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THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA IN THE UNITED STATES by Eric Myers

HORST LIEPOLT: MAN WITH A PASSION by Eric Myers

HORST LIEPOLT IN NEW YORK by Gordon Dodd

A NIGHT IN NEW YORK WITH DAVID ADES by Eric Myers

JAZZ AND THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF AUSTRALIAN MUSIC by Bruce Johnson

THE KALEIDOSCOPIC MUSICAL MIND OF BRUCE CALE by John Shand

TRADITIONAL JAZZ IN AUSTRALIA by Bruce Johnson

THE CRISIS IN MODERN JAZZ IN AUSTRALIA by Peter Rechniewski

A RESPONSE TO PETER RECHNIEWSKI by Bruce Johnson

CLEMENT SEMMLER: THE FORGOTTEN JAZZ PIONEER by Eric Myers

THE EL ROCCO: AN ERA IN SYDNEY JAZZ by Bruce Johnson

THE ERROL BUDDLE STORY (PART ONE) by Eric Myers

THE ERROL BUDDLE STORY (PART TWO) by Eric Myers

ON ARTHUR JAMES RECEIVING THE OAM by John Sangster

IF THOSE WALLS COULD ONLY SPEAK by Harry Stein with a comment by Bruce Johnson

MEANING IT: TRUTH, TRUMP, UNIVERSALITY AND CULTURAL AMNESIA by John Shand

BRINGING UP THE BODIES: COGNITIVE AGENCY IN JAZZ by Bruce Johnson

COLLECTIVE AUTONOMY: A PATH TOWARDS ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE by Phil Treloar

WHY IS THERE SO LITTLE SPACE FOR WOMEN IN JAZZ MUSIC? by Cat Hope

EL ROCCO: BEYOND THE MAINSTREAM by John Clare

THE UNTOLD HISTORY OF TASMANIAN JAZZ by Simon Petty

THE AUSTRALASIAN JAZZ AND IMPROVISATION RESEARCH NETWORK: BIRTH OF A NOTION by Bruce Johnson, Chris Coady, Rob Burke

MIKE NOCK: MAKING MUSIC FLOW FROM THE RIVER WITHIN by Jakob Baekgaard

JAZZ CENTRE 44: SOUNDING MANY CHORDS by John Clare

MARK SIMMONDS: I WANT TO BE THE BEST by Martin Jackson

KEITH STIRLING: AN ENIGMA by Eric Myers

GRAEME BELL AT SEVENTY by Bruce Johnson

TEN YEARS OF THE BASEMENT by Phil Tripp

SIMON BARKER: NEVER RUNNING OUT OF STEAM by John Shand

PAUL FURNISS: MORE THAN A TRAD PLAYER by Bruce Johnson

THE SYDNEY JAZZ CLUB: 30 YEARS ON by Bruce Johnson

CHUCK YATES AT 75: A GIANT OF AUSTRALIAN JAZZ by Phil Sandford

IMPROVISATIONS: JAZZ PIANIST ANDREA KELLER by Anna Goldsworthy

JIM KELLY & MICK KENNY: BACKBONE OF CROSSFIRE by Eric Myers

GENESIS OF IDENTITY IN AUSTRALIAN IMPROVISED MUSIC by Timothy Stevens

THE LEN BARNARD STORY by Len Barnard

JOHN SANGSTER: AN APPRECIATION by Len Barnard

IMPROVISATION IN CLASSICAL MUSIC: WHERE DID IT GO? by Brian Jenkins

SOME OF MY FAVOURITE ALBUMS (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER) by Dave Ellis

ALLAN BROWNE & RICHARD MILLER: MODERNISTS & TRADITIONALISTS by Adrian Jackson

TWO INTERVIEWS WITH DON BURROWS by Eric Myers

DON BURROWS AT 80 YEARS OF AGE by Andrew Ford

MELBOURNE’S BENNETTS LANE JAZZ CLUB CLOSES by David James

DAVID JAMES, AUTHOR OF THE WORLD’S BEST JAZZ CLUB by Miriam Zolin

FREE IMPROVISATION: A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE by Martin Davidson

