MISCELLANEOUS POSTINGS

This folder includes miscellaneous articles on jazz subjects, including performance and album reviews, written by Eric Myers, which may or may not have been published elsewhere. Readers can click on the INDEX button to peruse a list of contents in this folder.

DALE BARLOW AT FOUNDRY 616 WITH WARWICK ALDER & JOHN HARKINS TRIO

by Eric Myers

January 13, 2023

This was another great night at what most people regard as Sydney’s premier jazz club. Foundry 616 was sold out, with the restaurant area full, and standing room near the bar filled with an enthusiastic listening audience. Foundry owner Peter Rechniewski could thank his lucky stars that Dale Barlow survived relatively unscathed what has been described as a mugging a few days earlier. According to his own testimony Dale was “attacked in the street by some crazy drunk young people”, near the hotel in Newtown where he was staying.  He received injuries to his hip and knee, and in a post on Facebook foreshadowed a possible early return to Thailand, where it would be easier than in Sydney to get a remedial massage and see a doctor. In a nutshell his absence would have been disastrous for the venue. But, all’s well that ends well…