6 May 2021

Musical anachronisms

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I'm taking on recordings for Wesley lunchtime sessions.  Nice to help out and there are some very capable players to hear.  This time it...
3 May 2021

Different ages, different certainties

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My concerts are relatively few C(ovid)E but Limestone Consort is one I have got to.  Their concerts are small and intimate; the music is del...
23 April 2021

Sandwiches

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It was a double decker: Anton and Ariana had sandwiched Bach between two Vivaldi sonatas and I had sandwiched my recording between Melbourne...
21 April 2021

Bigs

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For some reason I was thinking of Smalls through this show. Smalls is a jazz bar in NYC that has a daily video feed. I watch it every so o...
20 April 2021

Postal

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Now this is a bit of local colour. I met Phaedra and Dave at NGV when they were doing some performance art for the Triennial. They were pe...
19 April 2021

New scene

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  Well, it was a new scene and one I’m not familiar with: punk, metal and the like. I heard music from across the road from the Victoria Ma...
18 April 2021

Filmz

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Film is not my favourite art form. Nonetheless, I went to one, Nomadland. It seemed fairly obvious if touching. We’ve read of such inequa...
17 April 2021

Always the gallery

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Any visit to Melbourne for me includes the National Gallery of Victoria. It’s a fave. This time, for the Triennial but also just to revisi...
5 April 2021

A phenomenon around town

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Early morning (moderately early) and a last minute run was my experience of Skywhale and Skywhalepapa.  Skywhale appeared in this blog years...
4 April 2021

Powerless

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I don't write about all my jazz gigs, just when there's something notable or when we play with someone new.  Now this last gig had a...
2 April 2021

For posterity, or at least for radio

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I've recorded literally hundreds of jazz and classical performers but these have all been live shows.  It was something a bit special to...
31 March 2021

Crivelli

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Partly jokingly, the Crivelli was the one I went to see.  We went to the National Gallery today for its latest blockbuster, Botticelli to Va...
28 March 2021

Another weekend

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This weekend it was a concert with Musica da Camera, my string orchestra.  You may expect Bach and Mozart from a string orchestra and that&#...
22 March 2021

Music is a hard task-master

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But it can be fun!  Tilt was in the studio again.  It's entertaining but demanding.  We last recorded for a Friday Night Live session an...
21 March 2021

Tasks mastered

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The old Trident Jazz Trio was resident at Trident Bar in Dickson for years, from 2000 or thereabouts.  It was nice that Chris had checked ou...