All articles in this folder were written by John Clare who, on some occasions, wrote under the pseudonym of Gail Brennan.
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ROGER FRAMPTON: AN IMPROMPTU APPRECIATION, JazzChord, Feb/Mar, 2000
A FOOTNOTE ON MERV ACHESON, Jazz Magazine, Jan/Feb, 1982
SCOTT TINKLER: THE LONE TRUMPETER, Take Me Higher, 2011
DR JAZZ: THE LAST DAYS OF THE STRAWBERRY HILL, Film review, JazzChord, May/Jun, 1998
KEITH HOUNSLOW: MY JAZZ LIFE, JazzChord, Jun/Jul, 1999
MEETING MILES, Excerpt from the book Take Me Higher, 2001
BODGIE DADA & THE CULT OF COOL, by John Clare, Book review by Eric Myers, JazzChord, Oct/Nov, 1995
BODGIE DADA & THE CULT OF COOL, John Clare interviewed by Eric Myers, JazzChord, Aug/Sep, 1995
JAZZ MASTERPIECE, Review of Ten Part Invention album Unidentified Spaces, The Monthly, October 2011
JAZZ POSSIBILITIES REALISED & DENIED, Second Annual Bell Jazz Lecture, October 8, 1994
JAZZ AND MULTICULTURAL MUSIC, JazzChord, Apr/May 2000
DOIN’ THE SATCHMO SPLIT, JazzChord, Summer, 1998/99
JOHN POCHÉE: NOT THE BITTER END, Jazz Magazine Summer/Autumn 1986
KINGS CROSS REVISITED: THE OTHER SIDE, May, 2017
MIKE NOCK CONFOUNDS OZ JAZZ’S KNOCKERS, Nation Review, April 20-26, 1978
BILL FRISELL: A PORTRAIT, comments on Emma Franz's film
IN HONOUR OF MIKE NOCK, June, 2017
EL ROCCO: BEYOND THE MAINSTREAM, from Bodgie Dada & The Cult of Cool, 1995
OBITUARY: KEITH STIRLING 1938-2003, Sydney Morning Herald, August 15, 2003
DAVID ADES: A LIFE IN A DAY, CD Review, Music Trust of Australia, February 1, 2016
INSIDE THE MUSICIAN: JOHN CLARE AT 75, Music Trust of Australia, June 5, 2016
JAZZ CENTRE 44: SOUNDING MANY CHORDS, from Bodgie Dada and the Cult of Cool, 1995
SIMA: A MAJOR CATALYST, from Bodgie Dada and the Cult of Cool, 1995
THELONIOUS MONK: MONASTIC MAD MAGICAL, Sydney Morning Herald, September 15, 1990
JACKSON POLLOCK, MARC HANNAFORD AND OTHER WHIRLING MATTER, australianjazz.net, June 19, 2012
THE ENGINE ROOM BACK FROM THE SOVIET UNION, Sydney Morning Herald, December 16, 1989
SANDY EVANS & JUDY BAILEY: WOMEN OUTLAST THE LEGEND, Sydney Morning Herald, July 10, 1993
DON BURROWS & TEN PART INVENTION, Sydney Morning Herald, March, 1991
BEYOND THE BASEMENT: A GUIDE TO SYDNEY’S JAZZ, Sydney Morning Herald, May 14, 1993
THE ENGINE ROOM: ALL WORKING PARTS IN GOOD ORDER, Sydney Morning Herald, September 22, 1990
GREGG ARTHUR: CERTAINLY A JAZZ SINGER, Foundry 616, 21 October, 2016
DICK HUGHES’ PORT JACKSON FIVE, Sydney Morning Herald, July 16, 1992
HAMMERHEAD’S MOZAIC, Album review, australianjazz.net, August 12, 2014
THE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ BOOM, Sydney Morning Herald, September 1, 1990
MARK SIMMONDS, BOBBY GEBERT, SWEET ATMOSPHERE: FREEBOPPERS GET IN FLEA'S EAR
