Sound Lounge, June 13 Krzysztof Komeda was dead at the age of 37. In that truncated life this Polish medical doctor had penned the scores for over 40 films, including most of Roman Polanski’s up to and including Rosemary’s Baby. Simultaneously he was a jazz pianist who did more than…
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Blue Mountains Theatre, June 6 Taken prisoner when the Japanese overran Ambon (in modern Indonesia) during World War II Lloyd Swanton’s uncle, Stuart Swanton, died in the island’s notorious POW camp. This grim piece of family history stirred Swanton to commemorate in music an uncle who at grave personal risk…
This Time (Which Way) As fascinating as the expansion of Slava and Leonard Grigoryan’s musicianship beyond the classical guitar domain has been, it is always a pleasure when they return to this core discipline. Superbly recorded in Oslo’s illustrious Rainbow Studios (with famed engineer Jan Erik Kongshaug), this album nods…