JAMES MORRISON AND DALE BARLOW: THE YOUNG LIONS by Eric Myers

BENNETTS LANE: THE EMERGENCE OF AN INSTITUTION by David James

IT’S ALL JAZZ BUT PLAY YOUR BAG! by Keith Hounslow

BRUCE CALE: MORE THAN JUST A JAZZ MUSICIAN by Adrian Jackson

IS BOB BARNARD AUSTRALIA’S GREATEST JAZZ MUSICIAN? by Dick Hughes

BERNIE McGANN & PAUL GRABOWSKY: A MATCH MADE IN JAZZ HEAVEN, by Tony Hillier

WILMA READING’S BRILLIANT CAREER, by Tony Hillier

DICK HUGHES by Clement Semmler

DICK MONTZ, Interviewed by Mike Williams

JUDY BAILEY: AN IMPROVISED CAREER, by Eric Myers

JUDY BAILEY'S RECORDED MUSIC: AN APPRECIATION, by John Shand

40 YEARS OF JAZZTRACK: AN INTERVIEW WITH MAL STANLEY by Joanne Kee

UNITY HALL JAZZ BAND: WORLD'S LONGEST RUNNING GIG by Nick Galvin

PAUL McNAMARA: A JAZZ THINKER by Eric Myers

ALAN TURNBULL: THE FACE BEHIND THE DRUMS by John Shand

IS THERE AN AUSTRALIAN JAZZ? by Bruce Johnson

KEITH HOUNSLOW: A NEW CAREER PHASE by Gail Brennan/John Clare

BOB SEDERGREEN: THE INTERVIEW by Adrian Jackson

GEOFF BULL: AN INTERVIEW by Eric Myers

ALLAN BROWNE: DRUMMING UP 50 REASONS TO REJOICE by Andra Jackson

NO BIG DEAL: AN INTERVIEW WITH PHIL TRELOAR by John Shand + Concert Review by Eric Myers

WE ARE OUTSIDERS by Ross McHenry

CHICK COREA: RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ARTIST by Eric Myers

FRANK SMITH AT THE EMBERS, MELBOURNE 1960-61 by Ted Nettelbeck

CHRIS QUA Interviewed by Mike Williams

AT THE SOURCE: DAVE PANICHI'S LIFE IN JAZZ by Samuel Cottell

DAVE PANICHI & THE BUDDY RICH TAPE: I GOT NOTHIN’ FOR YOU by Richard Cooke

COLLECTIVE AUTONOMY: RIVER’S FLOW by Phil Treloar

SCHMOE: LEADING ADELAIDE JAZZ SAXOPHONIST AND PERSONALITY by Ted Nettelbeck

RAY MARGINSON: HIS EARLY DAYS IN JAZZ by Ken Simpson-Bull

THE RETIREMENT OF JAZZ LEGEND SONNY ROLLINS: HIS SAX, HIS LEGACY, AND THE SECRET TO LIFE by David Marchese

UNDERSTANDING MILES DAVIS IN NINE PARTS by Greg Cwik and David Marchese

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY: AUSTRALIA’S JAZZ COMMUNITY SOUNDS OFF by Loretta Barnard

AN OPEN LETTER TO ETHAN IVERSON (AND THE REST OF JAZZ PATRIARCHY) by Sasha Berliner

TONY GOULD Interviewed by Mike Williams

JUDY BAILEY’S ANOTHER JOURNEY: MUSIC FOR SYMPHONY AND JAZZ ORCHESTRAS Reviewed by Eric Myers

