GIG: Holy Trinity Cathedral, noon, Sat. October 29, 2010 Paul Williamson trumpet, Geoff Hughes guitar, James McLean drums IN June 2009 at New Box Studios this trio brought out the eponymous album By A Thread on the Downstream label, which aims to get bums on seats at live music performances by extending the reach of the music. The cathedral at Wangaratta was well suited to … Continue reading WANGARATTA JAZZ 2010— PAUL WILLIAMSON’S BY A THREAD
CD REVIEW (A SEASON IN HELL) 4 stars HELL has never been this appealing. In its second interpretative journey into the works of Arthur Rimbaud — after The Drunken Boat — the quintet takes as inspiration the prose poem A Season in Hell, written after the poet’s unhappy relationship with Paul Verlaine. Composers Eugene Ball (trumpet) and Geoff Hughes (guitar) bring eight harmonically rich and … Continue reading UNE SAISON EN ENFER — ALLAN BROWNE QUINTET
CD REVIEW IT would be handy to have some free time after hearing Joe Chindamo‘s album of Coen Brothers film music, because it will almost certainly have you revisiting the films. But the absence of a moving image is no obstacle, freeing Chindamo’s arrangements from expansive requirements of the big screen. The Fargo theme, on solo piano, suggests so much — the dead quiet of … Continue reading ANOTHER PLACE, SOME OTHER TIME — JOE CHINDAMO
