REVIEW: CD launch, Crossing Roper Bar Volume 2 — The Ghost Dances, Young Wägilak Group & Australian Art Orchestra, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Tuesday 27 May, 2014 This was a CD launch and a live music performance. It was also a challenging and moving personal experience that has stayed with me over the months since it took place — in the brief lull between two … Continue reading A VOICE TO PROPEL AND PUNCTUATE
PREVIEW: CD launch, Crossing Roper Bar Volume 2 — The Ghost Dances, Young Wägilak Group & Australian Art Orchestra, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Tuesday 27 May, 2014 This is a last-minute post (there’s been a few concerts on at somwhere called Stonnington recently), but this is a chance not to be missed. In a rare live performance, indigenous musicians David and Daniel Wilfred from Arnhem … Continue reading A RARE OPPORTUNITY
REVIEW: Acquacheta / Paul Grabowsky & Virna Sanzone: The Italian Project, Chapel Off Chapel, Friday 23 May, 8pm for Stonnington Jazz In all my travels abroad, I have not been to Italy. Now I want to go. Yet the musicians who have inspired this wish are close to home. This concert was billed as “jazz with an alluring Italian accent”. It might also have been … Continue reading ITALIAN TRADITION TURNS ADVENTUROUS
