John Shand Posts

June 24, 2014 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Springwood Presbyterian Hall, June 14   The tenor saxophone is so deeply embedded in jazz that the sound of Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster or John Coltrane is like the music’s conscience. The recent rush of international artists through Sydney brought the profundity of Charles Lloyd’s tenor and the quicksilver of…

June 23, 2014 / Album Reviews - Archive

Sanitary Apocalypse  (http://wyattmosswellington.com/) Ah, the joy of stimulation by the imagination of one who dares to ask “what if?”, amid so much hollow falsity and slavish imitation. Wyatt Moss-Wellington’s new opus consists of one 28-minute composition blending innocence and knowing, wit and wonder, charm and unabashed cleverness. His satirical narrative…

June 11, 2014 / Concert Reviews - Archive

John Painter Hall, June 8 To hear the Joshua Redman Quartet within four days of Charles Lloyd’s band was to hear two of the most flexible and thrilling rhythm sections in contemporary jazz. Both shared the slippery bass playing of Reuben Rogers, teamed with drummer Eric Harland in Lloyd’s band…