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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.

CODY’S 10 x 10. INTERVIEW 10: MIKE NOCK

by Chris Cody

Loudmouth, May 31, 2022

New Zealand born pianist/composer Mike Nock has been a widely recognised figure in Australasian music since his first Sydney recording in 1959 with the trio The 3 Out. He subsequently spent 24 years in the US working with many iconic musicians and established himself as a bandleader through several seminal recordings. Returning to Sydney in 1985 he remains an important voice on the jazz/creative music scene…

HAROLD LÓPEZ-NUSSA AT THE FESTIVAL OF SYDNEY

Reviewed by Eric Myers

January 10, 2024, The Neilson, 13A Hickson Rd, Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, Dawes Point

Loudmouth, February 1, 2024

I had mixed feelings about this concert, presented by the Festival of Sydney. It took place in The Neilson on Pier 2/3, an excellent venue for jazz, and which appeared to be sold-out. It was highly successful, particularly if you share the common view that the arbiter of success in such a concert is a standing ovation. The quartet was led by the Cuban pianist Harold López-Nussa with American double bassist Luques Curtis, López-Nussa's brother Ruy Adrian López-Nussa on drums, and the Swiss harmonica virtuoso Grégoire Maret…

GREGG ARTHUR AT CITY RECITAL HALL

Reviewed by Eric Myers

City Recital Hall, Sydney, April 13, 2024

For a long time Sydney singer Gregg Arthur has had the ambition to present his music in the concert hall. This is the outcome of his belief, entirely well-founded, that many leading Australian vocalists, such as himself, are of such a standard of excellence that they should be heard in the pristine conditions of the concert hall, conditions which are afforded to imported overseas artists. In the case of the City Recital Hall (CRH), Kurt Elling and Cecile McLorin Salvant come to mind, who have been presented there in recent times…