Monday, April 27, 2015

Jazz on Macleay

Organised by the Macleay Arts Complex, Michael Mills played "Pure Piano at Sunset" on the foreshore last night.  
People bought their own seats tables food and wine. Michael supplied the calm improvised jazz.
Trained in both classical and jazz, Michael chatted between numbers about his development as an improvisational pianist and composer. He believes that music is a “journey of the heart”, and that improvisation is the purest form of musical expression. He likened his spontaneous improvations to “musical painting”, a sentiment that was felt by the quiet, appreciative audience soaking up his notes.

Michael Mills plays jazz into the dusk of a beautiful autumn day on Macleay
Michael's opening number was the often asked for "Misty"--then he got down to some serious improvs.

The perpetual question of people from the mainland and from the other islands answered by a thoughtful notice by the organisers.  The Arts Complex is at the top end of the island, about 4.6km from ferry terminal in the south.

Mysteriously dead foreshore trees still make for dramatic photos

La grande dame: what would good jazz be without good wine.
To give you something of a taste, here is a previous performance he did of another standard "The Girl from Ipenema"
And finally, you can pay and download his albums from his website

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