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…
Category: Concert Reviews
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…
Colbourne Ave, October 13 9/10 Music is nearly always dressed up in the tell-tale padded-shoulder clothes of this idiom or that, conforming to expectations and triumphantly embodying certain skills. Too often these clothes, conformity and skills are the music. Here, for once, was the heart, soul and feeling stripped naked.…