Gigs
Bunbury International Jazz Festival
Bunbury International Jazz Festival
Adrian Sherriff Band at the Sound Lounge
Adrian Sherriff Band
The Sylvia Mitchell Trio In concert at The Gods Cafe
Sylvia Mitchell Trio
Jazz:Now
Jazz Now
Toby Wren
Toby Wren
Willow Nielson Quartet / Jackson Harrison
Willow Nielson Quartet / Jackson Harrison
Frock
Frock
Dale Barlow Band
Dale Barlow Band
We Don't Dance For No Reason
We Don't Dance For No Reason
Jazz Meets the Symphony
Jazz Meets the Symphony
James Muller Trio
James Muller
Lisa Young
Lisa Young
Freedman Jazz '07
Freedman Jazz '07
Mark Isaacs
Mark Isaacs
Darling Harbour Jazz and Blues Festival
Darling Harbour Jazz and Blues Festival
Monique Di Mattina
Monique Di Mattina
Tal Wilkenfeld
Tal Wilkenfeld
Chick Corea and Gary Burton
Chick Corea and Gary Burton
Melbourne International Jazz Festival
Melbourne International Jazz Festival
McGann / McMahon / Swanton / Barker
McGann/McMahon/Swanton/Barker
Grand Union Orchestra
Grand Union Orchestra
Andy Fiddes – Survival of the Fiddes
Andy Fiddes – Survival of the Fiddes
Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra
Mothership Orchestra with Florian Ross
Mike Nock Trio
Mike Nock Trio
2006 Freedman Jazz Fellowship
Freedman Jazz
Steve Hunter Quartet
Steve Hunter Quartet
The Jazzgroove Association CD Launch and Fundraiser
Jazzgroove Association Launch of Jazzgroove 2 Compilation
Barney McCall
SIMA - Barney McCall : MODAS (Mother Of Dreams And Secrets)
Melbourne / Adelaide Creative Music Project
THE MELBOURNE/ADELAIDE CREATIVE MUSIC PROJECT
Freedman Jazz, The Studio
Wilson, Grant, Magnusson
Jamie Oehlers and Sam Keevers - Sunday 19 June 2005
Jamie Oehlers and Sam Keevers
Recordings
Sally Ford - Births, Deaths & Marriages
Births, Deaths and Marriages
Logic? - Native Strut
Native Strut
Tina Harrod - Worksongs
Worksongs
Andrew Robson Trio - Radiola
Radiola
Wanderlust - When in Rome
When in Rome
Richard Maegraith Band - Free Running
Free Running
Oehlers, Grabowsky and Beck - Lost And Found
Lost and Found
Tim Stevens Trio - Mickets
Mickerts
Joe Chindamo - Duende: The Romantic Project
Duende - The Romantic Project
The Vampires - South Coasting
South Coasting
Matt Keegan Trio - Tone Imagination
Matt Keegan Trio - Tone Imagination
Bennett's Lane Big Band
The Snip
Nicki Parrott - Moon River
Moon River
Mike Nock Project - Meeting of the Waters
Mike Nock Project - Meeting of the Waters
Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra - Dream Wheel
Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra - Dream Wheel
Steve Hunter Band - Dig My Garden
Steve Hunter Band - Dig My Garden
Jo Fabro - Save My Soul
Jo Fabro - Save My Soul
Gest8 - Kaleidoscope
Gest8 - Kaleidoscope
Garden of Forking Paths
Garden of Forking Paths
The Thousands
The Thousands
Little Claps
Little Claps
Zoe and the Buttercups
Zoe and the Buttercups
Way Out West - Old Grooves for New Streets
Old Grooves for New Streets
Andrea Keller Quartet - Little Claps
Andrea Keller Quartet - Little Claps
Marc Hannaford - The Garden of Forking Paths
Marc Hannaford - The Garden of Forking Paths
Misinterprotato - Variations
Misinterprotato - Variations
Tony Gorman and Bobby Singh - As Wide as the Sky
Tony Gorman and Bobby Singh - As Wide as the Sky
Stephen Magnusson - 14 Little Creatures
Stephen Magnusson - 14 Little Creatures
Mark Isaacs Quintet - Resurgence
Resurgence
Andy Fiddes - Livewire
Andy Fiddes - Livewire
Andrew Robson & Paul Cutlan - Simpatico
Andrew Robson & Paul Cutlan - Simpatico
Chris Cody Coalition - Conscript
Chris Cody Coalition - Conscript
Ben Winkelman Trio - The Spanish Tinge
