Ausjazz blog previews Stonnington Jazz 2011 — May 19 to May 29 The days are suddenly much colder and the nights have that stay-at-home chill. Many of us are suffering from sore throats, persistent coughs and similar energy-sapping afflictions. So what’s the incentive to venture out to hear live music? During the past few nights I’ve had some of the worst coughing bouts in years, … Continue reading WYNTON MARSALIS SENDS HIS APOLOGIES
GIG: WPAC theatre, 11am, Saturday, October 30, 2010 Joe Chindamo piano, Phillip Rex acoustic bass, Raj Jayaweera drums ONE of the must-have albums of the year, at least for fans of the Coen brothers, is Joe Chindamo’s Another Time Some Other Place, on which he re-interprets songs from these films. Chindamo has the ability to distill the essence of a song and deliver a new … Continue reading WANGARATTA JAZZ 2010 — JOE CHINDAMO TRIO
GIG: August 15, 2010 George Garzone, saxophone Paul Grabowsky, piano Phillip Rex, bass Niko Schauble, drums Garzone, Grabowsky, Rex and Schauble Courtesy of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, tenor saxophonist George Garzone passed through Melbourne, playing three gigs. This was the first. He played at Uptown Jazz Cafe on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, with Craig Simon on drums and Phillip Rex again on … Continue reading GEORGE GARZONE at Bennetts Lane
