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LOUDMOUTH ARTICLES & REVIEWS 2022-

This folder contains reviews and articles written by various authors for the Music Trust’s e-zine Loudmouth. Readers can click on the INDEX button for a list of reviews or articles in this folder.

 

Gregg Arthur

JAZZ VOCALIST & COMPOSER GREGG ARTHUR

Interviewed by Eric Myers

Loudmouth, April 1, 2023

This is the first of a series of interviews with a number of Australia’s most distinguished jazz artists, appearing in the Music Trust’s e-zine Loudmouth. Gregg Arthur is an original voice who has learned from, and performed with, music industry giants all over the world. His warm baritone and huge range allows him to embrace members of the audience with a tender ballad, or thrill them with outstanding vocal acuity. Most of all though it’s his emphasis on rhythm and phrasing that has brought him praise from legends and critics everywhere…

Jeremy Rose

JAZZ SAXOPHONIST, COMPOSER & LABEL MANAGER JEREMY ROSE

Interviewed by Eric Myers

Loudmouth, May 1, 2023

This interview is the second of a series of interviews with a number of Australia’s most distinguished jazz artists, appearing in the Music Trust’s e-zine Loudmouth. Saxophonist-composer Jeremy Rose leads a multi-dimensional career spanning 20 releases of original music with collaborative and solo projects including the Earshift Orchestra, Jeremy Rose Quartet, The Vampires, Visions of Nar, Vazesh, The Strides and Project Infinity. He is founder and director of the Earshift Music record label and festival…

Tamara Murphy

JAZZ BASSIST & COMPOSER TAMARA MURPHY

Interviewed by Eric Myers

Loudmouth, June 1, 2023

This is the third in a series of interviews with a number of Australia’s most distinguished jazz artists. Bassist, composer and educator Tamara Murphy is based in Melbourne, Australia. She has been flat out for over 20 years, leading her own bands and performing with countless others. She has released 11 albums as leader (or co-leader) and appears on over 40 recordings by other artists. She’s toured internationally, performing in Japan, China, Europe, the UK and New York as well as in Australia. She has performed with Kate Miller-Heidke, Ali McGregor, Harry Angus, Clio Renner, Andrea Keller, Nat Bartsch, Paul Grabowsky, Stephen Magnusson and many more artists in addition to her own band, Spirograph Studies…