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.
Noel Crow
GIANTS OF JAZZ: SWING ERA REVIVAL BUBBLE MAY HAVE BURST
by Eric Myers
The Australian, September 6, 1985
While some people over the past few months have apparently made a lot of money out of the current jazz nostalgia fad, with this concert the bubble may have burst. The concert at the Sydney Town Hall drew less than 1,000 people, which was a disappointing contrast to the sold-out concert on July 22 at the same venue. The program featured half a dozen entertainers or groups who were reputedly stars of the swing era of the 1930s and early 1940s. Some of them, however, could claim only a tenuous connection with jazz…
Dave Dallwitz
DAVE DALLWITZ TURNS ON JAZZ FOR DANCING
by Eric Myers
The Australian, September 19, 1985
The idea of bringing Dave Dallwitz from Adelaide to present his music with a specially assembled orchestra was an inspired one; happily it resulted in a unique musical event hosted by the Sydney Jazz Club. The local Sydney musicians who played Dallwitz's music brilliantly were Paul Furniss, Trevor Rippingale, John McCarthy (clarinet and saxophones), Greg Englert, John Roberts and Cliff Reese (trumpets), John Bates (trombone), Paul Baker (banjo), Kipper Kearsley (tuba) and Bryan Kelly (drums). Dallwitz himself played piano and clarinetist Tich Bray from Brisbane completed the saxophone section…
Rainer Bruninghaus
ROMANTICISM IN RAINER BRUNINGHAUS’S SOUND
by Eric Myers
The Australian, October 3, 1985
The Rainer Rainer Bruninghaus Trio, in its first Sydney performance, gave a startling demonstration of the now clear divergence between two contrasting idioms: so-called European Contemporary Music (ECM) and —what we are much more familiar with in this country — African-American jazz. Bruninghaus's music, which is intense, serious and meditative, owes little to that raunchy American jazz that grew out of New Orleans marching bands and Harlem nightclubs…