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MIJF 2011

MARY HALVORSON LETS HER HAIR DOWN

Mary Halvorson Trio, Bennetts Lane, 11pm, June 10 Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2011 Mary Halvorson guitar, John Hebert bass, Ches Smith drums It was late at night when Halvorson’s trio was setting up. Bennetts Lane Megan Evans introduced the trio and could have murdered “that man at the bar talking on his mobile phone” … but she didn’t. It probably says something about my lack … Continue reading MARY HALVORSON LETS HER HAIR DOWN

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Wang and all that jazz

Mike Nock plays Wangaratta. Picture courtesy CHERYL BROWNE …………… Christmas for jazz fans comes just before the Melbourne Cup, reports ROGER MITCHELL, and in 2009 the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz celebrates its 20th year …………… (Article published in the Sunday Herald Sun on October 18, 2009) THE signs were not auspicious. Drummer Allan Browne was thinking, “This will never work”. Artistic director Adrian Jackson was … Continue reading Wang and all that jazz

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