ESSAYS
This section includes essays on various jazz subjects, written by a number of writers. Contributions are welcome. Writers interested in contributing are welcome to contact the editor by filling out the form in the CONTACT tab. Photographs to illustrate those essays are welcome. Readers can click on the INDEX button for a list of articles in this folder.
Danilo Perez
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2025
by Ian Muldoon
November 2, 2025
Trying to connect is the musician's task, just as the writer tries to sensibly convey in words the effect of witnessing musical creation happening before him - words that slip and twist, shimmer and shake. The writer’s means have been damaged some might say poisoned by governments, advertising, social media or indeed commerce generally and by the jargon of academia and by the media. Having to actually say this reflects the present “war on words” that is part of the war chest of the current US administration - are we headed towards meaningless discourse? Examples abound…