Camelot Lounge, July 6 There are two Janis Siegels. One sings with the super-slick vocal group Manhattan Transfer and the other is a super-sophisticated jazz singer. Usually it is the first Siegel who comes to Australia, filling venues like the Opera House Concert Hall. This was the jazz singer Siegel’s…
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Daniel Rosenboom Quintet: Fire Keeper (Orenda) Steve Gadd Band: Gadditude (BFM/Planet) Kim Lawson Quartet: Hey Day (Yum Yum Tree) Taste is a handy attribute: you can be sure that you have it and those who disagree with you do not. It allows you to poke fun at, say, Michael Bolton…
Permission To Evaporate (ABC) In his erudite liner notes Joseph Tawadros observes the oud is neither “ethnic” nor “Arabic”. Amen. An instrument is like a painter’s brush, and the limits are of the heart and imagination, not of prescribed traditions and techniques. Herein lies the wonder of Tawadros’s 11th album:…