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…

New work, a month without booze, and R.E.M.

August 11, 2014

Just recently I finished (I think) writing seven pieces for what I’m calling a double trio – piano, bass, drums, violin, viola and cello. This work is going to be Read the full article…

Çe soir

June 24, 2014

The turntable went to the shop, a place peopled by lunatics, and when finally I retrieved it I was told there had been nothing wrong with it. By some amazing Read the full article…

The Salon recital

May 17, 2014

Two things surprised me: I was nervous, but nowhere near as nervous as I’d expected I’d be, and today I’m not in a slough of depression such as frequently follows Read the full article…