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Monday 1 | 7.30 & 10.00pm

Buffalo Collision

Wednesday 3 | 8.30pm

Vijay Iyer/Rudresh Mahanthappa

Monday 15 | 8.30pm

Antonio Forcione (solo)

Tuesday 16 | 8.30pm

Antonio Forcione & Adriano Adewale

Tuesday 23 & Wednesday 24 | 7.30 & 10.00pm

Hairy Bones

See the March programme for booking and full details

Trichotomy

Tuesday 2 February

Given that Trichotomy cite EST, Radiohead and fellow Australian trio the Necks as among their chief inspirations, it might have been predicted that the last-mentioned band (whose modus operandi, after all, is unequivocally grounded in spontaneity and mutual interaction) would provide a model for Trichotomy live performances; in the event, however, although their overall performance approach is a little (rhythmically) looser and more harmonically adventurous than their album sound, they stick more closely to the musical script than expected.

See the complete review.

New CD reviews by Chris Parker

Rachel Brand  Find Yourself In My Shoes

Singer Rachel Brand came to jazz singing late, after a career in business, via the Fionna Duncan Jazz Workshop and the Guildhall School, but she handles a standard ('I Didn't Know What Time It Was', 'I Got Lost in His Arms', 'It Never Entered My Mind') with energetic wit, grace and aplomb; addresses blues-based material (Oscar Brown's 'Humdrum Blues') with finely judged robustness, and sings less familiar material (Ben Watt's paean to simple pleasures, 'On Box Hill') with sensitivity and intelligence.