18 April 2008
The Paul Grabowsky Quartet
Posted by Mick (SplaTT) Stanic under: Music .
Just got back from the seeing the “Paul Grabowsky Quartet” at the Bennetts Lane Jazz Club in Melbourne.
Recently announced as the Artistic Director of the Adelaide Festival of Arts, pianist Paul Grabowsky (wikipedia) brings together some long time collaborators for a series of performances at Bennetts Lane. Featuring Australian Jazz Musician of the Year (2007) and winner of Best Contemporary Jazz CD two years running, Jamie Oehlers (myspace) brings his saxophone and colleagues Sam Anning (myspace) (bass) and Ben Vanderwal (myspace) (drums) who he recently completed an Australian tour with.
The gig was brilliant…these boys can certainly bang out a great jazz tune :)
I haven’t been into the Bennetts Lane Jazz Club for a number of years and it seems smaller than i remember but the crowd is certainly as eclectic as it used to be…music students in their late teens right through to elderly jazz lovers. I found a nice spot at the back corner of the bar and settled in for a night of great music…so if you are into jazz, or appreciate listening to great musicians, i recommend catching up with these guys if you get the chance.
Oh yeah…that reminds me…Melbourne Jazz 2008, which is the 10th anniversary of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, starts on the 29th of April and finishes on the 4th of April 2008 :)
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