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Lisa Young Quartet: The Eternal Pulse
by Ian Patterson
Melbourne jazz singer Lisa Young has been a mainstay of the Australian jazz scene for over two decades, whether leading quartets or as a member of Coco's Lunch, the award winning a cappella group she co-founded in the mid-1990s. The Eternal Pulse--her fourth album as leader--marries konnakol with Young's personal take on vocal improvisation in an ...
Take Five With Lisa Young
by AAJ Staff
Meet Lisa Young:Lisa Young is on a constant voyage of exploration and creation of vocal works using a diverse vocal language resonating from a personal sound bank aesthetic built over many years as an improvising singer.She performs and records with her jazz quartet, and with vocal and percussion group Coco's Lunch. Her ...
Jeremy Woolhouse: The Persistence of Dreaming
by Dan Bilawsky
Dreams and reality have an odd relationship that's neither completely antagonistic nor complementary; either one can influence the other, as thoughts bleed across different worlds in obvious or subtle fashion, but they exist in separate realms. Minute-to-minute, real life actualities and imagined, in-the-mind occurrences are inextricably linked, yet permanently separated by an impassable divide, and this ...
Tim Nikolsky: Australian Jazz Real Book
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 ...
The Lisa Young Quartet lauches "The Eternal Pulse" Official Music Video in celebration of International Women's Day
In celebration of International Women’s Day, Lisa Young Quartet, launches it’s official music video release, featuring the single “Tha Thin Tha" (Ta Din Ta) from their new album The Eternal Pulse. Filmed on a winter’s day at Ferdydurke in Melbourne, director Tabata Piccinelli’s vision was to weave the creation of the Eternal Pulse album artwork by ...
Jeremy Woolhouse: The Persistence of Dreaming
by Dan McClenaghan
The translation of melancholy into music can be a beautiful thing in any genre. Jazz, with its focus, on improvisation (to varying degrees), allows an artist to explore the nuances of mood. A framework that gives way to in-the-moment rumination or flights of fancy can make for the most evocative of sounds.Melbourne, Australia-based pianist ...
Take Five With Paul Van Ross
by AAJ Staff
Meet Paul Van Ross:Based in Melbourne, Australia, Paul has been a musical performer for over 20 years. He has performed all over the world in various musical ensembles. He is frequently in demand as a leader and sideman for his versatility.Instrument(s):Saxophone, flute, clarinet.Teachers and/or influences?George Garzone; ...
Legendary Rock From Macedonia - Leb I Sol
The legendary Balkan progressive rock / jazz band Leb i Sol – touring the new continent in October-November 2012. Following many successful concerts around the Balkans, Paris, Prague, Chicago, Amsterdam, New York, London, Toronto, Thessaloniki and many other cities around the globe, the best Macedonian band are to tour Australia for first time ever. Perth – ...
Paul Kelly Springs Forward Without Falling Back
Legendary Australian singer-songwriter, delivers an intimate classic with his first new album in five years Spring and Fall to be released on November 6 on Gawd Aggie through CEN/RED Distribution in U.S. MELBOURNE, Australia — Paul Kelly’s remarkable new 11-song album Spring and Fall — his 19th studio album and first collection of new material in ...
