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News: Recording

New Zealand Jazz Icon Releases Album With Swiss Pianist

New Zealand Jazz Icon Releases Album With Swiss Pianist

Despite 50 years age difference, Kim Paterson and Alex Ventling grew a bond through their common appreciation towards improvising and the jazz tradition. On regular visits to Kim’s house in Red Beach, Auckland, the two would listen to records, discuss music, philosophise, and play together. These visits first began 10 years ago and formed a lasting ...

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Article: Album Review

Mike Nock: Hearing

Read "Hearing" reviewed by Barry O'Sullivan


Mike Nock has had a varied sixty-five-year musical journey, receiving many awards and honours. It has been thirty years since he released his celebrated solo piano album Touch, recorded at the Australian Broadcasting Commission's Eugene Goossens Hall in Sydney in 1993. Hearing has him returning to the same hall for another solo album and, as the ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Eri Yamamoto, Janel Leppin and More

Read "Eri Yamamoto, Janel Leppin and More" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This show features several active female jazz musicians such as Eri Yamamoto, Janel Leppin, and Claudia Acuna. It also includes Michael Sarian, Tyshawn Sorey, and Jesse Davis. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Barry Altschul's ...

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Article: Album Review

Lisa Parrott: Round Tripper

Read "Round Tripper" reviewed by Jack Bowers


In the vernacular, to “parrot" means to imitate or copy. In spite of her point-blank name, Lisa Parrott goes out of her way not to do that, whether on alto or baritone sax. Parrott's alto is lustrous and ripened, summoning at times the halcyon days of the Swing Era, while her baritone is barbed and heavy, ...

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Article: Album Review

Lisa Parrott: Round Tripper

Read "Round Tripper" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


More than ten thousand miles separate New York and Australia, but saxophonist Lisa Parrott's music bridges that gap. On Round Tripper, the Australian-born, New York-based Parrott makes music that speaks to her connections to both locales and the bonds that she's made in both places over the years. Round Tripper finds Parrot working ...

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Article: Book Review

Tim Nikolsky: Australian Jazz Real Book

Read "Tim Nikolsky: Australian Jazz Real Book" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Australian Jazz Real Book Tim Nikolsky 662 pages ISBN: 979-­0-­9009613-­5-­8 Australian Jazz Real Book 2013 It's been five years in the making, but finally, Melbourne guitarist Tim Nikolsky's one-man crusade to assemble an Australian Jazz Real Book has succeeded. In fact, as Nikolsky related ...


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