Tag: Krystof Komeda

ARTICLES, JAZZ FESTIVALS, STONNINGTON JAZZ 2015

STONNINGTON PAYS TRIBUTE

PREVIEW Andrea Keller and Miroslav Bukovsky Octet, The Komeda Project, Chapel Off Chapel, Friday 15 May, 7.50pm, $25 – $30 LAST night one of my favourite festivals of improvised music was launched at Malvern Town Hall with a grab bag of acts including Women of Soul, Paul Williamson’s Hammond Jazz Party and the Compton Organ Exhibition. Sadly, the familiar red, black and white program for the … Continue reading STONNINGTON PAYS TRIBUTE

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CD REVIEWS

DARK EYES — TOMASZ STANKO QUINTET

CD REVIEW (ECM Records) **** POLISH trumpeter Tomasz Stanko, whose albums Soul of Things (2003) and Suspended Night (2004) were gonged by Australia’s Bell Awards judges, once said he loved the “extremely great melancholy mood” of Antonioni’s film Il Grido. Stanko’s sublimely mournful playing is a brooding presence in this restrained outing, as he welcomes two Finns — pianist Alexi Tuomarila and drummer Olavi Louhivuori … Continue reading DARK EYES — TOMASZ STANKO QUINTET

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