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.
John Pochée
TEN PART INVENTION: THE CHIEFS MANAGE TO GET ALONG FAMOUSLY
by Eric Myers
The Australian, May 13, 1986
When the group Ten Part Invention gave its premiere performances during the recent Adelaide Festival of Arts, a number of people in the jazz world wondered whether such a star-studded group could survive. Of the ten musicians involved, there were seven, after all, who were distinguished bandleaders in their own right. How could so many chiefs function as sidemen under the leadership of John Pochée? This concert, the first by Ten Part Invention in Sydney, showed that, so far, such fears are groundless. The group, obviously a very professional unit, gave a powerful performance at The Basement that could only be regarded as highly successful. It was received enthusiastically by a large audience, and provided an impressive opening to the Sydney Improvised Music Association's new winter series…
Mike Williams
TEN PART INVENTION: BAND FORMS OUT OF THE LAST STRAW THAT WASN'T
by Mike Williams
Daily Telegraph, circa May, 1986
An exciting new ten-piece band and a reformed favourite feature at The Basement this month. On Sunday the Sydney Improvised Music Association takes over the club for a concert starring drummer John Pochée’s new band, Ten Part Invention. The star-studded outfit grew out of The Last Straw, a great group of the '70s which had Pochée as drummer. From that band also come Bernie McGann, Ken James, Bob Bertles and Sandy Evans (saxes); Hugh Fraser (bass); Roger Frampton (piano); Miroslav Bukovsky and Warwick Alder (trumpets); and James Greening (trombone)…
Barry Morris
THE SILVER FOX IS ON THE PROWL
by Barry Morris
Daily Telegraph, July 3, 1986
The Silver Fox is on the prowl and man, you'd better watch out because he's rounded up some of the wildest cats in town. The Fox, of course, is John Pochée, the drummer who is one of the favourites of Tiger Bay tigress Shirley Bassey when she's playing Down Under. There are some who rate Pochée as Australia's finest drummer. Pochée would probably shrug that off, saying in his deep, rumbling voice: "Each drummer brings a particular. style to drumming, one is not necessarily better than the other." One reviewer has written: "Pochée's work offers an unusually rich experience, combining excitement with beauty, humour, the delight of invention and surprise, and a generous passion." This year the Adelaide Festival commissioned Pochée to form a band, Ten Part Invention, bringing together some of the most exciting talent in Australia…