Tag Archives: Kinetic Jazz Festival
Features, Interviews 7 April 2012

Mike Gibbs pays tribute to Gil Evans

by Phil Sandford | Mike Gibbs has integrated jazz, classical and popular influences in his composing and arranging into a distinctive sound that is fresh and interesting. Now living in Spain he continues to compose and explore new ways of expressing his musical ideas.

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Reviews 21 February 2012

Compass points in multiple musical directions!

Compass Quartet

“Compass succeeds on its combination of strengths, technical and compositional, yet as a saxophone quartet what sets it apart and makes it so listenable is that each player has quite a contrasting approach to tone and articulation.”

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Features, Festivals 15 January 2012

Did you say ‘Old Man Farting’?

Old Man Singing - Lucian McGuinesson trombone and other bits and pieces

Celebrating a long-standing artistic friendship with Australian poet Thomas Shapcott, the Kinetic Jazz Festival has programmed three of Shapcott’s poems with dramatisation and music. The festival runs from 25-29 January

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Friday Video 18 May 2012

Scott Tinkler Quartet: Red Door

Scott Tinkler Quartet at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne on April Fools Day, 2005

Interviews 17 May 2012

Rai Thistlethwayte – a bit mongrel-ish

‘I guess maybe I can’t decide what I like, I just like it all, and although that is hard to ‘market’ to the world, it’s true to me, so I’m a mongrel.’

Interviews 16 May 2012

Gian Slater receives Creative Fellowship

Musician Gian Slater receieved an early career fellowship in the first round of creative fellowships under the new Federal Government’s Creative Australia Artist Grants initiative.

Festivals 13 May 2012

Barney McAll’s creeping unease

Barney McAll’s Graft is a suite of music that looks at technology and the bizarre affect it is having on human connection. It is a wild musical sound painting reflecting the ever increasing ambiguity between virtual and real.

News 12 May 2012

ANU School of Music – changes cause concern

Recent changes to the ANU School of Music in Canberra have created a dismayed buzz in the Australian jazz and [...]

Friday Video 11 May 2012

Gian Slater sings Belinda Moody’s ‘Sleepy Head’

‘Slumber’ composed and arranged by Belinda Moody, performed by Moody on bass, Gian Slater on vocals, Colin Hopkins on piano, Phil Collings on drums, and string quartet.