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: MODERN JAZZ FROM SUPERGROUP
by Graeme Osborne
The Age Entertainment Guide, March 10, 1989
At long last we get a chance to see and hear "live" the Sydney supergroup Ten Part Invention, the brainchild of leader/drummer John Pochée, when they play at the Limerick Arms next Thursday and Friday. The formidable line-up is completed by Bernie McGann, Bob Bertles, Craig Walters, Ken James, Warwick Alder, Miroslav Bukovsky, Dave Panichi, Roger Frampton and Steve Elphick.
Adrian Jackson
TEN PART INVENTION READY TO PERFORM IN MELBOURNE DEBUT
by Adrian Jackson
The Age, March 15, 1989
I was never interested in playing in a big hand — I always thought it was all too rigid," says John Pochée, who has long been regarded as one of the most authoritative and enterprising jazz drummers Australia has produced. “But I always did like the idea of having an expanded group, where you keep the flexibility of a small group, yet have a lot of different voices there, to add a lot of colour, and give more variety to the solos." Mr Pochée had the chance to put his ideas into practice at the Adelaide Festival in 1986…
John Pochée
TEN PART INVENTION GETS FULL MARKS
by Adrian Jackson
The Age, Tuesday March 21, 1989
Three years after its formation, the Sydney modernists Ten Part Invention made its Melbourne debut last week, and left no room for any doubts that it is one of the best jazz groups Australia has produced. Comparisons with the Bicentennially-born Australian Jazz Orchestra (AJO) [in 1988] are inevitable, especially given that the two outfits share several members, and even some of the same repertoire. The AJO hardly lacked merit, but Ten Part Invention was much more rewarding. Unlike the AJO, it has been together for some time (with few changes in personnel) and it sounded like a team of musicians with a purpose and attitudes in common…