REVIEW Ausjazz blog picks some highlights from the 2012 Melbourne International Jazz Festival: All up, Ausjazz went to all or part of 15 MIJF gigs this year. This is an attempt to pick out some highlights, though there will be posts about individual concerts when time permits. A few explanatory notes: First, I chose not to review the Opening Gala: The Way You Look Tonight … Continue reading ISN’T IT GRAND, NORWEGIAN BAND
GIG REVIEW: Sam Anning’s penultimate farewell gig before going to New York, NY. Sam Anning, bass Eugene Ball, trumpet Andrea Keller, piano Rajiv Jayaweera, drums SAM Anning is now in New York, studying for a Master’s at the Manhattan School of Music. Now that he’s gone, we can talk about him. Not that there’s much to say that’s negative about the lad, except that he … Continue reading SAM ANNING QUARTET at Bennetts Lane
CHARLES LLOYD NEW QUARTET AT MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE ANDREA KELLER QUARTET OPENING It’s always exciting to hear an artist perform if you have interviewed them, and I had spent an hour and a half on the phone to Charles Lloyd. So I was ready for this concert — just not ready enough to be early, so the usual parking scramble ensued. Andrea Keller Quartet The … Continue reading MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL — DAY 4
