REFLECTION: Three concerts at The Malthouse on Friday 6 June 2014 for Melbourne International Jazz Festival 7pm: Django Bates Beloved with Monash Art Ensemble celebrate Charlie Parker It was going to be an evening of new experiences — I was familiar with only two of the four ensembles and had heard only one musical performance in the Merlyn Theatre at The Malthouse. It is a similar … Continue reading TURNING UNKNOWNS INTO KNOWNS
Tonight (6 June) at Merlyn Theatre in The Malthouse at 9pm, the Alister Spence Trio will perform in an Australian premiere with Dawn of Midi. It seems appropriate for Ausjazz to dust off an album review before we have the chance to hear the trio live: (OVERDUE) CD REVIEW Rufus Records 3.5 stars Occasionally I like to ask a friend or family member to give … Continue reading FAR FLUNG — ALISTER SPENCE TRIO
REVIEW: The Necks, The Corner Hotel, Tuesday 29 January 2013 Chris Abrahams piano, Tony Buck drums and percussion, Lloyd Swanton bass Adrian Jackson, in a 1998 review of James Fielding’s three-CD set Notes From the Underground, noted that the keyboard player’s ensemble work “rewards attention”. That’s surely particularly apt for any performance by The Necks, because the band’s unplanned, set-long improvisations consist of incremental changes … Continue reading THE REVEL IS IN THE DETAIL
