QUIRKS (www.stevearie.com.au) 7/10 Many musicians change their primary instrument in their teens, and the odd one (like guitarist Ralph Towner) in their 20s. But to spend 30 years as a double bassist in such stellar projects as Ten Part Invention and John Turnbull’s beat-poet show, Birth of the Cool, and…
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QUILTY: PAINTING THE SHADOWS (InSync) 8/10 If you have taken up painting during the lockdown, you might want to try working away to this. Quilty: Painting the Shadows is the soundtrack for Catherine Hunter’s documentary about Ben Quility, and, while some film music can seem a nudge anaemic when taken…
SOMEWHERE ELSE (www.carlorr.com) 7/10 Restraint and tension are two sides of the same coin. Musicians holding something in reserve are a bit like dogs on a leash, and the very sense of anticipation induced helps spark the listener’s imagination. This restraint can also maximise the air around the notes, and…