PREVIEW: Hard Core on the Fly, Australian Art Orchestra, 7, 14, 21 and 28 August at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, 8.30pm Hecklers can gird their loins and other lovers of improvised music can get ready to strap themselves in and take the ride of their lives. Tonight (7 August 2014) at 8.30pm at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club in Melbourne, and for the following three Thursdays, … Continue reading SCOTT TINKLER IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION
REFLECTION: Three concerts at The Malthouse on Friday 6 June 2014 for Melbourne International Jazz Festival 7pm: Django Bates Beloved with Monash Art Ensemble celebrate Charlie Parker It was going to be an evening of new experiences — I was familiar with only two of the four ensembles and had heard only one musical performance in the Merlyn Theatre at The Malthouse. It is a similar … Continue reading TURNING UNKNOWNS INTO KNOWNS
REMINDER Tonight is the final in the Vivification series at Bennetts Lane, a collaboration that veteran bassist David Tolley and pianist Marc Hannaford began in February to explore the unconventional in the conventional piano/bass duo format. In this final outing, there will be a duo set from Tolley and Hannaford before they are joined by drummer Allan Browne, Scott Tinkler on trumpet and Ren Walters … Continue reading BE ENLIVENED