VIKTOR’S VIEWMY MUSICAL INVENTORY by Viktor Zappner

JAZZ: HOW CAN IT GO FORWARD? by Graeme Bell AO MBE

A CONVERSATION WITH ERROL BUDDLE by Mike McKeon

IN CONVERSATION: QUINCY JONES by David Marchese

AUSTRALIAN JAZZ HISTORY:  A BRIEF OVERVIEW by Tony Gould

FIRST LADIES OF JAZZ: ELLA AND SARAH by Maureen Meers

DAVE DALLWITZ & THE SOUTHERN JAZZ GROUP by Bruce Johnson

WARREN DALY AND THE BIG BAND by Eric Myers

ON CHARLIE MUNRO by Bruce Johnson

ON THE BENDERS by Bruce Johnson

STEWART SPEER: A DRUMMER WHO WON’T LET THE ODDS BEAT HIM by Eric Myers

CAN JAZZ BE SAVED? by Terry Teachout

ON CHRIS ABRAHAMS  by Mark Bazeley

ON RAY SWINFIELD by Bruce Johnson

BRIAN BROWN: STILL A FORCE by Adrian Jackson

SIMA & THE VISIT OF DEWEY REDMAN IN 1986 by Eric Myers

MARIE WILSON: A MUSICIAN’S SINGER by Bruce Johnson

MARIE WILSON: SKETCHING NUANCE ONTO A CANVAS OF SUBTLETY by John Shand

ROGER FRAMPTON AND THE RESURGENCE OF CREATIVE MUSIC by John Clare

PAUL GRABOWSKY: A TALENT TO BE RECKONED WITH by Adrian Jackson

THE ROGER JANES BAND: MAVERICKS WITH EARS by Bruce Johnson

THE CURIOUS CASE OF AUSTRALIAN SESSION MUSICIANS AND THEIR UNFORTUNATE LICENSING RIGHTS by Pete Thoms

A STORY OF JAZZ IN SYDNEY: THE SHORT VERSION by Peter Boothman

PETER BOOTHMAN: GROWTH & BALANCE by Bruce Johnson

DON HARPER: AN EXPATRIATE RETURNED by Eric Myers

TOM BAKER: APOSTLE OF SWING by Eric Myers

AUSTRALIAN JAZZ HISTORY: A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW by John Whiteoak & Bruce Johnson

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: MORE GIGS, BETTER PAY by Bruce Johnson

KEITH HOUNSLOW Interviewed by Mike Williams

A CONCISE HISTORY OF AMERICAN JAZZ by Alexander Hunter

BOB BERTLES QUINTET PREVIEW by John Shand

BOB BERTLES’ METEOR, NUCLEUS AND TEN PART QUADRUPLE THREAT by John Shand

WAY OUT WEST by Ian Muldoon

ALAN NASH: ANOTHER MELBURNIAN SUCCESSFUL IN SYDNEY by Gill Falson

JENNY SHEARD by Eric Myers

KERRIE BIDDELL by Eric Myers

LET'S NOT LOSE THAT RHYTHM by Peter Rechniewski

ACTION PLAN COULD SEE JAZZ JUMPING by Andra Jackson

PETER RECHNIEWSKI: UNCAPED CRUSADER by John Shand

BRIAN BROWN Interviewed by Mike Williams

THE PROFESSOR: ANDREW SPEIGHT by Gordon R Webb

JAMES MACAULAY: THE CHARM OF THE TROMBONE IS IN ITS MYSTERY by Nikos Fotakis

JOHN BUCHANAN: HONOURED FOR SERVICES TO JAZZ MUSIC by Samuel Moore

LLOYD SWANTON’S AMBON: QUITE AN EXPERIENCE by Ian Muldoon

JUKEBOX JAZZ by Ian Muldoon

LINDA MAY HAN OH, THE DOUBLE BASS, AND ME by Ian Muldoon

MY MUSIC NOTATION STORY by Maree Steinway

SIMA & THE STATE OF AUSTRALIAN JAZZ 2006, Peter Rechniewski interviewed by Peter Jordan

