ESSAYS
This section includes essays on various jazz subjects, written by a number of writers. Contributions are welcome. Writers interested in contributing are welcome to contact the editor by filling out the form in the CONTACT tab. Photographs to illustrate those essays are welcome. Readers can click on the INDEX button for a list of articles in this folder.
2019 Freedman Fellow Novak Manojlovic
SOUND BALANCE IN JAZZ: A VEXED QUESTION
by Eric Myers
The Music Trust’s Loud Mouth e-zine, October, 2019
This article was prompted by a discussion that came about following my review, published in The Australian, of the September 8 concert in The Studio of the Sydney Opera House, when three finalists competed for the $20,000 Music Trust Freedman Jazz Fellowship. They were vocalist Elly Hoyt and pianists Novak Manojlovic and Harry Sutherland, each performing for about half-an-hour with their own small ensembles. There were relatively minor sound problems on the night, which in my view were avoidable…
Tom Varner
THE UNRECOGNISED JAZZ ARTIST
by Ian Muldoon
March, 2020
1974 was a strange time and I was in a strange place, stationed at the remote RAAF Base Learmonth airfield adjacent to Exmouth Gulf, in North West, Western Australia. To the east was one of one of the great desert landmasses on the planet. To the west, the magnificent heritage listed 260 km Ningaloo Reef fringing a tiny part of the 70 million square km Indian Ocean. It was a reminder of the littleness of the individual human…
Keith Hounslow
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO KEITH HOUNSLOW?
by Ken Simpson-Bull
AJAZZ, February, 2012
If you’ve wondered why you haven't seen or heard of iconic jazz trumpeter Keith Hounslow for the last ten years it's because he's living a pleasant life of retirement. Recently interviewed, Keith explained what led up to his departure from jazz performing and what he's doing now…