OK OK OK are pleased to announce the release of their debut album ‘Searching, Finding’. It was created with the aid of the Alan C Rose Memorial Award and was recorded with producer/engineer Joe Talia, equally known for his work as Andrea Keller’s drummer as he is for his groundbreaking electronic projects. The album features [...]
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Tedeschi-Cooper entertain us at Bennetts Lane
One of Ian Cooper’s favourite pieces is a tune ’stolen’ by transcribing a live Hungarian Gypsy band performance. He enjoyed the irony, but the Gypsies didn’t enjoy the (backhand) compliment apparently, and he was forced to make a quick exit. Fortunately for us, he managed to finish his transcription first.
Ian Cooper (Violin), and Simon Tedeschi [...]
“By a Thread” Paul Williamson CD launch at Bennetts Lane
By a thread CD Launch
It clearly was going to be a special night… as we walked in to the Jazz Lab at Bennetts Lane we were met with a circle of trumpeters occupying the middle of the room. And not just any trumpeters, but around a third of the finest of that sub-species in Melbourne, sharing their [...]
Rabid Hawke rip it up at Bennetts Lane
Before the music starts, little quips bounce around between the band members on the small stage at Bennetts Lane Jazz Lab. They clearly enjoy being there together, as they develop an obscure repartee not necessarily intended for us the audience. Their in-jokes are oblique, quirky and musical. This is intriguing and you find yourself trying to work them [...]