LIMELIGHT ARTICLES & REVIEWS 2022-
This folder contains reviews and articles written by Eric Myers for the Australian Music, Arts & Culture magazine Limelight. Myers commenced writing occasional pieces for this magazine in February, 2022. Readers can click on the INDEX button for a list of reviews or articles in this folder.
Zela Margossian
ZELA MARGOSSIAN QUINTET ALBUM LAUNCH + STU HUNTER
Mary’s Underground, 29 Reiby Pl, Sydney
Reviewed by Eric Myers
Limelight, February 27, 2022
In a scintillating performance at Mary’s Underground, the Zela Margossian Quintet played, in chronological order, the eight compositions on their new album The Road, plus a couple of encores. A tight, well-rehearsed, and very professional quintet, it featured, other than Margossian on piano, her long-term colleagues Stuart Vandegraaff (saxophones & clarinet), Jacques Emery (double bass), Adem Yilmaz (percussion), and Alexander Inman-Hislop (drums)…
This World, Mike Nock, Jonathan Zwartz, Julien Wilson, Hamish Stuart
THIS WORLD AT FOUNDRY 616
Foundry 616, April 1, 2022
Reviewed by Eric Myers
Limelight, April 3, 2022
Pianist Mike Nock, bassist Jonathan Zwartz, tenor saxophonist Julien Wilson and drummer Hamish Stuart recently named their quartet This World, the title of their celebrated debut album, released in November, 2019. This makes sense, as the group’s music, as much as that of any comparable quartet in Australia of which I’m aware, tends to epitomize contemporary jazz. Their music is not merely a celebration of a past genre, but is very much in the now…
Trio Grande, Gilad Hekselman, Will Vinson, Eric Harland
SYDNEY CON JAZZ FESTIVAL: A SPLENDID EVENT ONCE AGAIN
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, June 5, 2022
Reviewed by Eric Myers
Limelight, June 7, 2022
This splendid one-day extravaganza, the second since the 2020 event was cancelled owing to covid, once again featured a commendable array of distinguished Australian jazz performers, further testimony to the overwhelming talent that now exists in Australian jazz, especially amongst younger musicians. As in the case of the 2021 event, when the event roared back with a vengeance, artistic director David Theak could once again hold his head high and bask in the light of substantial achievement…