Something a bit different this week, a jazz cut from an op shop CD that I have playing a lot recently and I think needs to see the light of day.
Late jazz musician Ken Schroeder was a regular with a number of small groups in the Melbourne scene from the late 1960s up until his passing last year.
He was a well-loved saxophone player and arranger and the tracks on this live album Afternoon In Libya are all his own original compositions.
Recorded at a bar in Melbourne in June 1989, many of the tracks have a very big band, post-pop sound, but I like that Hope has something of a more spiritual tone and less urgency.
The Financial Review had a particularly glowing review of the release in 1990:
Schroder contributes some sterling solos on both alto and baritone sax. Rob Glaesemann also shines on tenor and Ian Hellings stands out on trumpet. But the most impressive player is guitarist Doug De Vries, who holds the piano-less rhythm section together and excels as a soloist.
I think in Hope you can really see all of these players combine for a contemplative, ethereal eight-minute jazz journey and I am stoked to have it as part of the channel. Vale Ken Schroder.
In other news, it's Radio Festival time at PBS 106.7 FM!
Now is the best time of the year to become a part of the PBS family, because you have the chance to win a bunch of different and amazing prizes just for becoming a member.
To celebrate and chat about it, Ponie asked me to be on her show The Chronicles of Kick Ons this morning and we played a bunch of music and chat about the amazing perks of being a PBS member.
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