City Recital Hall, August 3 It is a sound that will live in the memory: Pandit Kaivalyakumar’s voice splitting the air with a force like nuclear fission. Without being overly loud its power was further magnified by the City Recital Hall’s resonant acoustics when he chose to fully unleash it.…
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The Joan, July 26 There’s one thing no one can deny about Emma Pask: she knows how to put together a band. In guitarist James Muller, bassist Phil Stack and drummer Tim Firth she had three of the best in the land, and was an appropriately generous leader, giving them…
505, July 25 Duke Ellington wrote compositions with specific members of his magnificent orchestra in mind and Thelonious Monk wrote to suit his singular approach to the piano. Given that the jazz composer’s job is to inspire improvisers, Barney McAll has succeeded brilliantly with the material primarily from the Mooroolbark…