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Last week the jazz trio of Ray Brown, Benny Green and Russell Malone made its way into town for a night's performance at the Regatta Bar in the Charles Hotel. While Green is informally the leader of the group, it is bassist Brown who has worked with the big names, playing in Oscar Peterson's juggernaut trios, Dizzy Gillespie's bebop band and collaborating with Duke Ellington. Rounding out the trio was guitarist Russell Malone, one of the best of young jazz guitarists today...
...Saturday, the Push Stars turn up, while Elastica (led by the inimitably cool Justine Frischmann, left), perhaps the best of the groups of the so-called Britpop invasion of the mid-'90s, will perform at Avalon. (Incidentally, the version of Trio's '80s hit "Da Da Da" that closes The Menace, Elastica's latest album, is pure genius...
...apart from other alternative releases. At times screeching and whiny and at others plaintive and hollow, Enigk's mesmerizing sound captures an impressive range of emotions. "Rain Song" stands out as a work of simple beauty that will appeal even to those not enamored with the band's power-trio sound, while "Faces in Disguise" demonstrates the band's ability to tone things down without losing the intensity and power that characterize their sound...
...album comprises both solo piano tracks and performances by the Mehldau trio, with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jorge Rossy. Both of Mehldau's sidemen provide solid supporting work, enriching his ideas without distracting from them, grounding his virtuosic playing without slowing him up too much. Mehldau has startling command of both hands, offering up melody and countermelody simultaneously, forcefully and thoughtfully. When he's playing, you can be sure he has a firm grasp of the song. On this album themes introduce themselves, wash away and then return, like waves against a beach. Los Angeles arrives first...
Sydney's official trio of cloying mascots will not compete unopposed. A local radio station, tweaking the Games for its history of drug-assisted athletes, is sponsoring some alternative mascots. Proceeds from the promo will go to a children's hospital...