DREAMS do become real. Many artists’ entire careers consist of testing how well they bounce back from kicks in the teeth and run-ins with brick walls. Then there’s Tal Wilkenfeld.
At 21, the Los Angeles-resident Sydneysider has been playing electric bass for less than four years (having previously played guitar). Last week she was performing with Chick Corea in Melbourne.
Now she was leading a trio completed by the virtuoso drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, who a fortnight ago was here with Herbie Hancock, and the keyboards player Geoff Keezer, whose credits include the Ray Brown Trio and playing with Art Farmer and Jim Hall.
Many musicians have made a splash by Wilkenfeld’s age, but surely few have been playing their instrument for such a short time. Obviously her natural aptitude is profound, and the hours of practice must have been intense.
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