JAZZCHORD ARTICLES

Between 1993 and 2002, 53 editions of the bi-monthly magazine JazzChord were published as part of the National Jazz Co-ordination Program. This folder includes a selection of articles from those editions. Articles published in JazzChord appear on this site also in the JOHN CLARE, JAZZ CO-ORDINATION, BOOK REVIEWS, CONTRIBUTIONS and OBITUARIES folders. Readers can click on the INDEX button for a list of articles in this folder.

THAT OLD NEW THING

 A Quiet Reflection by John Clare

JazzChord, Apr/May 2001 and Jun/Jul 2001 editions

In the century that just flicked by, artists did these things: praised war (the Futurists), ex-tolled hysteria and paranoia (the Surrealists), hung himself up with hooks through his skin (Stelarc), presented silence as a composition (Cage), improvised large canvasses in a lather of splashing, slashing, dribbling and pouring (Pollock), banished all planes but the vertical and horizontal - and therefore all angles but the right angle (Mondrian). And so on…

BENNETTS LANE: A DEDICATED JAZZ CLUB

by Eric Myers

Jazzchord, Oct/Nov 1995

In November 27, 1995 the Melbourne venue Bennetts Lane celebrated its third anniversary, presenting the trio featuring Allan Browne (drums), Ben Robertson (bass) and Geoff Hughes (guitar). The Sydney pianist Jann Rutherford, who performed the previous evening with her quartet, made a guest appearance. Bennetts Lane opened on November 27, 1992 after owner Michael Tortoni spent a year renovating a three-storey building in what Melbourne jazz writer Jessica Nicholas has described as "a dark, seedy-looking laneway: the perfect setting for the quintessential jazz club"…

DON BURROWS’ CREATIVE ARTISTS FELLOWSHIP

by Eric Myers

JazzChord,  Sep/Oct, 1994

The saxophonist Don Burrows has added to a long list of firsts by becoming the first jazz musician to receive an Australian Artists Creative Fellowship (popularly known as a 'Keating') from the Australia Council, the Federal Government's arts funding and advisory body. Don received a total of $330,000.00, payable over five years, for three purposes…