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.
Steve Elphick
ENGINE ROOM TO TOUR SOVIET UNION
by Gail Brennan/John Clare
Sydney Morning Herald, November 4, 1989
On about the 13th of this month, the Soviet/Australian Jazz Quintet will come into existence. A month later it will dissolve. It will have been a singular experience for all concerned. On the 11th, local drummer John Pochée, bassist Steve Elphick and pianist, saxophonist and composer Roger Frampton will fly to Moscow to meet the two Russian members of their band. They don't yet know who they are or what instruments they play, but the five will appear in three Russian jazz festivals and numerous jam sessions. The locals go at the invitation of the Soviet Jazz Federation, which approached our National Jazz Co-ordinator early this year, proposing a series of exchanges. Various local musicians, academics and a critic were asked to nominate and vote for a suitable Australian contingent. It does no harm to reveal that I voted for the three winners…
The Engine Room in the Sovier Union
THE ENGINE ROOM DRIVES SOVIETS LOCO
by Gail Brennan/John Clare
Sydney Morning Herald, (undated, late November, 1989)
John Pochée, Roger Frampton and Steve Elphick have played in a number of countries — including India, Poland, Britain and the United States — but something happened to them during their three weeks in the Soviet Union that left them in a state more closely resembling shell shock than jet lag. Three days after their return last week, I spoke to Elphick. "It was very hard," he said. Was it good? "Fantastic," he said quietly. His eyes wandered…
Roger Frampton & John Pochée
BACK FROM RUSSIA FOR SHOW
by Anonymous
Sunday, Brisbane, December 10, 1989
Sydney jazzman John Pochée is just back from an extensive Soviet Union tour but is looking forward to his Brisbane concert on Tuesday. "I'm a little bit tired," Pochée said. "I just spent three days travelling with about five hours' sleep, so I might be a bit vague now.” Pochée is still feeling the effects of the tour. But he said he would be well and truly awake for Tuesday night's show at the Travelodge with Engine Room and Bernie McGann...