THE AUSTRALIAN
The Australian has been Australia’s national newspaper since 1964. This folder contains reviews and articles written by Eric Myers and published in The Australian since September, 2015. Text published in the newspaper is reproduced here, with the addition of photographs which may or may not have appeared in The Australian.
Don Burrows
OBITUARY: DON BURROWS 1928-2020
by Eric Myers
The Australian, March 16, 2020
Don Burrows will be remembered primarily as a formidable populariser of jazz in Australia. Amongst his many honours were the MBE (1972) and the AO (1986), but what was most striking about his career was his accumulation of firsts as a jazz musician - the achievement of significant milestones which enabled him to dominate Australian jazz for most of his career…
Phil Stack
VIRNA SANZONE AND PHIL STACK JOIN FORCES ONLINE
by Eric Myers
The Australian, June 9, 2020
Bassist Phil Stack appears to be everywhere these days. He’s on James Morrison’s recent album Beautiful Friendship, and Katie Noonan’s current album The Sweetest Taboo, where he showed that the unusual art of accompanying a vocalist with double bass – a rare occurrence in jazz - can work beautifully. On Saturday, in a pandemic-inspired venture by SIMA, Stack took his demonstrated artistry to a new level, accompanying vocalist Virna Sanzone in a 35-minute set streamed from Free Energy Device Studios...
Zela Margossian
ZELA MARGOSSIAN TRIO ONLINE
by Eric Myers
The Australian, August 31, 2020
In the final concert of its streamed series, SIMA presented an impressive half-hour performance by pianist Zela Margossian. Accompanied by colleagues Stuart Vandegraaff (soprano saxophone, clarinet) and Adem Yilmaz (percussion), she breezed through four of her compositions, revamping two (Mystic Flute: A Version and Ceasefire) from her quintet’s splendid 2018 album Transition…