NINE LIVES SLIPPING — HAYDEN JONES

CD REVIEW JONES’S voice skates, floats, skips, darts and dives over an ever-changing sea of notes. The words — most from the pen of partner Deanne Adams — dance lightly, insightfully, into life’s pivotal and precious moments. Hayden, as on his ARIA-nominated 1997 album Whisper Not, is ably accompanied. This line-up — Mark Fitzgibbon on piano, Eugene Ball on trumpet, Sam Anning on bass and … Continue reading NINE LIVES SLIPPING — HAYDEN JONES

Oh to hit the right note

Bassist Linda Oh Two strangers will meet on stage at Wangaratta, writes Roger Mitchell THEY seem so different. She plays bass — electric and upright. He plays trumpet. She is 25, was born in Malaysia and grew up in Perth listening to Red Hot Chili Peppers. He is 67, was born in Jacksonville, Florida and grew up listening to his parents’ 78rpm Jazz at the … Continue reading Oh to hit the right note