LIVE NEWS: FROM WANGARATTA PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE THEATRE News from Wangaratta: National jazz awards for 2010 as follows: 1. Eamon McNelis, 27, Melbourne 2. Matt Jodrell, 30, from Perth and now New York 3. Nick Garbett, 27, from Sydney. Eamon wins $8000, a studio recording session for Jazztrack with Mal Stanley on ABC Classic FM and an invtiation to appear at Stonnington Jazz Festival in … Continue reading STOP PRESS: NATIONAL JAZZ AWARDS
INTERVIEW BRANFORD Marsalis is no stranger to Australia, and he has two loose front teeth to prove it. The saxophonist, who in early days played alto with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and mostly tenor and soprano with his brother Wynton’s quintet, first visited with Sting in 1986, touring for five weeks and developing a love for Australian football. “We played with the production crew in … Continue reading In tune with life
CD cover to come ON its third album, recorded live in June last year at Bennett’s Lane, the quintet reflects the whole jazz tradition, with bassist bandleader Leigh Barker drawing on blues, country and gospel influences in his four compositions. It’s honest, unpretentious music played with obvious joy and a commitment to good old fashioned swing. Beethoven Blues and Lynnville hark back to 2005’s Off … Continue reading Lynnville — Leigh Barker Quintet
