Bennetts Lane jazz club in Melbourne grumbling that they “didn’t pay to hear three drunk blokes wearing flannel … miss every third note”. Yet that night these blokes, none of whom had touched a drop, began recording a live album that dips its lid to Monk, Parker, Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton and Ornette … Continue reading SHREVEPORT STOMP — BROWNE, HANNAFORD, ANNING
ALLAN BROWNE CELEBRATES 50 YEARS IN JAZZ at Chapel Off Chapel Two sets, two eras. Allan Browne took us back in time with his favourite in jazz combinations, the trio. Then, with his quintet and his usual devilry, he showed us the beauty of an interlude in hell. Or was it a glimpse of heaven? Margie Lou Dyer, Allan Browne, Jo Stevenson The audiences at … Continue reading STONNINGTON JAZZ 2010 — DAY 4
INTERVIEW Charles Lloyd: I’m going to sing my song anyway A spiritual man is blowing his horn to try to save the world, Roger Mitchell discovers CHASING Charles Lloyd is like grabbing at the tail of a cloud. You can barely grasp his idea before the alert 72-year-old saxophonist and flautist has floated away to a new insight. “I’m a dreamer. I’m born into the … Continue reading HEAD IN THE CLOUDS
