GEORGE GARZONE at Bennetts Lane

GIG: August 15, 2010 George Garzone, saxophone Paul Grabowsky, piano Phillip Rex, bass Niko Schauble, drums Garzone, Grabowsky, Rex and Schauble Courtesy of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, tenor saxophonist George Garzone passed through Melbourne, playing three gigs. This was the first. He played at Uptown Jazz Cafe on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, with Craig Simon on drums and Phillip Rex again on … Continue reading GEORGE GARZONE at Bennetts Lane

SUPERHERO’S SOUND

INTERVIEW Eternal thinker: Wayne Shorter. IF Wayne Shorter — the composer whose musical scores Miles Davis never altered — can seem at times to be on another planet, it’s certain Captain Marvel will be at his side. Shorter is a deep thinker and a philosopher, but the saxophonist who wrote such classics as Nefertiti, Footprints and Prince of Darkness peppers his conversation with humour and … Continue reading SUPERHERO’S SOUND