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Chuck Yates at 75 – a giant of Australian jazz
Chuck Yates leading his Quartet at The Gods, ANU, Canberra, ACT Chuck Yates is a jazz pianist, accompanist and teacher whose career spans over 50 years. He has played at every major jazz venue in...
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CJP Review: Legend and Wunderkind – Bern McGann and Andy Butler
This review was commissioned by the Street Theatre as part of the Conversations on Jazz event at the 2012 Capital Jazz Project. Participating students were briefed and their reviews were edited by a...
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Playing ‘The Breeze and I’ Something about this video made me want to keep listening and listening. I love the way Brendan and Andrew interact. And there’s been a bit of 75th Birthday action for...
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Bernie McGann celebrations and benefits
Article by Jasmine Crittenden If there’s one player in the history of Australian jazz who has inspired aspiring musicians to search for their own sound, it’s Bernie McGann. In response to the news of...
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Album review by John Clare: Wending (Bernie McGann Quartet)
Wending Bernie McGann (Rufus RF113) Review by John Clare At the time of writing the great Bernie McGann is in hospital, following a by-pass with serious complications. We will be realistic. Back on...
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Bernie McGann – a unique voice passes
We were sad to hear that Bernie McGann passed away last night in hospital. Farewell to an original voice in Australian music. In a review of McGann’s 2012 CD Wending, John Clare recently said: One day...
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Bern McGann : a Singular Man by John Clare
by John Clare Bern McGann May 2008 © The Shot No sooner had I filed the review of the Bernie McGann album Wending on this site than McGann’s closest musical associate John Pochée phoned me with the...
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Brendan Clarke: Stretching Out by Phil Sandford
Review and interview by Phil Sandford Stretch will be launched on Thursday 5 December, 8.30 pm Foundry 616, 616 Harris Street, Ultimo www.foundry616.com.au Brendan Clarke‘s sparkling debut album...
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Book review (includes CD): Testimony – A Tribute to Charlie Parker (review by...
Testimony – A Tribute to Charlie Parker Yusef Komunyakaa/Sandy Evans Wesleyan University Press, 2013 Review by John Shand Yusef Komunyakaa got Bird. He got that to render him in poetry could never be a...
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REVIEW: Julien Wilson Quartet – This Narrow Isthmus
By John Hardaker Now. The place where the best improvised music lives. ‘Now’ is the reason we go to check live music, especially in those small venues, up close so we can live in this small slice of...
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