PREVIEW: George and Mary, Monash Art Ensemble with George Lewis, Mary Finsterer, Paul Grabowsky and Gian Slater Work is necessary to help pay the bills, if for no other, more exalted reason, but sometimes it gets in the way of what we value highly in life. That waffle amounts to my lament that I have to work tomorrow night — Saturday, August 16 — because … Continue reading BY GEORGE, IT’S ANGRY BIRDS
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 / STONNINGTON JAZZ 2010 Before his quintet ushers the Stonnington Jazz audience into A Season In Hell, Allan Browne tells ROGER MITCHELL of his personal journey to the brink ALLAN Browne has had his season in hell. In 2002 the drummer was staring death in the face and escaped by undergoing a lung transplant operation that meant time away from his beloved drum kit. … Continue reading TO HELL AND BACK, THE BEAT GOES ON
