Tag: Phillip Johnston

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Look out, Phillip Johnston is sneaking up on you

I’ve always thought thatPhillip Johnston’sapproach to jazz has a kind of cartoonish quality to it. His playing is sneaking up on you, surprising you and exploding like a cartoon dynamite. Other times, it’s like these pistols who, when fired, shoot out a flag that unfolds and writes ‘Bang!’

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From Downbeat: Phillip Johnston on Australian Jazz

“Australia is very far away from the parts of the world most noticed by the jazz press. And yet in the hothouse of the southern hemisphere, a group of extraordinary musicians and ensembles have developed who could hold their own against any in the world.”