ERIC MYERS REVIEWS 1980-87
Eric Myers was the Sydney Morning Herald’s inaugural jazz critic, his first review appearing on February 2, 1980. This folder contains reviews and articles written by Myers up to his resignation in 1982. Text published in the newspaper is reproduced here, with the addition of photographs which may or may not have appeared in the newspaper. In 1983 Myers moved to The Australian, where he was that paper’s jazz critic, until he resigned towards the end of 1987. His reviews for that newspaper appear also in this folder. Articles which appeared in other publications are included here, if they serve to document the performances of Australian jazz musicians. Readers can click on the INDEX button for a list of reviews or articles in this folder.
Mark Murphy with Tony Esterman in background
MARK MURPHY LEAVES AUDIENCE ECSTATIC
by Eric Myers
Sydney Morning Herald, November 10, 1981
There are times when a jazz performance is so good that it defies analysis. Such was the case with the American singer Mark Murphy, 49, who gave his first Sydney performance on Sunday night at The Basement. I was so captivated by Murphy that I took few notes. When I examined them later, they consisted almost wholly of superlatives: "great artistry," "a triumph," "superb," and so on…
Ed Wilson & Warren Daly
DALY-WILSON: BIG BAND FIREPOWER DRAWS JAZZ CROWD
by Eric Myers
Sydney Morning Herald, November 17, 1981
The opening night of the Daly-Wilson Big Band's season at the Pitt Street Jazz Club exceeded expectations on a number of counts. First, in a club that has been struggling to attract a jazz audience, the owners must have been delighted to see more than 300 people come through the door. It appears that Daly-Wilson's drawing power among the public is as big as ever. Second, the band well and truly fired, playing an exciting program that at the end of the night had the audience on its feet shouting for more…
Keith Hounslow (left) and Tony Gould (right) with Geoff Kluke in the centre…
HOUNSLOW AND GOULD AIM McJAD AT INDIA
by Eric Myers
Sydney Morning Herald, November 20, 1981
No-one can say that the Melbourne jazz trumpeter Keith Hounslow has not been universally lauded by serious writers on Australian jazz. John Clare described him in 1978 as one of the “three most naturally gifted trumpeters we have." Bruce Clunies-Ross described him in 1979 as "Australia's most brilliantly original jazz instrumentalist" and referred to his "individual genius as an improviser." Yet critical acclaim in the past is no substitute for an audience today…