Lucian toots his horn

Thursday July 8th, 7:30pm

Impermanent: 154 Victoria Rd, Rozelle

Entry: $5 suggested donation

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Join Mike and myself on Thursday July 8th for an evening of instrumental exploration. Both Mike and I will perform a set of solo improvisations, followed by a duo, largely improvised set.
Mike has been a part of my collaborative modern jazz band, the Keijzer-McGuiness Quintet since it’s inception in 2006. Mike has taken himself to Europe a few times to explore the improvising scene there, and on one occasion last year our trips there coincided and we spent a couple of weeks in close orbit.

Mike Majkowski, born 1983, is a double bassist from Sydney, Australia. He began his musical activities as Read more…

On August 7th Ben Walsh’s 10-piece band Orkestra of the Underground perform a live score to projected images from Shaun Tan’s book The Arrival at the Sydney Opera House’s Playhouse Theatre.

The last outing of the Orkestra was a mammoth project: to perform a live score to a french sci-fi animation Fantastic Planet, realised against all odds by Ben for the 2009 Sydney Festival. On that occasion, Ben composed a full score for the feature-length film, and without digital cues, conducted the whole thing live from behind the kit whilst we floated on a barge underneath the giant LED screen. The score was wild, bombastic and really, really fun for the 20 or so of us up there. The 2,000 or so people there to see it all go down at Darling Harbour seemed to dig it too.

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On July 18 I’ll be part of a much larger ensemble performing a work by Louis Andriessen and Terry Riley for Ensemble Offspring:

SIZZLE! avant-garde meets folk meets electronica meets jazz meets performance art meets dance… coming to your local bowlo

Sizzle was conceived by Ensemble Offspring as an alternative musical event for Sydney in winter – a way of getting contemporary classical music off the podium and into people’s Sunday arvos. A relaxed and casual affair including food, drinks and a bowlo favourite, bingo, each afternoon is curated by an Ensemble Offspring member, reflecting their unique personal tastes and varied collaborative projects.

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John Hollenbeck’s Claudia Quintet will be graciously sharing the bill with the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra at the upcoming Melbourne International Jazz Festival. Hollenbeck and vocalist Theo Bleckmann will join the Mothership to lead us through a program of Hollenbeck’s large ensemble work.
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