REVIEW: Jamie Oehlers Quartet featuring Robert Hurst — Jamie Oehlers saxophone, Robert Hurst bass, Tal Cohen piano, Jacob Evans drums — at Bennetts Lane, Melbourne, Friday, June 1 at 11pm for Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2012 For reasons I don’t need to go into here I have been attending some career transition courses at work. One tip the instructor gave — and this has nothing … Continue reading SURF’S UP, BUT I’M NOT
Ausjazz blog reviews the most memorable performances on day two of the Wangaratta Jazz and Blues Festival 2011 Radio DJs used to spruik their wares with the words “recorded live”, which always seemed an oxymoron. If I say music grips me most if it’s “created live” that is similarly nonsensical in one sense, so to speak, but nevertheless has meaning. Imagine being with a band … Continue reading IT’S MOVING MUSIC AND IT’S CREATED LIVE
MJFF/MJC Transitions Series, Tuesday, May 3, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club Simon Barker drums, Carl Dewhurst guitar, Matt McMahon piano, Phil Slater trumpet Bringing the Band of Five Names to Melbourne was a coup for the Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival and bound to be a highlight of a program that included the premiere local performance of Andrea Keller‘s Place and a commission work by Fran Swinn … Continue reading BAND OF FIVE NAMES
