Randwick Town Hall, May 13 7/10 This concert may well not have happened. The Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra, the country’s preeminent large jazz ensemble, has just lost its Australia Council funding, and Randwick Council’s commendable Twilight Concert Series may well be jeopardised by forced council mergers. So we should be grateful…
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RENAISSANCE MUSIC FROM SPAIN AND ENGLAND (Songbird Music) 7.5/10 At its best early music is not just an artistic time-machine, but an insight into the psyche of humanity in another era. While reverence is commendable, even more important is a willingness to buy into the present tense of the music;…
The Basement, May 10 7.5/10 Were one sufficiently oversupplied with leisure to make lists of Australia’s finest and most influential musicians, the late Jackie Orszaczky would feature prominently. He would be on the shortlist of singers, bassists, arrangers, composers, band-leaders, producers, talent-spotters, mentors and (all to himself) piccolo bassists. Eight…