THE STING IN THE TAILFIN

GIG REVIEW: Shapeshifter, Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne, Wednesday 24 October 2012 Take two groups of musicians, add Paul Grabowsky and stir. The result is bound to be interesting. In this case, Grabowsky as Musical Director has gathered six students from the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and teamed them with seven members of the renowned Australian Art Orchestra to form Shapeshifter — “a dynamic … Continue reading THE STING IN THE TAILFIN

FASTER THAN A SPEEDING SHUTTER

REVIEW: Stonnington Jazz 2012 Tim Davies Big Band, Chapel Off Chapel, May 23, 2012 From the outset it was always going to be a contest between stick and shutter, between the man at the drum kit and the finger on the camera button. For a long while I thought the lightning-fast hands of Tim Davies would win — that it might not be possible to … Continue reading FASTER THAN A SPEEDING SHUTTER