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.

THE MUSIC TRUST’S FREEDMAN JAZZ FELLOWSHIP CONCERT

Reviewed by Eric Myers

The Studio, Sydney Opera House, September 3, 2022

Loudmouth, September 5, 2022

Following a two-year hiatus owing to covid, the Freedman Jazz Fellowship has roared back to the Sydney Opera House, confirming its place as one of the premier jazz events of the year. Three finalists, all accomplished composers, culled from a list of 16 original candidates, competed for the prestigious $21,000 award. They were two Sydney-based musicians, trumpeter Tom Avgenicos and drummer Holly Conner, and Melbourne-based saxophonist Flora Carbo. After scintillating performances by all three candidates, it was Avgenicos who was declared the winner...

FREDDIE HUBBARD: THE INTERVIEW

by Eric Myers

Jazz Magazine, March/April, 1982

This interview with the American trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, then 43 years old, took place in Sydney on Saturday, January 16, 1982…

BURKE GOULD QUARTET ALBUM “LIVE AGAIN!”

Reviewed by Eric Myers

AJAZZ 85, February 2020

This brilliant album is a mixture of highly developed free improvisation on the one hand, but balanced throughout by the exploration of harmonic structures which are unusually beautiful and melodic. The CD runs for an hour, with five tracks only, so the musicians are stretching out…