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
MARK MURPHY: HIT-OR-MISS PACKAGE
by Eric Myers
The Australian, January 29, 1983
Eight nights of jazz concerts at the NSW Conservatorium of Music began on Wednesday night with curiously anti-climactic performances by the American singer Mark Murphy and Australia's Errol Buddle Band. Many people were full of superlatives after Murphy's performance but, for me, the evening was a disappointment. There was an atmosphere of gloom in the Verbrugghen Hall that prevailed throughout the concert, and only in rare moments did one experience the sound, the interplay, the finesse of great jazz…
Eberhard Weber
EBERHARD WEBER: A GERMAN OF INTRIGUE
by Eric Myers
The Australian, February 1, 1983
The opening Australian concert of the German bassist Eberhard Weber on Sunday night saw him teamed with a number of unfamiliar musicians. One might have expected them to be relatively unfamiliar with the meditative romanticism which informs his music. Still, the Australians, Judy Bailey (piano), Col Loughnan (soprano saxophone and flute), Rodney Ford (drums) and the American Jack Wilkins (guitar) played a creditable part in a successful performance…
James Morrison
YOUNG LIONS OF AUSTRALIAN JAZZ
by Eric Myers
National Times, February 6, 1983
James Morrison, still only 20, has become very much an established star in Australian jazz. An extraordinary multi-instrumentalist, he plays the valve and slide trumpets, trombone, tuba, euphonium, tenor horn and piano. More than any other rising young star in Australian jazz, Morrison appears to combine a number of priceless assets: technical brilliance on all his instruments, an infectious eagerness to perform, and wide popular appeal. He first came to notice as a 17-year-old when in 1979 he went to California's Monterey Jazz Festival as a trombone soloist with John Speight's Young Northside Big Band…