AN ITALIAN SURPRISE TO WARM OUR HEARTS

REFLECTION: Livio Minafra (Italy), MIJF Club Session at Bennetts Lane 9.30pm Monday 2 June 2014 I plan to post a review of this festival — within the limits of those concerts I attend — as a whole, but this piano solo gig was so out of left field that it seemed to merit a “reflection”. After discussing this surprising performance by Minafra, I posted on … Continue reading AN ITALIAN SURPRISE TO WARM OUR HEARTS

FIRST A DRUNKEN BOAT, THEN PIANO ROMANCE

SNAP PREVIEWS: MIJF CLUB SESSIONS Monday 2 June 2014 BENNETTS LANE 7pm: Allan Browne Quintet performs The Drunken Boat, a suite exploring Rimbaud’s poem about a vessel lost at sea. Don’t miss the chance to hear this performed live and hear Eugene Ball on trumpet with a great band. BENNETTS LANE 9.30pm: Livio Minafra from Italy performs exuberant and romantic solo pieces on piano. Continue reading FIRST A DRUNKEN BOAT, THEN PIANO ROMANCE