Canberra Jazz blog
Promoting modern jazz and other arts in Canberra, Australia
19 April 2024
Small world
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This was M17 ArtSpace for an exhibition by a photographer friend, Brian Jones. The title was Life in the Old Dog, Yet and the theme wa...
18 April 2024
Live or listened
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I've got into recording over the years and most recently into multitrack mixing and mastering, mainly of gigs at Smiths. I find it f...
14 April 2024
Tallis to today
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Prayers and lamentations was the title of the concert by Oriana Chorale with a range of Biblical and other quotes. The obvious one and e...
12 April 2024
Crux
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Australian Haydn Ensemble called the concert Heavenly Sopranos and sure enough most of the program featured a soprano and mezzo pairing. ...
11 April 2024
Knowing the past
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I've just been listening to a recent find, the LA drum/vocals duo Knower, and in some way I wonder if Robert Schmidli's concert is...
07 April 2024
Darkness and light
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It's amusing that this was the second gig with Chris Latham as MD where we sat in darkness. The darkness was for the projected image...
04 April 2024
A fave outing
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It may not be the favourite outing but it is a favourite outing. That's the RMC Band when it puts on a gig, in concert band format o...
03 April 2024
Egypt II
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It's odd but there's not one but two major exhibitions of Egyptiana in Australia this year: one from the mecca, the Cairo Museum, ...
29 March 2024
Nug
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I was just sitting outside a pub with a beer and I noticed someone with a tiny synth. Fascinating. Identified later as a Roland SC-1. Ti...
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26 March 2024
Awe
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Whenever I mentioned Stravinsky or Firebird suite to someone they were awed. I was certainly challenged by Firebird, but nothing like its ...
25 March 2024
Gaming
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I joked that the last game I played was Asteroids and it's not far from the truth, but we had a string of PSns in the house over time a...
22 March 2024
Ecstatic
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Sean gave me a rundown on the workshop that afternoon by Number Junky on jazz rhythms and odd meters. It fitted perfectly with the ban...
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20 March 2024
Premiere
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It was a first performance of a piano trio made up of local mates that I know through Wesley and MdCC and NCO. It's a small local ...
18 March 2024
Disappointments
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It's not the first disappointing demo I've attended but it was a significant disappointment. It was held as the local Canber...
17 March 2024
Calm and storm
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It's coming close to Canberra Bach Ensemble attending the Leipzig Bach Festival mid-year. But this is Easter so a Bach passion was i...
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