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 text of articles published in the newspaper up to Myers’s resignation in 1982. Photographs which may or may not have appeared in the newspaper have been added. From 1983 Myers was The Australian’s jazz critic until his resignation in 1987. His reviews for that newspaper also appear in this folder. Articles which appeared in other publications are also included, if they serve to document the performances of Australian jazz musicians. Headings which appeared in the newspapers were always written by sub-editors. The most excruciating of them have been modified, but mostly they are reproduced as they appeared in newspapers. Readers can click on the INDEX button for a list of reviews or articles in this folder.
Stan Getz
STAN GETZ: ONE OF THE GREAT STYLISTS
by Eric Myers
Sydney Morning Herald, March 5, 1980
Traditionally, there have been two reasons for Stan Getz's prominence in jazz. He was perhaps the most elegant of the white saxophonists who were part of the so-called "cool," or West Coast, school of jazz in the 1950s; and it was his collaboration with the guitarist Charlie Byrd, with the early sixties album Jazz Samba, which brought the Brazilian bossa nova into jazz. Yet, as he showed at Monday night's concert, Stan Getz is not living in the past…
Willie Qua
JAZZ/ROCK AT A DEAD END
by Eric Myers
Sydney Morning Herald, March 7, 1980
The Sydney group Quill's Folly, which opened the concert beautifully with two sets, moved from swinging, acoustic jazz to electric jazz/rock with professional ease. This group features the now well-established partnership first spawned in the Sydney Jazztet, between David Glyde (saxophone and flute) and Steve Murphy (guitar). These musicians execute lightning-fast melodic lines in unison, and also perform some simultaneous solos, each man showing great sensitivity to the playing of the other…
Bob Bertles
MOONTRANE PROVIDES SOME JAZZ ACTION
by Eric Myers
Encore Magazine, March, 1980
This concert was opened by two sets provided by the John Leslie Trio, including the leader on vibraharp, Gary Norman (electric guitar) and Richard Ochalski (acoustic bass). Their music consisted of jazz and popular music standards in swinging 4/4 tempo: Jerome Kern's All The Things You Are, Horace Silver's Opus de Funk and Doodlin', Oliver Nelson's Stolen Moments, Clifford Brown's Joy Spring etc. These sets were mainly distinguished by the fluent playing of Norman, who appears to be an impressive new addition to the ranks of Sydney jazz guitarists…