CD REVIEW 4 stars ON July 12 last year three patrons left Bennetts Lane jazz club in Melbourne grumbling that they “didn’t pay to hear three drunk blokes wearing flannel … miss every third note”. Yet that night these blokes, none of whom had touched a drop, began recording a live album that dips its lid to Monk, Parker, Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton and Ornette … Continue reading SHREVEPORT STOMP — BROWNE, HANNAFORD, ANNING
GIG: January 16, 2011 at Bennetts Lane Piano soloists: Paul Grabowsky, Marc Hannaford, Magda Mayas Martin Jackson and the Melbourne Jazz Cooperative gave us the chance to hear three very different piano soloists: Melbourne’s Paul Grabowsky and Marc Hannaford, and Berlin’s Magda Mayas on thoroughly prepared piano. Shortly after Christmas one of my internet searches took me to an Australian Art Orchestra page of tributes … Continue reading Grabowsky, Hannaford, Mayas (Melbourne/Berlin)
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
