Tag: Reuben Rogers

ARTICLES, CD REVIEWS

The Burden of Memory: Oehlers, Grabowsky, Rogers, Harland

CD REVIEW The Burden of Memory: Jamie Oehlers, Paul Grabowsky, Reuben Rogers, Eric Harland How much do we need to analyse music and how much to just listen? To what extent can we escape our expectations of music from musicians who we’ve heard many times and yet not nearly enough? To the first question, the answer is probably that to listen is sufficient, and that … Continue reading The Burden of Memory: Oehlers, Grabowsky, Rogers, Harland

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ARTICLES, JAZZ FESTIVALS, MIJF 2014

MANY HIGHLIGHTS, MANY FROM CLOSE TO HOME

WRAP-UP REVIEW: MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2014, 30 May to 8 June So far for this year’s MIJF I’ve posted previews, pictorial updates and reflections that have sometimes ended up as mini reviews. But the intention was to leave most of the reviewing until the festival was over. So, I can report that I went to 23 concerts, counting each set of two double bills … Continue reading MANY HIGHLIGHTS, MANY FROM CLOSE TO HOME

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ARTICLES, JAZZ FESTIVALS, MIJF 2014

WHY WE LOVE JAZZ

PICTORIAL UPDATE: Oehlers/Harland/Rogers/Grabowsky, MIJF Club Session at Bennetts Lane 9.30pm Tuesday 3 June 2014 Someone I know has taken issue with whether this festival ought to offer artists whose work does not have sufficient relevance to jazz. Well, that debate aside, the issue does not arise when it comes to the two sets by these four players. If this was a footy dream team exercise and these players … Continue reading WHY WE LOVE JAZZ

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