John Shand Posts

July 2, 2014 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Concert Hall, June 27  Anthony Warlow’s extraordinary career has ranged from Mozart to Sinatra. Along the way he has shared the stage with Dame Joan Sutherland, haunted the Paris Opera, rounded Eliza’s vowels and taken Broadway by storm. The latter finally happened in a production of Annie that united him…

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…