Foundry 616, November 3 8.5/10 Here was an inspired pairing on the part of the Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival. Sophisticated compositions, open-ended improvising, rampant imagination and gritty emotions defined this collaboration between Canada’s Jensen sisters – Ingrid (trumpet) and Christine (saxophones) – and Sydney’s Mike Nock Trio. Although learning…
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Foundry 616, November 2 6.5/10 Where did that come from? This concert had been cruising along agreeably enough, with several highs, some flatter stretches and no real gullies, until the final Dewey’s Tune, one of the late Dewey Redman’s vibrant but rarely heard compositions. Suddenly tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana was…
Camelot Lounge, October 20 6/10 Lulo Reinhardt, great-nephew of the fabled Django, was a regular visitor to these shores for several years, during which time audiences came to treasure not just the brilliance of his acoustic guitar playing and his Latin-flavoured take on Gypsy swing, but also his many exceptional…