jazz

  • Joe Fritz and his All Stars at BJC

    Hungarian clarinettist Joe Fritz’s tone is the cream on an Irish coffee in winter. He plays melodies which weave in-and-out and break your heart with their unpredictable prettiness. He was at the Brisbane Jazz Club playing the music of Benny… Continue reading

    Joe Fritz and his All Stars at BJC
  • Joe Fritz and his All Stars at BJC review

    Hungarian clarinettist Joe Fritz’s tone is the cream on an Irish coffee in winter. He plays melodies which weave in-and-out and break your heart with their unpredictable prettiness. He was at the Brisbane Jazz Club playing the music of Benny… Continue reading

    Joe Fritz and his All Stars at BJC review
  • Glorious chaos: Valtozash at BJC

    Their horns assault you with a stabbing dissonance.  An electric guitar invades your mind with frenzied brilliance, then wails like a banshee. Bass guitar and drums build that sound of despair, the relentless thudding eventually impales your heart. If you… Continue reading

    Glorious chaos: Valtozash at BJC
  • Glorious chaos: Valtozash at BJC VIDEO

    Their horns assault you with a stabbing dissonance.  An electric guitar invades your mind with frenzied brilliance, then wails like a banshee. Bass guitar and drums build that sound of despair, the relentless thudding eventually impales your heart. Continue reading

    Glorious chaos: Valtozash at BJC VIDEO
  • Jeff Usher, jazz pianist

    Everyone has heroes. Jazz pianist Jeff Usher’s is the maverick genius Thelonious Monk. The uncompromising quirkiness of Monk’s music just blew Usher away. “It was his personality,” said Brisbane-based Usher. “When Monk played, it sounded like he was having a… Continue reading

    Jeff Usher, jazz pianist
  • Jeff Usher, jazz pianist VIDEO

    Everyone has heroes. Jazz pianist Jeff Usher’s is the maverick genius Thelonious Monk. The uncompromising quirkiness of Monk’s music just blew Usher away. Continue reading

    Jeff Usher, jazz pianist VIDEO