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Willow Nielson Quartet / Jackson Harrison

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We Don't Dance For No Reason

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Monique Di Mattina

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Tal Wilkenfeld

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Chick Corea and Gary Burton

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Melbourne International Jazz Festival

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McGann / McMahon / Swanton / Barker

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Grand Union Orchestra

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Andy Fiddes – Survival of the Fiddes

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Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra

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Mike Nock Trio

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Steve Hunter Quartet

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The Jazzgroove Association CD Launch and Fundraiser

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Barney McCall

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Melbourne / Adelaide Creative Music Project

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Freedman Jazz, The Studio

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Recordings

Bruce Cale Quartet - On Fire – The Sydney Concert (1980)

On Fire – The Sydney Concert (1980)

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Greg Coffin Trio - It’s Neither Either Or. It’s Both And.

Greg Coffin Trio - It’s Neither Either Or. It’s Both And.

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Kidney

Kidney

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Sally Ford - Births, Deaths & Marriages

Births, Deaths and Marriages

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Logic? - Native Strut

Native Strut

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Joe Chindamo - Duende: The Romantic Project

Duende - The Romantic Project

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Matt Keegan Trio - Tone Imagination

Matt Keegan Trio - Tone Imagination

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Mike Nock Project - Meeting of the Waters

Mike Nock Project - Meeting of the Waters

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Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra - Dream Wheel

Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra - Dream Wheel

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Steve Hunter Band - Dig My Garden

Steve Hunter Band - Dig My Garden

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Jo Fabro - Save My Soul

Jo Fabro - Save My Soul

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Gest8 - Kaleidoscope

Gest8 - Kaleidoscope

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Garden of Forking Paths

Garden of Forking Paths

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The Thousands

The Thousands

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Little Claps

Little Claps

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Zoe and the Buttercups

Zoe and the Buttercups

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Way Out West - Old Grooves for New Streets

Old Grooves for New Streets

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Andrea Keller Quartet - Little Claps

Andrea Keller Quartet - Little Claps

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Marc Hannaford - The Garden of Forking Paths

Marc Hannaford - The Garden of Forking Paths

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Misinterprotato - Variations

Misinterprotato - Variations

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Tony Gorman and Bobby Singh - As Wide as the Sky

Tony Gorman and Bobby Singh - As Wide as the Sky

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Stephen Magnusson - 14 Little Creatures

Stephen Magnusson - 14 Little Creatures

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Andy Fiddes - Livewire

Andy Fiddes - Livewire

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Andrew Robson & Paul Cutlan - Simpatico

Andrew Robson & Paul Cutlan - Simpatico

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Chris Cody Coalition - Conscript

Chris Cody Coalition - Conscript

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Zac Hurren Trio - Exordium

Zac Hurren Trio - Exordium

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Jackson Harrison Trio - Land Tides

Jackson Harrison Trio - Land Tides

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High Tide - Volume 1: Live at the Brisbane Jazz Club

High Tide - Volume 1, Live At The Brisbane Jazz Club

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Ingrid James & Louise Denson - Portrait

Ingrid James & Louise Denson - Portrait

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Blow - Blue Sun, Red Moon

Blow - Blue Sun, Red Moon

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Allan Browne Quintet - The Drunken Boat

Alan Browne Quintet - The Drunken Boat

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Allan Browne Quintet - The Drunken Boat

Alan Browne Quintet - The Drunken Boat

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Tal Wilkenfeld - Transformation

Tal Wilkenfeld - Transformation

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Zoe and the Buttercups

Zoe and the Buttercups

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Jazztrack Sessions - Home Grown & Rare

Jazztrack Sessions - Home Grown & Rare

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Matt McMahon Trio - Ellipsis

Matt McMahon Trio - Ellipsis

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Trio Apoplectic

Trio Apoplectic

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Theak-tet - Old School

Theak-tet - Old School

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Void

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Megan Washington - Nightlight

Megan Washington - Nightlight

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Squall

Squall

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Introducing the Mace Francis Orchestra

Introducing the Mace Francis Orchestra

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Void

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Rodric White - The Sea of Tranquility

The Sea of Tranquility

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The Necks - Chemist

The Necks - Chemist

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The Necks - Chemist

The Necks - Chemist

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Matt McMahon - Paths and Streams

Matt McMahon - Paths and Streams

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James Muller - Kaboom

James Muller - Kaboom

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Mark Isaacs - Visions

Mark Isaacs - Visions

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The Conglomerate - The Conglomerate Go To The Beach

The Conglomerate Go To The Beach

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McGann : Live at Side On

Live at Side On

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Sexion

Sexion

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Glyn MacDonald Trio Review

Glyn MacDonald Trio

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James Sherlock - Watermark

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Bruce Cale Quartet - On Fire – The Sydney Concert (1980)

13th May, 2009

Review by John McBeath

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Bruce Cale Quartet
On Fire – The Sydney Concert (1980)
(Tall Poppies Records)

Rating: ****1/2

It’s 29 years since this concert was recorded by the NSW Jazz Action Society at the Sydney Musicians’ Club. A long time emerging from the archives, it’s an important, historic album and the record company has overcome technical problems to reproduce a live recording of acceptable quality.

The compositions are by bassist/leader Bruce Cale or the late genius Roger Frampton on piano, and the musical concepts are as fresh as this morning’s croissants. Dale Barlow, a virtuosic 19-year-old is on saxophones and flute, with legendary drummer Phil Treloar adding immense excitement, rhythmic integration and percussive embroidery.

Bindo, at an off-the-metronome tempo has Barlow’s tenor in full flight, Frampton’s piano speeding melodically and Treloar’s cymbal sticks working at wrist shattering pace.

Frampton’s beautiful ballad, Offering has Barlow on soprano while the composer’s piano explores a lyrical landscape, loaded with serendipity. This earlier concert, well ahead of its time, has become more accessible over the intervening years.

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This review first appeared in The Australian and is republished with permission.


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