WHAT DO JAZZ CRITICS DO? I - John Shand is interviewed by Peter Jordan

WHAT DO JAZZ CRITICS DO? II - John McBeath is interviewed by Peter Jordan

THE TALENTED PIANIST BILLY WALKER Interviewed by Gill Falson

THE REMARKABLE MR MORRISON by Mervyn E Collins

JAZZ AND THE ARTIST’S BUSINESS by Ian Muldoon

EXCEEDING MY REACH: ‘INSIDE’ THE UNFAMILIAR by Robert Burke

THE BRILLIANCE OF CHARLIE PARKER by Whitney Balliett

BIG BAND THEORY: A PERSONAL VIEW by Ian Muldoon

CARLO PAGNOTTA & UMBRIA JAZZ 2001: PRELUDE TO A FAILURE by Eric Myers

HORROR MOVIE, IT’S THE 6.30 NEWS: WHY THE AUSTRALIAN MEDIA IGNORE JAZZ by Peter Jordan

SANDY EVANS: IN CONVERSATION WITH MICHAEL WEBB

DON BANKS Interviewed by Mike Williams

AN EXCHANGE I HAD WITH SARAH VAUGHAN by Wynton Marsalis

VIBRAPHONE: THE FORGOTTEN INSTRUMENT OF AUSTRALIAN JAZZ by Garry Lee

WARREN DALY BACK IN THE SWING OF IT by Kevin Jones

TRINKLE TINKLE BANG BANG: PIANO JOYS by Ian Muldoon

JUDY BAILEY TRANSFIXES AUDIENCE by Gilbert Haisman

BIRTH OF A JAZZ LABEL, Horst Liepolt interviewed by Jazz Down Under

HITTY HITTY BANG BANG: PERCUSSION BITTER AND SWEET by Ian Muldoon

PERTH JAZZ MUSICIANS PUNCHING ABOVE THEIR WEIGHT: KONRAD PASZKUDZKI by Eric Myers

LICORICE STICK: SOME THOUGHTS ON THE CLARINET IN JAZZ by Ian Muldoon

AN AUSTRALIAN SOUND: JAZZ IN MELBOURNE AND ADELAIDE 1941-51 by Bruce Clunies-Ross

DAVE DALLWITZ: THE CREATION OF A MYTH by Norm Linehan

DAVE DALLWITZ & AUSTRALIAN JAZZ: A REPLY TO MR LINEHAN by Bruce Clunies-Ross

TED VINING: IN THE JAZZ WILDERNESS by Neville Meyers

TED VINING: BAND MAESTRO TO LIFT SA SCENE by Richard Ogier

JUDY BAILEY IN CONVERSATION by Belinda Webster

JACK MITCHELL: AUSTRALIAN DISCOGRAPHER by Roger Beilby

THOUGHTS ON SEXISM IN JAZZ by Shannon Barnett

MOVING ON: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF BRIAN BROWN, Music education kit by Lorraine Milne, reviewed by Ted Nettelbeck

CANBERRA’S SOUTHERN CROSS CLUB by John Sharpe

THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN BASSISTS: MELBOURNE'S GEOFF KLUKE by Adrian Jackson

PAUL GRABOWSKY: ON AN UPWARD PATH by Adrian Jackson

JOHN COLBORNE-VEEL: THE PLIGHT OF THE UNKNOWN AUSTRALIAN COMPOSER by Bruce Johnson

BRUCE CALE, SERIALISM AND THE LYDIAN CONCEPT by Eric Myers

THE MERV ACHESON STORY by Merv Acheson

JAZZ TODAY: PARADIGMS LOST AND FOUND by Gary Giddins & Scott Deveaux

DIANA ALLEN: JAZZ IMPRESARIO by Mel Forbes

BOB BARNARD: A JAZZ MASTER WITH NO EQUAL by Jim Cullum

RON FALSON: CRASH HOT JAZZ PLAYERS Compiled by Eric Myers

THE COLTRANE PROJECT AT FOUNDRY 616 by Ian Muldoon

CHRIS CODY: A BIT OF A FRANCOPHILE, Interview by Peter Jordan

BOBBY GEBERT: SCULPTING A CAREER by John Shand

MARK SIMMONDS: NO SLAVES by John Shand

JOHN SANGSTER by Eric Myers

SANDY EVANS by Eric Myers

SANDY EVANS PUTS TRAGEDY ON RECORD by John McBeath

GEORGE GOLLA by Eric Myers

DALE BARLOW by Eric Myers

CELEBRATING HUMANITY THROUGH THE CREATIVE PROCESS by Sandy Evans

LLOYD SWANTON’S CATHOLICS: THE SERIOUSNESS OF JAZZ by Ian Muldoon

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION WITH A GROOVE, Ken Burns interviews Wynton Marsalis

