BOOK REviewS

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CLARINETS, PIPELINES AND UNFORESEEN PLACES: The Evolution of an Engineer

by Grahame Campbell

Reviewed by Eric Myers

I first became aware of Grahame Campbell when Peter Rechniewski, then owner of the jazz venue Foundry 616 invited me to join the Sydney International Jazz Festival board. Campbell was already on the board. I knew nothing about him, other than he was a successful businessman, and also a jazz enthusiast and maybe a former jazz musician. I can’t remember why I came to visit him at his house in Cottage Point but I remember that, among other subjects, he spoke warmly about his friendship with the African American soul singer Steve Clisby, who became an Australian citizen in 2013. Campbell loaned me one of the best books on Australian jazz that I’ve ever seen, featuring excellent photographs by Tomas Pokorny, and also gave me a copy of his biography Clarinets, Pipelines and Unforeseen Places, which has taken me some time to peruse. I was always interested to discover what Campbell’s involvement in jazz amounted to…