John Shand Posts

July 6, 2014 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Slide, June 30 When Bryan Batt last brought his Batt On A Hot Tin Roof cabaret show here the seasons of the ITAL Mad Men ITAL series in which his character Sal Romano appeared were recent history. Although his involvement in that primary source of his notoriety has slipped deeper…

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…