Wynton

March 3, 2019

When one name is enough. Like Keith. Miles. Billie. Duke. When the contribution is so sizeable and so distinctive that there can be no confusion. You might say, well Wynton Read the full article…

Rediscovering

December 10, 2017

Something curious happened this week; I was reminded, quite out of the blue, of a piece I composed at the turn of the century and had put aside, moved on Read the full article…

Allan Browne, 1944-2015

July 13, 2015

The first time I saw Allan Browne was at a gig that changed my life, and one about which I’ve written before: he played with Gary Costello and Paul Grabowsky Read the full article…

The 6×3 notes

January 19, 2015

Dear reader, I wrote these notes for the Origin re-release of Browne, Costello & Grabowsky’s landmark album 6×3. I submitted them and asked to see the proofs before they were Read the full article…

Genesis of identity in Australian improvised music

December 1, 2014

Paper presented at ‘The charisma of dissonance: The 37th international conference of The Musicological Society of Australia,’ 1 December 2014. The thing with jazz, as we’re all told, is to Read the full article…