THE TWO PATHS OF JAZZ by Merv Acheson

THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ MUSEUM: PLAYING ITS OWN TUNE by Loretta Barnard

CONFESSIONS OF A SWING ADDICT 1924-28 by Frank Coughlan

FRANK COUGHLAN: AUSTRALIA'S GREAT MASTER OF JAZZ by Charles Jay

SOUND BALANCE IN JAZZ: A VEXED QUESTION by Eric Myers

THE UNRECOGNISED JAZZ ARTIST by Ian Muldoon

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO KEITH HOUNSLOW? by Ken Simpson-Bull

GRAEME BELL AT 75: RELUCTANT JAZZ COMPOSER by Eric Myers

THE JAZZ TRUMPET: BRINGING OUT THE HUMAN IN ME by Ian Muldoon

JASON BRUER: HAMMERHEAD IS WITHOUT DOUBT MY MUSE by Nikos Fotakis

CHRIS McNULTY: VOCALIST by Winthrop Bedford

A RESPONSE TO PHIL SLATER’S DARK PATTERN by Ian Muldoon

JIMMY SHAW & THE GAIETY SWING BAND by Max R Harris

SOME BRIEF COMMENTS ON JAZZ IN FILM by Ian Muldoon

TIM HOPKINS Interviewed by Peter Smetana

KEVIN HUNT by Jill Morris

HOUNSLOW AND GOULD AIM McJAD AT INDIA by Eric Myers

MY FAVOURITE DRUG by Ian Muldoon

BRUCE CALE'S JOURNEYS by Eric Myers

AUSTRALIAN JAZZ CONVENTIONS 1946-1976 by Dick Hughes

CATHY HARLEY: THE WORLD AT HER FEET by John Shand

ANDREW FIRTH: OUTWARD BOUND by David Sly

LLOYD SWANTON: HIGH PRIEST OF THE CATHOLICS CONFESSES ALL by John Shand

PAUL GRABOWSKY: ACCOSTING THE COUNT by Adrian Jackson

STEVE HUNTER: BASS DESIRES by John Shand

THE USEFULNESS OF ART AND THE THIRD STREAM by Ian Muldoon

TONY GORMAN: CALMING EVERY MOLECULE WITH ONE LONG NOTE by John Shand

THE UNEQUALLED KERRIE BIDDELL by Mark Isaacs

THE COMEBACK OF MILES DAVIS by Eric Myers

SEVEN STEPS TO HEAVEN: THE GLORIOUS SEPTET IN JAZZ by Ian Muldoon

GILL FALSON: THE POCKET VENUS by Donna Abela

TO BE MANY THINGS by Gian Slater

THIS MUSIC by Ian Muldoon

THE MUSIC OF SILENCE IN MODERN TIMES by Ian Muldoon

MELBOURNE by Bruce Johnson

THE HISTORY OF JAZZ AUSTRALIA 1985–2015 by Diana Allen OAM

THE TROCADERO: A GLIMPSE INTO THE GLAMOUR OF A BYGONE TIME by Loretta Barnard

PETER BRENDLÉ: A MAN BEHIND THE MUSIC by Eric Myers

DAVID TOLLEY: ORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN MUSIC FREE OF TYRANNY by Adrian Jackson

