Eric Myers Jazz

INDEX FOR BOOK REVIEWS FOLDER

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WHY WANGARATTA? THE PHENOMENON OF THE WANGARATTA FESTIVAL OF JAZZ by John Clare. Reviewed by Eric Myers

DADDY’S PRACTISING AGAIN: AN AUSTRALIAN JAZZMAN LOOKS BACK AND AROUND by Dick Hughes Reviewed by Eric Myers

BERNIE McGANN: A LIFE IN JAZZ by Geoff Page Reviewed by John Shand

THE INAUDIBLE MUSIC: JAZZ, GENDER AND AUSTRALIAN MODERNITY by Bruce Johnson  Reviewed by Eric Myers

BLISTERED HEELS: JAZZ AND HOT DANCE MUSIC IN AUSTRALIA IN THE TWENTIES by Jack Mitchell Reviewed by Nick Dellow

THE REMARKABLE MR MORRISON: THE VIRTUOSITY AND VERSATILITY OF AUSTRALIA'S MASTER MUSICIAN by Mervyn E Collins Reviewed by John Cleary

THE REMARKABLE MR MORRISON: THE VIRTUOSITY AND VERSATILITY OF AUSTRALIA'S MASTER MUSICIAN by Mervyn E Collins Reviewed by Ken Thompson

BODGIE DADA AND THE CULT OF COOL by John Clare aka Gail Brennan Reviewed by Eric Myers

THE REMARKABLE MR MORRISON: THE VIRTUOSITY AND VERSATILITY OF AUSTRALIA'S MASTER MUSICIAN by Mervyn E Collins Reviewed by Gwen Bennett

JIM MCLEOD’S JAZZTRACK by Jim McLeod Reviewed by Eric Myers

A GLANCE OVER AN OLD LEFT SHOULDER by Harry Stein Reviewed by Bruce Johnson

THE INAUDIBLE MUSIC: JAZZ, GENDER AND AUSTRALIAN MODERNITY by Bruce Johnson Reviewed by Adam Havas

BACK TOGETHER AGAIN! THE STORY OF THE PORT JACKSON JAZZ BAND by Jack Mitchell Reviewed by Peter J F Newton

SERIOUS FUN: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF MIKE NOCK by Norman Meehan Reviewed by Tony Mitchell

JIM MCLEOD'S JAZZTRACK by Jim McLeod Reviewed by John Shand

ANTIPODEAN RIFFS: ESSAYS ON AUSTRALASIAN JAZZ Edited by Bruce Johnson Reviewed by Ted Nettelbeck

SERIOUS FUN: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF MIKE NOCK by Norman Meehan Reviewed by Chris Bourke

SERIOUS FUN: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF MIKE NOCK by Norman Meehan Reviewed by Graham Reid

GRAEME BELL AUSTRALIAN JAZZMAN: HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Graeme Bell Reviewed by Gail Brennan/John Clare

JOTTINGS OF A JAZZMAN: SELECTED WRITINGS OF LEN BARNARD Edited by Loretta Barnard Reviewed by Michael Steinman

BOB BARNARD’S JAZZ SCRAPBOOK: A PICTORIAL MEMOIR by Bob Barnard with Loretta Barnard Reviewed by John Shand

WORLD’S BEST JAZZ CLUB: THE STORY OF BENNETTS LANE by David James Reviewed by Joseph Cummins

JOTTINGS OF A JAZZMAN: SELECTED WRITINGS OF LEN BARNARD Edited by Loretta Barnard Reviewed by John Shand

BOB BARNARD’S JAZZ SCRAPBOOK: A PICTORIAL MEMOIR by Bob Barnard with Loretta Barnard Reviewed by Jazza35

JAZZ: THE AUSTRALIAN ACCENT  by John Shand Photographs by Jane March Reviewed by Miriam Zolin

AUSTRALIAN JAZZ REAL BOOK Edited by Tim Nikolsky Reviewed by Ian Patterson

THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ EXPLOSION by Mike Williams Photographs by Jane March Reviewed by Eric Myers

AFICIONADO: A JAZZ MEMOIR, by Geoff Page, Reviewed by Ted Nettelbeck

TECHNOLOGY AND THE STYLISTIC EVOLUTION OF THE JAZZ BASS, by Peter Dowdall, Reviewed by Ted Nettelbeck

THE GODFATHER OF BRITISH JAZZ: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF STAN TRACEY by Clark Tracey, Reviewed by Ted Nettelbeck

MASTERS, MONGRELS AND MADNESS: RECOLLECTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS ON ART MUSIC IN AUSTRALIA by Tony Gould Reviewed by Eric Myers

THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ EXPLOSION by Mike Williams Photographs by Jane March Reviewed by Eric Myers

PLAYING AD LIB: IMPROVISATORY MUSIC IN AUSTRALIA 1836-1970 by John Whiteoak Reviewed by Bruce Johnson

THE LION ROARS: THE MUSICAL LIFE OF WILLIE ‘THE LION’ McINTYRE by Phil Sandford, Reviewed by Loretta Barnard

THE LION ROARS: THE MUSICAL LIFE OF WILLIE ‘THE LION’ McINTYRE by Phil Sandford, Reviewed by Ted Nettelbeck

ELLA FITZGERALD IN AUSTRALIA – A HISTORY by Dr Ian D Clark, Reviewed by Ted Nettelbeck

SWINGER! A JAZZ GIRL’S ADVENTURES FROM HOLLYWOOD TO HARLEM by Judy Carmichael, Reviewed by Viktor Zappner

AUSTRALIA ON THE RIFF: MORE JAZZ MUSINGS IN METRE by Alwyn Lewis, Reviewed by Peter J F Newton

MORE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ ON RECORD by Jack Mitchell, Reviewed by Peter J F Newton

JOIN ‘EM ON THE RIFF: JAZZ MUSINGS IN METRE by Alwyn Lewis, Reviewed by Richard B Kamins

JAZZ: THE AUSTRALIAN ACCENT by John Shand, Reviewed by Andrew W Hurley

THE LION ROARS: THE MUSICAL LIFE OF WILLIE ‘THE LION’ McINTYRE by Phil Sandford, Reviewed by Eric Myers

THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ EXPLOSION by Mike Williams, Reviewed by Dick Scott

BODGIE DADA AND THE CULT OF COOL by John Clare/Gail Brennan, Reviewed by Norm Dixon

A JAZZ ODYSSEY: MY LIFE IN JAZZ by Oscar Peterson, Reviewed by John Clare

DADDY’S PRACTISING AGAIN: AN AUSTRALIAN JAZZMAN LOOKS BACK AND AROUND by Dick Hughes, Reviewed by Geoff Gilbert

THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ EXPLOSION by Mike Williams, Reviewed by Bruce Johnson

MERV ACHESON REMEMBERED Compiled by Bill Boldiston, Reviewed by Bill Brown

JAZZ DIASPORA: MUSIC AND GLOBALISATION by Bruce Johnson, Reviewed by Ted Nettelbeck

KINDRED CHORDS: AUSTRALIAN MUSICAL FAMILIES by Loretta Barnard, Reviewed by Ted Nettelbeck

BLACK ROOTS WHITE FLOWERS: A HISTORY OF JAZZ IN AUSTRALIA by Andrew Bisset, Reviewed by Ian Neil

COLE PORTER: A BIOGRAPHY by Charles Schwartz, Reviewed by Eric Myers

CONJURER: POEMS by Allan Browne, Reviewed by Paul Cliff

ON THE EDGE: JAZZ PLAYERS TALK ABOUT IMPROVISATION by Bill Bottomley, Reviewed by Ted Nettelbeck

AUSTRAL JAZZ: THE LOCALIZATION OF A GLOBAL MUSIC FORM IN SYDNEY by Andrew Robson, Reviewed by Ted Nettelbeck

MY JAZZ ODYSSEY: CONFESSIONS OF A LIFETIME ENTHUSIAST by Ian Muldoon, Reviewed by Ted Nettelbeck

BOB BARNARD, GRAEME BELL, BILL HAESLER AND JOHN SANGSTER ON THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ CONVENTION, Edited by Norman Linehan, Reviewed by Eric Myers

SEEING THE RAFTERS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN AUSTRALIAN JAZZ MUSICIAN by John Sangster, Reviewed by Ted Nettelbeck

WANGARATTA FESTIVAL OF JAZZ & BLUES 30 YEARS, by Adrian Jackson OAM and Andra Jackson, Reviewed by Eric Myers

AFICIONADO: A JAZZ MEMOIR, by Geoff Page, Reviewed by John McBeath

HARLEM NIGHTS: THE SECRET HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA'S JAZZ AGE by Deirdre O'Connell, Reviewed by Richard King

THE INFLUENCE OF JOHN COLTRANE’S MUSIC ON IMPROVISING SAXOPHONISTS by Andrew Sugg, Reviewed by Ted Nettelbeck

EMPEROR NORTON’S HUNCH by John Buchanan, Reviewed by Larry L Quilligan