I was really happy to see The Australian has published a review of my album in this weekend. My hope was always to make something that might appeal to people who aren't necessarily 'jazz fans'. So it is great when it gets some coverage in the mainstream media. Especially a paper like The Australian. Jazz still seems to sit in a bit of a blur between entertainment and art in the media. Too low-brow for the 'arts' pages and too obscure or high-brow for the 'entertainment' pages

I had a great chat with Frank Presley about a bunch of interesting things including my career, hi-resolution recording and the validity of singing reality shows! Follow the link for the streamed recording of this; http://www.jazzandbeyond.com.au/sound/BenGurton.mp3

Ben Gurton’s brand new album Prelude To A Scene is inspired by film music, minimalism, ECM Records and much more. In his first album featuring all original music, we take time to chat about the process. JK: How did you first get interested in music and playing the trombone? BG: I remember being taken to see the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra play a ‘Meet The Orchestra’ concert in about year 3 and since that moment decided that I wanted to play the trombone. I ended up starting