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.

ERIC MYERS' MUSIC DIARY

by Eric Myers

Encore Magazine, October 1979

One of the month's highlights was the visit of US guitarists Herb Ellis and Barney Kessel. Their opening concert at The Basement was a joyous experience. At their press conference the same day, both men stressed that, for them, "fusion" or "jazz/rock" music could not be regarded as jazz. Herb Ellis considered that George Benson was a jazz guitarist who is not at present playing jazz…

JON HUNT ALBUM: HOUSE RENT BLUES

Reviewed by Eric Myers

AJAZZ 87, November 2020

This impressive album is from Jon Hunt, a sophisticated musician originally from Adelaide, who plays clarinet and saxophones in traditional and swing styles. He holds a PhD from Adelaide’s Elder Conservatorium of Music where he taught clarinet for six years. Moving to Melbourne in 2013, he went on to the US in 2017, where he’s been playing in what one might call the pre-bebop scene, in the “mainstream” styles that existed before the bebop revolution of the 1940s, and are still being played today…

JAZZ ABOUT TOWN DECEMBER 1978

by Eric Myers

Encore Magazine, December, 1978

News from The Basement: Sydney's leading jazz venue features the Sydney Jazztet on Monday nights during December. This group, which includes Steve Murphy (guitar), David Glyde (saxophones & flute), Dave Ellis (bass) and Willie Qua (drums) appear on the newly-released album Blowin' In From New York, featuring the American vibist, Harry Sheppard. Tuesday nights in December feature the Bruce Cale Quartet, with Bruce on bass, Paul McNamara (piano), Bob Bertles (flute & saxophones) and Alan Turnbull (drums)…