GIG: St Patrick’s Hall, 4pm, October 30 Ian Date guitar, Nigel Date guitar, Howard Cairns double bass, Ian Cooper violin WHAT a quick trip — from Japan to the Hot Club of France in a few easy steps. With a sense of fun and much agility on strings, Date’s quartet ushered us into the world of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, into gypsy jazz and … Continue reading WANGARATTA JAZZ 2010 — IAN DATE QUARTET
GIG: WPAC Memorial Hall, 2:30pm, October 30 Ian Chaplin alto sax, Philip Rex acoustic bass, Simon Barker drums THIS was an opportunity missed. ARIA award-winning saxophonist Ian Chaplin, who does not appear at gigs that often these days, played with Rex and Barker. It promised to be a fiery, full-on outing, but I had decided this was a time to grab some lunch. So I … Continue reading WANGARATTA JAZZ 2010 — IAN CHAPLIN TRIO
GIG: Holy Trinity Cathedral, noon, Sat. October 29, 2010 Paul Williamson trumpet, Geoff Hughes guitar, James McLean drums IN June 2009 at New Box Studios this trio brought out the eponymous album By A Thread on the Downstream label, which aims to get bums on seats at live music performances by extending the reach of the music. The cathedral at Wangaratta was well suited to … Continue reading WANGARATTA JAZZ 2010— PAUL WILLIAMSON’S BY A THREAD
