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
Saturday, June 4 — Monday, 13 June It’s eclectic. It’s like an octopus. Yes, just when you thought the word eclectic had become too hackneyed a term, there is really no better way to describe this year’s MIJF, which had its program launch at 6pm today. The program devised by Sophie Brous is indeed wide-ranging, broad-based, extensive, comprehensive, varied, diverse, catholic, all-embracing, multifaceted, multifarious, heterogeneous, miscellaneous … Continue reading MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2011 — PREVIEW
