Tag: Janos Bruneel

MIJF 2012

FESTIVAL TAKES TO THE SKIES

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

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CD REVIEWS

OPEN ROAD — LUKE HOWARD, JANOS BRUNEEL

CD REVIEW 4 stars FOLLOWING his exquisite trio album Meadowlands, Howard joins Belgian bassist Bruneel in duets and solos developed during a Nordic road trip. It’s an ideal pairing. Bruneel’s warmth and muscularity, so deeply satisfying in his solos Settlers and Ay Yildis, is an ideal counterpoint to Howard’s pure, cool and often pensive approach. Bruneel also seems to draw out brooding power and momentum … Continue reading OPEN ROAD — LUKE HOWARD, JANOS BRUNEEL

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