GEORGE BENSON: OFF THE RECORD by Eric Myers

BILL MOTZING: A MUSIC ADVENTURER AS EDUCATOR by Andrew L Urban

I’LL STRING ALONG WITH YOU: SOME GUITAR PLAYERS by Ian Muldoon

THE RENAISSANCE IN JAZZ: WOMEN by Ian Muldoon

TRADITIONAL JAZZ IN SYDNEY: THE ROAD TO THE NINETIES by Peter J F Newton

MAINSTREAM JAZZ: IS IT WORTHWHILE? by Eric Myers

AVANT-GARDE TO NEW ACCESSIBILITY: SOME MOVEMENTS IN SYDNEY EXPERIMENTAL JAZZ by Gail Brennan/John Clare

YOU DIG ME? IT’S JAZZ THAT TELLS A STORY by Ian Muldoon

OH TROMBONE, TROMBONE, WHEREFORE ART THOU TROMBONE? by Ian Muldoon

MIROSLAV BUKOVSKY Interviewed by John Sharpe

SOME JAZZ GUITARISTS I LOVE by Garry Lee

JOAN CHAMORRO & JAZZ PEDAGOGY IN BARCELONA by Viktor Zappner

SOME MEMORIES OF BASSIST FREDDIE LOGAN by Ted Nettelbeck

VOICES I DIG: SOMETIMES WITH TEARS OF JOY by Ian Muldoon

BEAT ME DADDY, 8 TO THE BAR: THE RHYTHM BUSINESS IN JAZZ by Ian Muldoon

MILEHAM HAYES: PLAYER & VISIONARY by Sallie Gardner

LOUIS ARMSTRONG by Clive James

DUKE ELLINGTON by Clive James

MILES DAVIS by Clive James

THE YOUNG NORTHSIDE TRIUMPHS IN MONTEREY by Andrew L Urban

JOY YATES & DAVE MACRAE IN THE UK by Christina Fraser

GOD IS IN THE HOUSE: ASPECTS OF MY RELIGION by Ian Muldoon

DAVE LEVY: THIS TIME THE DREAM’S ON ME by Barry Morris

TATUM PETERSON BLEY & McALL: PERFORMANCE AND THE MUSIC by Ian Muldoon

GLENN MILLER: WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO HIM? Reuter, Glenn Miller Archives

THE BEAUTY OF THE FAMILIAR AND THE BEAUTY OF THE NEW by Ian Muldoon

DEXTER GORDON: OUT OF THE CRUCIBLE CAME LOVE by Ian Muldoon

BERNIE McGANN by Bruce Johnson

MIROSLAV BUKOVSKY: A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD by Eric Myers

JAZZ AUSTRALIA: IS THERE SUCH A THING AS AUSTRALIAN JAZZ? by Gil Wahlquist

WHERE’S THE PIANO? by Ian Muldoon

POLITICS AND JAZZ by Ian Muldoon

JAZZ IS SOMETHING ELSE by Ian Muldoon

NOSTALGIA, THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK, AND THE PIANO TRIO by Ian Muldoon

ALL WHAT JAZZ? by Kevin Jones

ALL WHAT JAZZ? SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY? by Bruce Johnson & Kieran Stafford

WHEN WILL THE BLUES LEAVE? by Ian Muldoon

REFLECTING ON “REFLECTIONS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA”: A BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION by Garry Lee

HOW JAZZ GOT ITSELF ORGANISED AND TOOK A PLACE AT THE FUNDING TABLE by Shane Nichols

ED GASTON: JAZZ, CLASSICAL MUSIC, GARY BURTON AND GOOD TASTE by Trevor Graham

WORK AND THE PERFORMING ARTIST by Ian Muldoon

THE CITY OF JAZZ by Duke Ellington

MY DAYS AS A JAZZ CRITIC by Eric Hobsbawm

THE JAZZ SCENE: INTRODUCTION TO THE 1959 EDITION by Eric Hobsbawm

THE JAZZ SCENE: INTRODUCTION TO THE 1989 EDITION by Eric Hobsbawm

TEN PART INVENTION & BERNIE MCGANN QUARTET TOURS 2004 by John Pochée

INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS ABRAHAMS by Innerversitysound

STEVE ELPHICK IN CONVERSATION by Belinda Webster

PROLOGUE TO MILES THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Miles Davis

