jOHN Pochée BIOGRAPHY
This folder contains reviews and articles pertaining to Eric Myers’s biography of the late Australian drummer/bandleader John Pochée, who died in November, 2022, Readers can click on the INDEX button for a list of reviews or articles in this folder.
Miroslav Bukovsky
TEN PART INVENTION JAS CONCERT MAY, 1989
by Sy Bluhm
Jazz Action Society of NSW newsletter, June, 1989
What a great idea it was for the Australia Council to provide funds for ten of the best Australian players to be paid to rehearse and to come up with compositions/arrangements from within their own ranks, so that everything is Australian. No American Tin Pan Alley stuff! So, special appreciation to those of Ten Part Invention whose compositions/arrangements were heard at our concert: Bob Bertles, Miroslav Bukovsky, Roger Frampton and Sandy Evans. Undoubtedly the most significant portion of the evening was the premiere performance of Bukovsky's three movement suite, The Second Voyage….
The Engine Room
TRIO’S RHYTHM WITH REDS
by Barry Morris
Daily Telegraph, November 2, 1989
Swinging in the spirit of glasnost, contemporary jazz trio The Engine Room is off to Russia — with love from the Foreign Affairs Department. Pianist Roger Frampton, bass player Steve Elphick, and drummer John Pochée, 49, will jam with the Soviets at one-night gigs and play at three major jazz festivals from Moscow to Leningrad The three Aussies have been invited by the Soviet Jazz Federation to play an historic three-week tour with the Foreign Affairs Cultural Relations program picking up the tab…
Andy Brown
TEN PART INVENTION: CONCERT AT MUSICIANS' CLUB, SEPTEMBER 6, 1989
by Alan B Brown
Jazz Action Society of NSW Newsletter, October, 1989
Where do I start raving? Okay the band consists of ten of Australia's finest jazz musicians. Their ages vary with their styles. They are all top-line individual, dedicated, highly talented, completely professional people. Some readers will already be aware of the inspiring results of this magical blending, achieved by the band collectively. In any case I don't wish to single out one member for accolades. For mine, they all get my sincere praise. I merely wish to spread the word as far as possible…