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Review: Fiveways by the Jex Saarelaht Quartet

Fiveways by Jex Saarelaht Quartet Released by Jazzhead Review by Phil Sandford There is a calmness and beauty on much of this CD, typified by Saarelaht’s impressionistic solo introductions to three of...

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Friday Video: Barney McAll Unit playing ‘Thirty Three’

The Barney McAll Unit – what a bunch of superstars these guys are now! The Barney McAll Unit perform ‘Thirty Three’ on the ABC TV series The Pulse. Barney McAll – piano (and an explanation of...

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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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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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The Remembering & the Forgetting of the Air (Jonathan Zwartz)

The new release by Jonathan Zwartz The Remembering & the Forgetting of the Air From the Birdland Records site (where you can purchase the CD) If The Sea looked in the direction of Kind Of Blue by...

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CD Review: the remembering and forgetting of the air

the remembering and forgetting of the air Jonathan Zwartz Review by Phil Sandford This is a stunningly beautiful album, full of warmth, with touches of Ellington and Mingus, of soul and pop, and...

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Interview: John Mackey (saxophone) on the John Mackey Quartet and more

The John Mackey Quartet will be playing the opening concert at this year’s Capital Jazz Project this Friday 2 August. The quartet is a powerhouse of John Mackey, joined by Matt McMahon on piano,...

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Album release: The Revolution Continues (Tina Harrod)

From the media release ‘Harrod pours herself, every inch, sinew and synapse, into the songs…she gives you goosebumps.’ John Shand, SMH Tina Harrod Like many great artists, singer songwriter Tina...

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Album review by Chris McNulty: Mandarin Skyline – ‘an outstanding, creative...

Mandarin Skyline (Vitamin Records) Leigh Carriage Review by Chris McNulty On first listening it’s clear that this recording project will speak to listeners outside the mainstream, jazz realm. That’s...

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Album Review: This Is Always (Julien Wilson Quartet) by John Clare

This Is Always (Lionsharecords) Julien Wilson Quartet Review by John Clare These are curious and poignant days for those of us who have felt connections to a stream of Australian music that began...

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Book review (includes CD): Testimony – A Tribute to Charlie Parker (review by...

Testimony – A Tribute to Charlie Parker Yusef Komunyakaa/Sandy Evans Wesleyan University Press, 2013 Review by John Shand Yusef Komunyakaa got Bird. He got that to render him in poetry could never be a...

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Album Review: Free Running (Richard Maegraith Band) by John Clare

Free Running, Jazzgroove Records Richard Maegraith Band Review by John Clare Some of the players in Richard Maegraith’s most excellent band are Christian and unafraid to confess it, to use the lingo....

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Q&A with Julien Wilson by John Hardaker

Q&A with Julien Wilson by John Hardaker Swailing tour dates on Julien Wilson’s website > ‘Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.’ So said...

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Festival review: Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2014

Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2014 (May 30-June 8, 2014) Review by Greg Phillips The 2014 Melbourne International Jazz Festival program underlined the true diversity of the jazz music genre....

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Australian Art Music Awards finalists

From the media release The Australian Art Music Awards finalists have been announced. Among them (of course) are a number of Australian jazz musicians and organisations … Award for Excellence in Jazz...

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