PREVIEW The Necks are on tour and performing at Stadtgarten in Cologne, Germany tomorrow. Bill Frisell is in Trumpland, possibly working on a set list for his next scheduled live appearance on Sunday, 20 September at the State Theatre in Austin, Texas. What’s the next best thing then? Turning up to The Jazzlab at 7.30pm on Tuesday 15 September to hear Spirograph Studies – an … Continue reading The Necks & Bill without the travel expenses
REVIEW: The Necks, The Corner Hotel, Tuesday 29 January 2013 Chris Abrahams piano, Tony Buck drums and percussion, Lloyd Swanton bass Adrian Jackson, in a 1998 review of James Fielding’s three-CD set Notes From the Underground, noted that the keyboard player’s ensemble work “rewards attention”. That’s surely particularly apt for any performance by The Necks, because the band’s unplanned, set-long improvisations consist of incremental changes … Continue reading THE REVEL IS IN THE DETAIL
MJFF/MJC Transitions Series, Tuesday, May 3, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club Simon Barker drums, Carl Dewhurst guitar, Matt McMahon piano, Phil Slater trumpet Bringing the Band of Five Names to Melbourne was a coup for the Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival and bound to be a highlight of a program that included the premiere local performance of Andrea Keller‘s Place and a commission work by Fran Swinn … Continue reading BAND OF FIVE NAMES