THE TUTELAGE OF MARK SIMMONDS by Will Guthrie

AFTERWORD TO BLACK ROOTS WHITE FLOWERS: JAZZ THROUGH TO THE 1980s by Bruce Johnson

A STORY OF JAZZ IN SYDNEY: THE LONG VERSION by Peter Boothman

IS THE PARTY OVER FOR RECORDED MUSIC? by Ross A’hern

RECORDING JANN RUTHERFORD’S THE SCENTED GARDEN by Dave Goodman

CHILDREN OF FANTASY IN INDONESIA by Eric Myers

LISA PARROTT: OUT OF SIGHT by Jim McLeod

DAVID JONES: THE SPIRIT FLIES by John Shand

JEREMY ROSE, WILLIAM PARKER AND PAUL GRABOWSKY: CONNECTING THROUGH MUSIC by Ian Muldoon

FOREWORD TO JIM McLEOD’S JAZZTRACK by Jim McLeod

BRYCE ROHDE: A CUSHION OF AIR by John Shand

SYDNEY by Bruce Johnson

KEITH JARRETT'S MUSIC by Jim McLeod

BERNIE McGANN: SLINGS ARROWS APATHY by John Shand

THE MELBOURNE JAZZ CO-OP AND THE STATE OF THE VICTORIAN SCENE by Peter Jordan

ADRIAN CUNNINGHAM: AUSTRALIA’S FINEST JAZZ EXPORT? by Samuel Cottell

THE SONG, THE STANDARD, AND THE ART OF JAZZ by Ian Muldoon

DALE BARLOW by Jim McLeod

BRYCE ROHDE by Jim McLeod

JAZZ PIVOT TO ASIA by Ian Muldoon

OH! PLAY THAT THING! by Clement Semmler

THE NECKS: A VERY SILENT WAY by Glen Goetze

HENRY (RED) ALLEN: THE NEW YORK JAZZ SCENE AND A TOUR OF HARLEM by Clement Semmler

ALL THAT JAZZ ISN’T ALL THAT GREAT by Justin Wm Moyer

THE FORCE THAT WAS GRAEME BELL by Loretta Barnard

WITHOUT A SONG by Paul Andrews

THE BEAUTY OF ANDREA KELLER by Ian Muldoon

JOE LANE STORIES by Paul Pax Andrews

TED NETTELBECK: HE TESTED POSITIVE FOR JAZZ by Sylvan (Schmoe) Elhay

WARREN DALY by Mike Williams

CODY’S 10 x 10. INTERVIEW 1: HELEN SVOBODA by Chris Cody

CODY’S 10 x 10. INTERVIEW 2: FABIAN HEVIA by Chris Cody

CODY’S 10 x 10. INTERVIEW 3: ZELA MARGOSSIAN by Chris Cody

CODY’S 10 x 10. INTERVIEW 4: NADJE NOORDHUIS by Chris Cody

CODY’S 10 x 10. INTERVIEW 5: LLOYD SWANTON by Chris Cody

CODY’S 10 X 10. INTERVIEW 6: KRISTIN BERARDI by Chris Cody

PREFACE TO SEEING THE RAFTERS by John Sangster

FOREWORD TO SEEING THE RAFTERS by Don Burrows

PRELUDE TO BERNIE McGANN: A LIFE IN JAZZ by Geoff Page

SOME THOUGHTS ON JAZZ EDUCATION by Ian Muldoon

BEAUX MOMENTS MUSICAUX (BATTERIE) by Ian Muldoon

WHERE JAZZ LIVES NOW by Giovanni Russonello

PIANO RECITALS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED by Ian Muldoon

