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THE GATHERING — STU HUNTER
CD REVIEW (Vitamin Records) PIANIST/COMPOSER Stu Hunter’s second suite is an hour-long journey even more enthralling and engrossing than his first, The Muse, released in 2007 with Cameron Undy on bass,...
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JAZZ BELL AWARDS 2010
AWARDS NIGHT AT BMW EDGE The winners: (from left) Hall of Fame inductee Bob Barnard, Kristin Berardi, Stu Hunter, Jonathan Zwartz and Allan Browne. Congratulations to the 2010 winners of the Jazz Bell...
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AWARDS NOMINATIONS
Awards are in the air and it’s fantastic to hear that some of Ausjazz blog’s favourite albums have been listed. In the ARIA list is a real favourite, Joe Chindamo’s take on Coen brothers’ music. It is...
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TIME TO BERET THAT MAN IN BLACK
Oliver Lake is one of the international artists at Wangaratta Jazz ARTICLE: Wangaratta Jazz demystified — ROGER MITCHELL reflects on the musical feast about to unfold this weekend HE wears a black...
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THINGS HAPPEN — A FEW WORDS ON WANG
Impish humour: Kurt Elling the showman. REVIEW: WANGARATTA JAZZ 2010 ROGER MITCHELL attempts to sum up Australia’s major festival of improvised music in a few words WHEN Mike Nock’s New Quintet opened...
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WANGARATTA JAZZ 2010 — STU HUNTER ENSEMBLE: THE GATHERING
Sweet suite: Stu Hunter GIG: WPAC theatre, 1pm, Sat, October 30 Stu Hunter piano, Matt Keegan tenor sax, Jonathan Zwartz acoustic bass, Simon Barker drums, Julien Wilson tenor sax, James Greening...
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WANGARATTA JAZZ 2010 — STU HUNTER ENSEMBLE: THE MUSE
Contrasts and conflict: Stu Hunter's The Muse GIG: St Patrick’s Hall, 8pm, Sat, October 30 Stu Hunter piano, Matt Keegan tenor sax, Jonathan Zwartz acoustic bass, Simon Barker drums Hunter’s ensemble...
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TOP 10 ALBUMS FOR 2010
ROGER MITCHELL picks his favourite albums for the year A top 10 is a little like a star rating — how can diverse albums be assessed against each other according to some sort of merit test? But I’ve...
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WYNTON MARSALIS SENDS HIS APOLOGIES
Ausjazz blog previews Stonnington Jazz 2011 — May 19 to May 29 The days are suddenly much colder and the nights have that stay-at-home chill. Many of us are suffering from sore throats, persistent...
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OF JAZZ HEROES AND HIGHLIGHTS
Wayne Shorter at Hamer Hall … surely one of the jazz heroes. REVIEW / RAVE Melbourne International Jazz Festival, June 3 to June 12, 2016 One of the most interesting conversations I’ve had during this...
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