GIG — June 6, 2010 Sandy Evans, tenor and soprano saxophones Brett Hirst, double bass Toby Hall, drums Sandy Evans People say don’t open with an apology, so I’ll open with two. First, it seems a sorry state of affairs when Melbourne welcomes wonderful musicians from interstate with such small crowds. OK, it has been festival season in this town (Jazz Fringe, Melbourne International and … Continue reading SANDY EVANS TRIO at Bennetts Lane
CD REVIEW JONES’S voice skates, floats, skips, darts and dives over an ever-changing sea of notes. The words — most from the pen of partner Deanne Adams — dance lightly, insightfully, into life’s pivotal and precious moments. Hayden, as on his ARIA-nominated 1997 album Whisper Not, is ably accompanied. This line-up — Mark Fitzgibbon on piano, Eugene Ball on trumpet, Sam Anning on bass and … Continue reading NINE LIVES SLIPPING — HAYDEN JONES
Mike Nock on piano and Niko Schauble on drums at Memorial Hall What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts, so if I found Sylent Running a tad soporific, I was engrossed from the moment of arrival at this gig. Simplicity in the line-up was reflected in the music they created with such apparent (and probably real) ease. Schauble is my favourite … Continue reading WANGARATTA JAZZ 09 — NOCK & SCHAUBLE