THE DEATH OF CHARLIE PARKER by David Kastin

CITY OF LIGHT: THE NECKS AT THE OPERA HOUSE by Mark Mordue

MY STORY ON MY DAD’S LIFE & DEATH: SOME THINGS WE DID by Rebecca Clare

INSIDE THE MUSICIAN: A JAZZ PARTY by David Theak

PAT QUA: THE ART OF DOING YOUR OWN THING by Fran Hernon

NO MUSIC BETTER EXPRESSES THE HUMAN SOUL THAN JAZZ by Rhys Muldoon

JAZZ BIRDS by Ian Muldoon

INSIDE THE MUSICIAN: GHOST FREQUENCY by Cameron Undy

ART AS WORK by Elsen Price

SANDIE WHITE: A FASCINATING AND VARIED LIFE by Ralph Powell & Sandie White

A MOST ELEGANT ART by Ian Muldoon

MICHAEL GRIFFIN: PERSEVERANCE PAYS OFF by Bob Doerschuk

JAZZ: A FORM FALLING FREE? by Lynden Barber

JAMES MORRISON: COME FLY WITH ME by Nicholas Adams-Dzierzba

PETER NELSON: LIGHTNING IN A JAR by Ashleigh Wilson

QUALITY OF DOWN UNDER JAZZ UP 1962 interview with US pianist Arnold Ross by anonymous writer

PAT CAPLICE QUINTET PACKS SOPHISTICATED PUNCH by Wally Norman

PAT CAPLICE: MODERN JAZZ PIONEER by Eric Myers

MEMORIES OF ALAN LEE by Garry Lee

THE COMMUNITY OF A JAZZ CLUB by Ian Muldoon

INTRODUCTION TO THE LAUNCH OF EMILY RYTMEISTER’S FILM, ROGER FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE! by Hart Cohen

INTRODUCTION TO ‘ROGER FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE!’ by Emily Rytmeister

ROGER FRAMPTON: AN OUTSTANDING JAZZ MUSICIAN IN HIS TIME, Film review by Ted Nettelbeck

UPDATING JAZZ, by Clement Semmler

TO THE LEFT: FREE JAZZ by Ian Muldoon

REVIEW OF “BLUESVILLE TIME” by Richard Cook

BARRY HARRIS: KEEPER OF THE BEBOP FLAME by Michael Bourne

REVIEW OF “BLUESVILLE TIME” by Bruce Johnson

VAZESH LIVE AT THE OPERA HOUSE by Ian Muldoon

MY RELIGION MY PLAYGROUND MY BACH by Ian Muldoon

ONIONS: THE BAND THAT BROUGHT TEARS TO YOUR EYES by Sylvan (Schmoe) Elhay

THE MOST HUMAN OF HORNS, by Ian Muldoon

THE MANY LIVES OF LINDY MORRISON by Toby Creswell

UNIVERSITY OF JAM by Ian Muldoon

THE BEST GROUP AT THE MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL by Ian Muldoon

THE BEST AUSTRALIAN JAZZ VOCALIST by Ian Muldoon

FOREWORD TO EMPEROR NORTON’S HUNCH, by Peter J F Newton

REVIEW OF 1948 MEMORIAL JAZZ CONCERT by Dick Hughes

OLD & NEW JAZZ DREAMS by Ian Muldoon

DEWEY REDMAN AT THE PERFORMANCE SPACE by Eric Myers

WYNTON MARSALIS: JAZZ PHENOMENON TO TRUMPET ABOUT by Kevin Jones

THE SWEET SPOT OF ANDREA KELLER by Ian Muldoon

THE GREAT JOHN POCHÉE, interviewed by Trevor Graham

TOM HARE by Geoff Gilbert

JIEM: OLD & NEW DREAMS by Ian Muldoon

OUR DEAR MADDY YOUNG by Daryl Aberhart

THE LAST STRAW & BERNIE McGANN TRIO AT JENNY’S WINE BAR 1983 by Anthony Stanton

JIM McLEOD’S JAZZ TRACKS ABC 838 832-1 1989, reviewed by Bruce Johnson

TEN PART INVENTION GETS FULL MARKS by Adrian Jackson

TEN PART INVENTION JAS CONCERT MAY, 1989 by Sy Bluhm

JAZZ MOLES REJOICE by Lynden Barber

A CELEBRATION OF DIFFERENCE IN JAZZ by Ian Muldoon