Tag: Peter Knight

MELBOURNE JAZZ FRINGE FESTIVAL 2012

NETWORKING WINS FRINGE COMMISSION

BREAKING NEWS: Tilman Robinson wins the Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival APRA Composer Commission for 2012 Tilman Robinson’s ensemble Network of Lines will perform the the premiere of his commissioned work If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller on Sunday, May 13 at Northcote Town Hall. Robinson’s work attempts to replicate its the structure of Italo Calvino’s 1979 postmodern novel. Employing elements of through-composition and free … Continue reading NETWORKING WINS FRINGE COMMISSION

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CD REVIEWS

RESIDUAL — PETER KNIGHT, DUNG NGUYEN

CD review (Parenthèses Records) 3 stars Peter Knight on trumpet, cornet, prepared piano, voice, laptop electronics, real-time processing Dung Nguyen on dan tranh, prepared dan tranh, dan bau, modified electric guitar Fans of the successful and popular jazz ensemble Way Out West, of which Knight and Nguyen are members, may find this album a shock to the system. Knight’s performances with solo trumpet and laptop … Continue reading RESIDUAL — PETER KNIGHT, DUNG NGUYEN

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HELP JAPAN — ASSORTED ARTISTS

CD “REVIEW” This is a plug as much as a review, but I’ve just had a listen to a digital album downloadable for $15 from Listen/Hear Collective website. The Collective has created this compilation to contribute to the recovery efforts in Japan after the devastating March earthquakes and flood. It includes previously unreleased material from new Listen/Hear artists Kynan Tan and Peter Knight. Other contributors … Continue reading HELP JAPAN — ASSORTED ARTISTS

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