PICTORIAL REVIEW Concert 1: Concerto for Piano and Toy Band Michael Kieran Harvey with Adam Simmons Creative Music Ensemble Composed by Adam Simmons Thursday 2 March 2017, fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne By the time this post appears the second performance of this concerto will be over, but there will be two more chances to join the audience — on Saturday at 7.30pm and on Sunday … Continue reading CONFUCIUS SAY, GIVE MUSICIANS LIBERTY
CD REVIEW CD launch: March 1, Bennetts Lane, Melbourne, 9pm THIS debut as leader by Tasmanian-born pianist Matt Boden, now living in Paris, closes with an endearingly slow-swinging version of Mingus’s tune Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love. With mates Leigh Barker on acoustic bass, Alastair McGrath-Kerr on drums and Gideon Brazil on tenor sax, Boden retains that mood in his Berlin-inspired Revaler Strasse. McGrath-Kerr’s 5am, … Continue reading MB4 — MATT BODEN QUARTET
MJFF WAREHOUSE PARTY AT THE PEA GREEN BOAT I was aiming to catch the iPod iMprov Mashup, but The Ages had just started when I arrived at this out-of-the-way but friendly space, with Myles Mumford cooking pancakes, and a supply of cup cakes on hand. The Mashup did happen around midnight, led by Gideon Brazil on flute and iPhone. He was gradually joined by some … Continue reading MELBOURNE JAZZ FRINGE FESTIVAL 2010 — DAY 8
