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.
Sandy Evans
SANDY EVANS WITH TEN PART INVENTION
by Gail Brennan/John Clare
Sydney Morning Herald, August 1, 1988
The performances of Sandy Evans's Unidentified Spaces suite by Ten Part invention not only established Evans as a major jazz composer but also highlighted the ensemble's ability to step far beyond the mainstream to realise the full potential of jazz as an expressive medium. The first movement had a dramatic effect on audiences casually seated with drinks. The hush of a concert hall fell as the initial themes were played in relay by Bernie McGann, alto, Evans, tenor, Miroslav Bukovsky, trumpet, and James Greening, trombone. Here Evans revealed an Ellingtonian ear for the right player in the right place…
Warwick Alder
TEN PART INVENTION LIVE BROADCAST JANUARY, 1989
Reviewed by Gail Brennan/John Clare
Sydney Morning Herald, January 23, 1989
Listeners interested in the present as well as the past were astounded to learn that 1989’s main -"mover and shaker" would be a young man who allegedly plays the clarinet like Benny Goodman. No amount of Postmodernist theory can justify this sad comment on Australian jazz. Fortunately, bands like John Pochée's Ten Part Invention blow it into the realm of obscurantism. Announcer Jim McLeod called it the most exciting larger jazz ensemble in the country, and the audience gathered for its broadcast from Bronte RSL were left in no doubt…
Ten Part Invention
TEN PART INVENTION WOWS THEM!
by John Christian
Jazz Action Society of NSW Newsletter, March, 1989
On Friday, January 20, at the Bronte RSL, John Pochée 's Ten Part Invention showed what it is all about. The arranging/playing and solos left no doubt this band is the best of its type/style, or whatever other term you wish to use…