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Kinetic Jazz: a blend of many influences
By Phil Sandford The Kinetic Jazz Festival, together with its satellite performances, has established itself as a significant part of the Sydney jazz and theatre scene. The Kinetic approach is...
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Zwartz and his band | limitless possibilities
Jonathan Zwartz and his band at the Jazzgroove Summer Festival 17-20 January 2013 Having just heard them at 505 I have no doubt whatsoever that bassist/composer Jonathan Zwartz’s band will be a...
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Alister Spence: Explorations in Sound
by Phil Sandford Alister Spence is intrigued by the relation between acoustic and sampled music, something which is explored at length in his trio’s latest CD, Far Flung. This is the trio’s fifth...
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John Hardaker reviews Jazzgroove Summer Festival, Sydney – 17-20 January 2013
Festival Review by John Hardaker One of the true delights of any music festival is that, for a few days – or even just a few precious hours – you are in a strange and beautiful new world, away from the...
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Melbourne Jazz Co-Operative – 30 Years Of Presenting Jazz
by Andra Jackson Back in the Melbourne of the early 1980s, the city had become almost a jazz-free zone, with the exception of the annual two-night Moomba Jazz Festival and the occasional gig. Big name...
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MIC and the accidental couch
by Tilman Robinson In recent weeks much focus has been given to the and decision by the Music Board of Arts Victoria to cut funding to the Melbourne Jazz Cooperative – one of Melbourne’s longest...
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MJFF APRA Commission – Tilman Tells All
The peeps at Melbourne Jazz Fringe have just announced that applications are open for the 2013 APRA Commission. We talked to last year’s commissioned composer Tilman Robinson about his experience with...
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Listening with Australian ears
by Virginia Lloyd When I first moved to New York in 2006, the last people I wanted to meet were Australians. I had left the country to start again. It was on the other side of the world from where I’d...
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Trio on a mission
by Phil Sandford Trichotomy have just returned from a tour of the UK to promote their new album, Fact Finding Mission, regarded by the trio’s pianist Sean Foran as the band’s strongest recorded work....
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Nat Bartsch Trio | John Clare reviews two releases
by John Clare Art and music traditions are abiding fascinations for me, and for most viewers of this site I imagine. Any genre that has been around long enough to be called a tradition will have moved...
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Bernie McGann celebrations and benefits
Article by Jasmine Crittenden If there’s one player in the history of Australian jazz who has inspired aspiring musicians to search for their own sound, it’s Bernie McGann. In response to the news of...
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Bern McGann : a Singular Man by John Clare
by John Clare Bern McGann May 2008 © The Shot No sooner had I filed the review of the Bernie McGann album Wending on this site than McGann’s closest musical associate John Pochée phoned me with the...
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Bryce Rohde: A Cushion of Air – feature by John Shand
feature by John Shand Bryce Rohde The writer John Clare once hit upon the perfect adjective for the sound that Bryce Rohde extracts from a piano: ‘pearly’. All the wondrous aspects of a beautiful pearl...
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Yitzhak Yedid’s Myth of the Cave touring in February
Two outstanding musicians and composers are featured in a series of ground breaking concerts in February this year. Canadian clarinetist François Houle is regarded as one of today’s most inventive...
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Kinetic Conversations (Keith Humble, Bert Turetzky) by Arjun von Caemmerer
Kinetic Conversations, Keith Humble & Bert Turetzky Move Records, Catalogue #MD 3352 Available on iTunes Review by Arjun von Caemmerer As the oenophiles are wont to declare, 2013 was a good year. I...
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John Pochée: part of the music by John Shand
Profile by John Shand It’s a shame more jazz musicians don’t make music the way drummer John Pochée does. Rather than chasing self-serving virtuosity or some hazy notion of the ‘right’ way to play,...
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Engage and be authentic – and no it’s not all about the music
The recent roadshow and associated research report from the Australia Council for the Arts, How to work the crowd: a snapshot of barriers and motivations to crowdfunding provide practical insights into...
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A privilege to play : a portrait of David Ades
It was a mad, almost delirious night, with the music more intoxicating than any wine or beer. David Ades can do that. One note on his alto saxophone is enough to arrest attention, change one’s mood and...
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SIMA Suite a fine finale to Nock’s 2012: Phil Sandford interviews Mike Nock
Mike Nock’s new composition ‘SIMA suite’ is a fitting finale to a very productive year for the pianist/ composer. You might also like to read Phil’s review of the 8 December performance > Mike Nock...
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Kinetic Jazz: a blend of many influences
By Phil Sandford The Kinetic Jazz Festival, together with its satellite performances, has established itself as a significant part of the Sydney jazz and theatre scene. The Kinetic approach is...
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