The binding quality of Ellen Kirkwood’s music and her collaborations is that is consistently has one foot firmly in jazz and the other trailing in the waters of a tangy broth of blues, rock, gypsy swing, klezmer, reggae and you-name-it.
Live (Jazzhead) Paul Williamson Quartet Review by Samuel Cottell Trumpeter Paul Williamson has an incredible ability to create diverse musical landscapes with other performers. His previous album, Connect Four, saw him engage with four different pianists and create some exciting music. In the follow up to Connect Four, The Paul Williamson Quartet: LIVE (his ninth album) explores …
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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 remember when I was 13 rehearsing in the school jazz band and the teacher asked me to improvise. I told him I didn’t know how and his answer to that …
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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 jazz in late high school after a piano player named Nick Southcott moved to Wollongong and started a jazz band at the Wollongong Con. A mate of mine …
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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 was involved in my primary and high school bands from 3rd to 10th grade. During 4th grade, I participated in jazz camp in as a bass clarinet player. I attended …
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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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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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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 always liked jazz, but never actually played it very much until I started studying it at university. There wasn’t really any one moment when it hit me. Instead I have …
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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 jazz in high school – North Sydney Boys High had a great jazz program (run by Saul Richardson) and I started playing jazz in the big band there. …
