GIG REVIEW: Shapeshifter, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne, Wednesday 24 October 2012 Take two groups of musicians, add Paul Grabowsky and stir. The result is bound to be interesting. In this case, Grabowsky as Musical Director has gathered six students from the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and teamed them with seven members of the renowned Australian Art Orchestra to form Shapeshifter — “a dynamic … Continue reading THE STING IN THE TAILFIN
REVIEW: Jamie Oehlers Quartet featuring Robert Hurst — Jamie Oehlers saxophone, Robert Hurst bass, Tal Cohen piano, Jacob Evans drums — at Bennetts Lane, Melbourne, Friday, June 1 at 11pm for Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2012 For reasons I don’t need to go into here I have been attending some career transition courses at work. One tip the instructor gave — and this has nothing … Continue reading SURF’S UP, BUT I’M NOT
Ausjazz blog reviews the most memorable performances on day two of the Wangaratta Jazz and Blues Festival 2011 Radio DJs used to spruik their wares with the words “recorded live”, which always seemed an oxymoron. If I say music grips me most if it’s “created live” that is similarly nonsensical in one sense, so to speak, but nevertheless has meaning. Imagine being with a band … Continue reading IT’S MOVING MUSIC AND IT’S CREATED LIVE
