PREVIEW: Hard Core on the Fly, Australian Art Orchestra, 7, 14, 21 and 28 August at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, 8.30pm Hecklers can gird their loins and other lovers of improvised music can get ready to strap themselves in and take the ride of their lives. Tonight (7 August 2014) at 8.30pm at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club in Melbourne, and for the following three Thursdays, … Continue reading SCOTT TINKLER IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION
Ausjazz blog previews the Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2012, which was launched on March 13: The hubbub on level 24 of The Langham in Melbourne gave way to attentive silence yesterday evening as Murphy’s Law treated the assembled multitude to about four minutes of Big Creatures & Little Creatures: The Modular Suite. The music was a welcome relief from the necessary formalities of the official … Continue reading FESTIVAL TAKES TO THE SKIES
Allan Browne Quintet and Trio, Chapel Off Chapel, May 22, Stonnington Jazz 2011 Allan Browne drums, Eugene Ball trumpet, Phil Noy saxophone, Geoff Hughes guitar, Nick Haywood bass, Marc Hannaford piano Given Allan Browne’s love of poetry and whimsical sense of humour — often displayed at Bennetts Lane on Monday evenings — I was expecting quite a bit of humour and maybe some of the … Continue reading VERSES FROM THE PAST
