CD Reviews

Review by Des Cowley. Peter O’Mara Prime Time Quintet – Live At The Jazzlab (ABC Jazz, digital release) Michael Tortoni’s club, the Jazzlab – located in Brunswick – is a continuation of its long-running predecessor […]

By Bernard Zuel. GRACE CUMMINGS – BLOOD HORSE (Sugar Mountains Records) Something wickedly smart this way comes, a counter note more than antidote to those who had parked Grace Cummings and her astonishing, deep and ridged […]

By Bernard Zuel TIFT MERRITT – SUGAR (One Riot) Look around and it is easy to find some well-meaning or well-remunerated type telling us how what we need to build – in ourselves, in society, […]

Review by Des Cowley. SORRY MILES by LIBOR ŠMOLDAS – (BVAK Records, CD and digital release) I can only imagine Czech guitarist Libor Šmoldas had his tongue firmly in his cheek when he titled his […]

Review by Des Cowley. KYM ALEXANDRA DILLON – VENDESTINY (Amica Records, CD, vinyl and digital release). Amica Records is a newish label founded by Melbourne pianist Nat Bartsch. It was initially created as a vehicle […]

Barney McAll: MonK KnoW: Explorations of Thelonious Monk (Independent, digital release) Review by Des Cowley. Thelonious Monk’s body of work casts a long shadow over jazz history, ever since the pianist first stepped into the […]

Review by Sue Barrett. RUTH HAZLETON  – HERONBONES (Independent) Australian musician Ruth Hazleton is celebrating 30 years on the folk music scene, with her new album, Heronbones. In her early days in the music industry, […]