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WANGARATTA JAZZ 2010

WANGARATTA JAZZ 2010 — STU HUNTER ENSEMBLE: THE GATHERING

GIG: WPAC theatre, 1pm, Sat, October 30 Stu Hunter piano, Matt Keegan tenor sax, Jonathan Zwartz acoustic bass, Simon Barker drums, Julien Wilson tenor sax, James Greening trombone and pocket trumpet THIS suite won Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year at the Bell Awards and Best Independent Jazz album in the Independent Music Awards. I loved the album (see Ausjazz review), but had not heard … Continue reading WANGARATTA JAZZ 2010 — STU HUNTER ENSEMBLE: THE GATHERING

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THE GATHERING — STU HUNTER

CD REVIEW (Vitamin Records) PIANIST/COMPOSER Stu Hunter’s second suite is an hour-long journey even more enthralling and engrossing than his first, The Muse, released in 2007 with Cameron Undy on bass, Matt Keegan on tenor sax and Simon Barker on drums. Adding another tenor, Julien Wilson, and James Greening on trombone and pocket trumpet contributes greatly to the diversity and splendour of the musical landscape, … Continue reading THE GATHERING — STU HUNTER

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Tell It Like It Is — Mark Isaacs Resurgence Band

(ABC Jazz) AT Wangaratta Festival of Jazz in 2007, when this band played You Never Forget Love, it was as if Isaacs felt every nuance and played it, James Muller’s guitar avoided maudlin and Matt Keegan’s sax conveyed tenderness and acceptance of loss. This was love departed, but lingering. Now Isaacs on piano, Muller, Keegan, Brett Hirst on bass and Tim Firth on drums — … Continue reading Tell It Like It Is — Mark Isaacs Resurgence Band

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