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.
Karl Hird
SAN JACINTO JAZZ BAND: VIGOROUS TRAD AT NEW CLUB
by Eric Myers
Sydney Morning Herald, May 5, 1980
The Sydney Jazz Club, which has long been a staunch proponent of traditional jazz, has begun an after hours activity, called the AM Club, every Friday from 11.45 pm to 2 am. It is held in the basement of the Balmain Tennis Club, in Withecome Street, Rozelle. The newly-formed resident group is the San Jacinto Jazz Band, consisting of Nick Boston (cornet), Karl Hird (clarinet), Roger Janes (trombone), Don de Silver (banjo), Don Heap (bass) and Lynn Wallis (drums)…
Clockwise from top left, Bruce Cale, Roger Frampton, Phil Treloar, Dale Barlow
BRUCE CALE QUARTET: BRILLIANT BUT BRIEF
by Eric Myers
Sydney Morning Herald, May 6, 1980
This was the third of six concerts, presented by the Keys Music Association, with the assistance of the Music Board of the Australia Council… This was the Bruce Cale Quartet's first Sydney appearance since its recent Adelaide Festival of Arts performances which, according to all reports, were outstanding. Certainly, its brilliant performance on Jim McLeod's ABC-FM program Jazztrack, which went live to air from the Festival Jazz Club, strongly reinforced those reports…
David Martin
DAVID MARTIN GROUP COOKING IN THE BASEMENT
by Eric Myers
Sydney Morning Herald, May 7, 1980
The main interest in the David Martin Group is in two outstanding young players who have swiftly established themselves in the top ranks of Australian jazz: 20-year-old Dale Barlow (saxophones and flute) and 17-year-old James Morrison (trumpet, trombone and euphonium). This is not the first occasion on which these young lions, who first came to notice through the Young Northside Big Band, have appeared in the company of some of the big names in jazz...