REVIEW: Sonic Mayhem Orchestra – Live Mayhem

LIVE MAYHEM is more than a document of the toughness and smart writing of James Ryan’s Sonic Mayhem Orchestra. Like all truly worthwhile live albums it stands on its own as a valid document of this unique ensemble.

Jess Greens Bright Sparks | photo supplied | SIMA

Album Review: Tinkly Tinkly (Jess Green’s Bright Sparks)

Thanks for saving me, Ms Green, from a fate worse than deaf.

Release: Tinkly Tinkly (Jess Green’s Bright Sparks)

Originally recorded by ABC Jazztrack over two separate sessions, Tinkly Tinkly is the follow up to the Green Septet’s debut album The Singing Fish and Other Short Stories (Jazzgroove Records, 2005)

Q&A with Simon Ferenci – 2010 NJA Finalist

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 […] Read More