KEITH HOUNSLOW: A NEW CAREER PHASE, Jazz Magazine, Winter, 1986
THE MASTER: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BERNIE McGANN, The Monthly, October, 2012
ON CHET BAKER, Jazz Magazine, August 1982
ON DON BURROWS, Sydney Morning Herald July 23, 1984 & January 8, 1991
ROGER FRAMPTON AND THE RESURGENCE OF CREATIVE MUSIC, Jazz Magazine, Winter/Spring, 1984
ROGER FRAMPTON, PAUL GRABOWSKY AND DON PULLEN, Sydney Morning Herald, March 3, 1992
A GIRLIE’S GLISSANDO: WENDY SADDINGTON AND BERNIE McGANN, Nation Review, 3-9 March, 1977
THE REAL PHIL TRELOAR SITS DOWN, Nation Review, 7-13 April, 1977
CHARLIE PARKER THE ARTIST, Jazz Magazine, September/October, 1982
ON CLIFFORD BROWN & MAX ROACH, Jazz Magazine, September/October, 1982
JAZZ IN ITS PLACE: VENUE 505, Music Trust’s Loudmouth, December 6, 2017
THE MUSIC OF THINGS, Music Trust’s Loudmouth, September 3, 2017
ALISTER SPENCE TRIO LIVE, Album review, Music Trust’s Loudmouth, February 1, 2016
LLOYD SWANTON’S AMBON, Music Trust’s Loudmouth, December 1, 2015
WITNESSES OF THE THIRD COMING: THE ROCK AND ROLL DIARY OF A JAZZ FAN, Extempore, November, 2008
THE MIKE NOCK QUARTET AT FOUNDRY 616, May 25, 2018
JOHN SANGSTER AND MARTY MOONEY IN THE SOUP, Sydney Morning Herald, March 24, 1990
OUT FOR THE COUNT, Sydney Morning Herald, April 23, 1992
JUDY BAILEY’S NEW ALBUM, Jazz Down Under, November, 1974
CHARLIE MUNRO, Jazz Down Under, January/February, 1977
THE CHARLIE MUNRO QUARTET: EASTERN HORIZONS, Jazz Down Under, January/February 1977
PAUL McNAMARA, Jazz Down Under, January, 1976
BRIAN BROWN COMES TO SYDNEY, Jazz Down Under, November 1974
FOCUS ON NOLAN/BUDDLE SYNDICATE, Jazz Down Under, May/June, 1975
BRIAN BROWN AND JAZZ CO-OP IN CONCERT AND IN CAMERA, Jazz Down Under, January, 1975
MUSIC IS AN OPEN SKY: A REVIEW, Jazz Down Under, July/August, 1975
FOCUS ON THE LAST STRAW, Jazz Down Under, September/October, 1975
THE LAST STRAW: IT'S NAMED ONLY PARTLY IN JEST, Jazz Australia, 1978
HOWIE SMITH, Jazz Down Under, May/Jun, 1976
THE NEW DON BURROWS QUINTET, Jazz Down Under, July/August, 1976
THAT OLD NEW THING, JazzChord, Apr/May 2001 and Jun/Jul 2001 editions
MUSIC IS AN OPEN SKY, Jazz Down Under, July/August, 1977
PETER BOOTHMAN, Jazz Down Under, May/June, 1976
THE RETURN OF THE REDMAN, Australian Jazz & Blues, Volume 1, No 5, 1994
ALBUM REVIEW: McJAD GOES ORGANIC, Sydney Morning Herald, September 18-19, 2004
THE RHYTHM SECTION THAT PLAYS TOGETHER STAYS TOGETHER, Encore Magazine, June, 1979
PHILIP MORRIS SAXES FIVE, Encore Magazine, June, 1979
CHARLIE MUNRO: SURVIVAL WITH SPIRIT, Encore Magazine, July, 1979
JUDY BAILEY, Encore Magazine, May, 1979
JON ROSE: MUSIC THROUGH THE TIME BARRIER, Encore Magazine, September, 1979
