Foundry 616, November 12 7.5/10 Singer Gian Slater was a fitting artist to round out this year’s Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival, as her collaboration with pianist Barney McAll and drummer Simon Barker is all about opening up possibilities rather than closing them down in the pursuit of a specifically…
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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…
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…