The Spanish Tinge
Zac Hurren Trio - Exordium
Zac Hurren Trio - Exordium
Jackson Harrison Trio - Land Tides
Jackson Harrison Trio - Land Tides
High Tide - Volume 1: Live at the Brisbane Jazz Club
High Tide - Volume 1, Live At The Brisbane Jazz Club
Ingrid James & Louise Denson - Portrait
Ingrid James & Louise Denson - Portrait
Blow - Blue Sun, Red Moon
Blow - Blue Sun, Red Moon
Allan Browne Quintet - The Drunken Boat
Alan Browne Quintet - The Drunken Boat
Allan Browne Quintet - The Drunken Boat
Alan Browne Quintet - The Drunken Boat
Tal Wilkenfeld - Transformation
Tal Wilkenfeld - Transformation
Phil Slater Quartet - The Thousands
The Thousands
Informal Troupe - Urban Parkland
Urban Parkland
Zoe and the Buttercups
Zoe and the Buttercups
Stu Hunter - The Muse
The Muse
Scott Tinkler - Backwards
Backwards
Jazztrack Sessions - Home Grown & Rare
Jazztrack Sessions - Home Grown & Rare
Jamie Oehlers Double Drummer Group - You R Here
Matt McMahon Trio - Ellipsis
Matt McMahon Trio - Ellipsis
Matt McMahon Trio - Ellipsis
Adrian Cunningham Quartet - In Motion
In Motion
Trio Apoplectic
Trio Apoplectic
Theak-tet - Old School
Theak-tet - Old School
Void
Void
Megan Washington - Nightlight
Megan Washington - Nightlight
Squall
Squall
Introducing the Mace Francis Orchestra
Introducing the Mace Francis Orchestra
Void
Void
Bonnie J Jensen - The Sapphire Tree
The Sapphire Tree
Rodric White - The Sea of Tranquility
The Sea of Tranquility
Tom O’Halloran Trio - Green Hills and White Clouds
Green Hills and White Clouds
Roger Manins - Hip Flask
Hip Flask
The Necks - Chemist
The Necks - Chemist
AustraLYSIS Electroband - Sonic Stones
Sonic Stones
Alister Spence Trio - Mercury
Mercury
Roger Manins - Hip Flask
Hip Flask
James Ryan Trio - Long Way Home
Long Way Home
The Necks - Chemist
The Necks - Chemist
Matt McMahon - Paths and Streams
Matt McMahon - Paths and Streams
James Muller - Kaboom
James Muller - Kaboom
Band of Five Names - Empty Gardens
Empty Gardens
The Toby Wren Trio - umlaut
Umlaut
Mark Isaacs - Visions
Mark Isaacs - Visions
The Conglomerate - The Conglomerate Go To The Beach
The Conglomerate Go To The Beach
McGann : Live at Side On
Live at Side On
Sexion
Sexion
Jerusalem - Leonie Cohen Plus
Jerusalem
Jerusalem - Leonie Cohen Plus
Jerusalem
Glyn MacDonald Trio Review
Glyn MacDonald Trio
James Sherlock - Watermark
Glyn MacDonald Trio
Sally Ford
Births, Deaths & Marriages
(Newmarket)
Rating: ***
Two components lift this Melbourne vocalist’s album above just another ballads/blues release. The arrangements are superior, incorporating outstanding players, and Sally Ford’s observantly wry lyrics are infused with street-smart candour.
Ford has a comprehensive background as a competent vocalist and saxophonist with various pop groups, but notably as a Latin exponent with Texicali Rose. In a departure from her recent past she uses backing groups of varying sizes and instrumentation: a ‘spooky organ’, occasional minimalist strings, and strong contributions from trombonist Sharon Barnett, guitarist James Black and saxophonist Paul Williamson.
The Marriage of Style sounds like any wedding celebration song until the sting in the last line, and a literary quality emerges in Déjà Vu: “(It) sounds so wistful and pensive, But what we have here, Is ungracious and restive.” Ford’s voice is pleasant enough and influences are mostly from R&B and funk, but if some of the melodies sound vaguely familiar, her lyrics are uniquely original.
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This review first appeared in The Weekend Australian and is republished with permission.