THE VAMPIRES AT SIMA, www.australianjazz.net, September 16, 2014
JAZZGROOVE SUMMER FIESTA, www.australianjazz.net, February 1, 2015
DAVE JACKSON QUARTET: COSMONTOLOGY LIVE, www.australianjazz.net, July 21, 2014
JAZZGROOVE MOTHERSHIP ORCHESTRA WITH SCOTT TINKLER, www.australianjazz.net, September 9, 2014
WANGARATTA’S 25TH FESTIVAL, www.australianjazz.net, November 6, 2014
REVIEWS OF CLARION FRACTURE ZONE, Sydney Morning Herald, 1988-1990
THE WANGARATTA JAZZ FESTIVAL 1990, Sydney Morning Herald, October/November, 1990
JOHN CLARE ON DAVE LEVY 1991-1999, Sydney Morning Herald, On The Street, Rhythms
TWO REMARKABLE NEW JAZZ VENUES, Encore magazine, May, 1979
THE LA FOUR IN SYDNEY, Jazz Down Under, March, 1975
DICK HUGHES: A MILDLY INSULTING SKETCH, Music Maker, March 30, 1972
ALLAN BROWNE, Extempore, June 17, 2015
GAIL BRENNAN QUERIES BRUCE JOHNSON by Gail Brennan [aka John Clare], JazzChord, Jul/Aug, 1993
A DEFENCE OF THE AVANT-GARDE by Gail Brennan [aka John Clare}, JazzChord, Jul/Aug, 1994
A RESPONSE TO BRUCE JOHNSON by Gail Brennan [aka John Clare], JazzChord, Summer 1994/95
THE MUSIC OF STAN KENTON AND ITS DIVERSE SOURCES, JazzChord, Oct/Nov, 2001 & Feb/Mar, 2002
A REVIEW OF THE ABC-TV SERIES ‘THE PULSE’, JazzChord, Jun/Jul, 2001
12TH TAC WANGARATTA FESTIVAL OF JAZZ 2001, JazzChord, Dec 01/Jan 02
AUSTRALIAN JAZZ IS ALIVE AND WELL AND BRINGING IN THE CROWDS, National Times, February 23-28, 1976
DALE BARLOW: RETURN OF THE NATIVE, Sydney Morning Herald, November 29, 1990
ROBIN EUBANKS ALEX DEUTSCH DALE BARLOW JAN GARBAREK, Sydney Morning Herald, January 7, 1992
EDDIE HENDERSON & DALE BARLOW, Sydney Morning Herald, February 6, 1993
OLIVIA CHINDAMO’S KEEP AN EYE ON SPRING, Loudmouth, April 2, 2017
MUTATIONS DOWN UNDER, Coda Magazine, January, 2000
BIRTH OF A NEW ALL-AUSTRALIAN JAZZ RECORD LABEL, Australian Disc & Tape Review, December, 1975
AUNTIE LEADS DISC RENAISSANCE, Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday, July 14, 1990
JAZZ ROCK DEVELOPMENT, Music Maker, March, 1971
KEITH BARR, Music Maker, May 1971
SERGE ERMOLL, Jazz Down Under, September, 1975
1995: A YEAR OF VINDICATION & SADNESS, JazzChord, Summer 1995/96
THE RETURN OF BOB BERTLES, Jazz Down Under, September/October, 1976
FURTHER REFLECTIONS ON THE JAZZ GIANTS, Music Maker, November, 1971
NAT BARTSCH TRIO, australianjazz.net, May 3, 2013
THE ENGINE ROOM: VIRTUOSITY WITHOUT PEDANTRY, The Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 1989
THE LAST STRAW AT THE PICCADILLY HOTEL 1987, The Sydney Morning Herald, August 11, 1987
TEN PART INVENTION LIVE BROADCAST JANUARY 1989, The Sydney Morning Herald, January 23, 1989
INVENTIVENESS IN TEN PARTS, On The Street, July 25, 1988
SANDY EVANS WITH TEN PART INVENTION, Sydney Morning Herald, August 1, 1988