Thomas Savy – Bass Clarinet
April 7th, 2010 § Leave a Comment
Loved his first album, “Archipel”. The next, “French Suite” is equally stunning!
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/french-suite/id353049932
Chamber Jam 5 at the Ellington
September 28th, 2009 § 2 Comments
Classical Chamber Music at the Ellington Jazz Club
Monday 28th September 2009
How refreshing to hear a work like Schubert’s great C major quintet played in a cabaret setting! A full house at Perth’s Ellington jazz club were treated to a fabulous variety of music and styles for string quartet. Schubert was the pick of the bunch, but maybe I’m a little biased here. I love Schubert!
Imperial String Quartet
Jessica Gethin – Violin
Pascale Whiting – Violin
Bourby Webster – Viola
Emma McCoy – Cello
Sophie Walker – Cello
Philip Everall – Bass Clarinet
Phil performed
King Friday – Mike Lowenstern
Onomatopoeia – Nigel Westlake
Sha – Mike Lowenstern
NEUS/NOSE (2005) for bass clarinet and wine glass – Roderik de Man
How brilliant to hear a solo bass clarinet live in a jazz club and how brilliantly Phil performed these works. Gotta love the Ellington!
Here’s a clip of Phil doing something similar called “Ladder of Escape” by Australian composer Michael Smetanin which makes much use of a great percussive effect called “slap tongue”.
Walker Trio
Jess Gethin (née Walker)- Violin
Ray Walker – Guitar
Sophie Walker – Cello
This fabulously talented family performed selections by the Beatles, a profoundly moving original work by Ray Walker and some stunning Irish folk arrangements. More please!
For a full review by William Yeoman in the West Australian from September 30 click here
Scooter silliness
April 15th, 2009 § Leave a Comment
Travelled into the laneways of Perth recently. These lanes and pedestrian only areas are vital to the development of a city’s vibrancy.
Andrew Jamieson took these funky shots with me in concert garb on the scooter.
Andrew Jamieson’s blog can be found here.
