Despite its relative geographic seclusion—or perhaps because of it—a closely knit jazz scene has emerged in Australia over the past decade, most notably in Sydney, where the Jazzgroove Association has ...

"And how many of you are there in the quartet?" a reporter once asked Dave Brubeck. The same number as in the "GAMLA STAN" edition of Australia's THEAK-TET, which has a big collective imagination..

Scratch the surface of most self-respecting musicians and any typecasting is swiftly shredded. Miles Davis and Charlie Parker both loved Stravinsky, among other 20th-century composers; Elvis Costello ...

Despite its relative geographic seclusion--or perhaps because of it--a closely knit jazz scene has emerged in Australia over the past decade, most notably in Sydney, where the Jazzgroove Association ...

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