Tom Vincent, Blood Red (Label: Lumbini House) Avaible at www.tomvincent.com.au CD review by Victoria Nugent The latest offering from jazz pianist Tom Vincent is a rich album of piano pieces with swing inspired energy that flow cleanly into each other. Vincent’s playing is often accentuated by deliberate discordance between the different instruments featured. At first …
Though we live in the age of singles, the jazz genre has managed to maintain its penchant for complete projects over aural snapshots, and The Gentle War is no different. There is something innately special about the overall Misinterprotato aesthetic
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It is a testament to Winkelman’s vision for these pieces that stride, montunos and various rhythmic tangents can be found sitting side-by-side in a way which only enhances, rather than confuses, the narrative they belong to. At the same time, the dynamic interplay and symbiosis between Winkelman, Anning and Vanderwal allows for their flawless execution.
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When did you start playing jazz and why? For example, was there a ‘moment’ when it came to you as a calling or vocation? I started playing pretty seriously in a brass band in Sydney when I was about 14. It was a pretty important time for me to get some reading and ensemble chops …
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“…each song built on the solid foundation of Morrison and Cooper’s talent.”
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As the album’s title hints, Galumphing ‘Round The Nation is an outcome of Keller’s 2009 national Collaborations Project, where the touring Quartet in the various locations they played, invited a favourite musician to contribute each a 5th (often highly improvised) part to an existing base composition.
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Simple Addition movement 2, by Erik Griswold Erik Griswold’s Simple Addition performed by Clocked Out. This is an excerpt from ‘Dream, Spill, Fear, Percussion’, premiered at the Bigwest Festival, Melbourne, December 2007. Featuring Vanessa Tomlinson and Nozomi Omote. More information available from www.erikgriswold.org Peter Knight does an in-depth interview of Erik in Issue 5 of …
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When did you start playing jazz and why? For example, was there a ‘moment’ when it came to you as a calling or vocation? I grew up in Perth, started playing the trumpet in year 8 and joined the school jazz ensembles-which consisted of a small trad group and big band-when I was in year …
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When did you start playing jazz and why? For example, was there a ‘moment’ when it came to you as a calling or vocation? Growing up in Collingwood, emulating Michael Jordan and playing Mortal Kombat were the main pastimes of my schoolmates. I couldn’t shoot a basket, I couldn’t perform the key combination for even …
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“This would have to be one of the most unique recordings that I have encountered in recent times – a listening experience that once heard cannot be forgotten.” Read this review by Gerry Koster of The Wide Alley, a new CD from ten-piece ensemble including five Chinese musicians and local names Erik Griswold, Vanessa Tomlinson, Robert Davidson, Peter Knight and Adrian Sherriff…
