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    JAZZ TRACK

    Jan 29, 2020 3 minutes
    by John Shand
    John Shand

    ADAM SIMMONS

    The Usefulness ofArt (Fat Rain FAT021)

    The breadth of the music matches the scale of the ambition. These five albums dig deep into the oeuvre of brilliant Melbourne composer/multi-instrumentalist Adam Simmons, beginning with Concerto for Piano and Toy Band, a dense, giddy conversation between pianist Michael Kieran Harvey and the eight-piece Adam Simmons Creative Music Ensemble (CME).

    The titular suite, which, alongside its intense beauty of melody and improvisation, carries dialogues between startling places Simmons' assorted reeds against a heady, edgy composition for 20-piece string orchestra. by contrast, uses a 14-piece CME containing six drummers and percussionists. The usefulness of art? A Rodin quote.

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