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.
Steve Fitzmaurice
MINGUS GIG CELEBRATES FREEDOM AT FOUNDRY 616
by Eric Myers
The Australian, October 25, 2021
In an exuberant performance at Sydney’s Foundry 616 on Thursday night, the nine-piece ensemble Mingus Amongst Us celebrated the jazz community’s release from four months of lockdown. Palpable feelings of liberation and freedom were in the air. The event not only highlighted emancipation from covid restrictions; it also demonstrated the unique capacity of jazz as an art form to express deeply felt sentiments in the wider community…
Virna Sanzone… Photo credit Shane Rozario
VIRNA SANZONE OPENS SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S JAZZ FESTIVAL
by Eric Myers
The Australian, November 15, 2021
On Friday night before a sell-out crowd, the splendid singer Virna Sanzone opened the tenth Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival. It was a memorable performance, and moreover a beautiful experience that prompted some significant realisations. It underlined how fortunate the Sydney jazz audience is, to be able to hear such music of the highest excellence in civilised surroundings, and in a small audience context, which retains the intimate milieu where jazz has always felt most at home…
Vince Jones
VINCE JONES ECLIPSES VAN MORRISON
by Eric Myers
The Australian, November 23, 2021
Singer Vince Jones, now an icon in Australian music, is best-known as a supreme performer in the small, intimate jazz club, his natural milieu. The large concert hall however, presents different challenges. Here Jones encounters the perennial difficulty confronting jazz artists in this country since time immemorial. How can a good sound-balance be achieved in such a venue with high ceilings and minimal capacity to absorb the strident sounds of amplified instruments, particularly guitar, double bass, and drums? The successful negotiation of these variables, highly unpredictable, is usually handed to an embattled sound technician…