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
Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival / Melbourne Jazz Cooperative double bill, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Sunday, May 1, 2011 LOOPS Jonathan Dimond bass, percussion; Mastaneh Nazarian guitar; Adrian Sherriff Zendrum percussion controller I was fascinated by what emerged from Jonathan Dimond‘s trio Loops, which is a Melbourne incarnation of the Brisbane ensemble of that name, which was formed in 1995 and included Ken Edie (drums), John … Continue reading LOOPS / KAFKA PONY
Sunday, March 20 at 9pm, Bennetts Lane, Melbourne Marinucci/Gould/Manins Gianni Marinucci trumpet and flugelhorn, Tony Gould piano and Imogen Manins cello Sundays used to be days of worship and reverence for many of us, and the chords and melodies of hymns are deeply embedded in our musical memory banks. Many of us have left that music behind in the process of shedding beliefs, but the … Continue reading GIGS NOT TO MISS 2 — SUNDAY
