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.

JAMES MORRISON QUARTET WITH THE SSO

Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House

Review by Eric Myers

November 2, 2018

Jazz is arguably the most influential musical form of the 20th century but, because it is now widely perceived – wrongly in my view – as a tiny musical form with a negligible following, it is frequently overlooked or devalued. To some extent, the fate of jazz, at least since the death of Miles Davis in 1991, has been a never-ending downward spiral. Against this tale of woe, the career of James Morrison has been a tale of triumphant achievement…

KEITH JARRETT MOVES IN TOP GEAR

by Eric Myers

Sydney Morning Herald, March 10, 1982

Keith Jarrett, the 36-year-old piano virtuoso, does not have an orthodox repertoire. He improvises his music from the first note, so that what is produced is a totally spontaneous creation. Apparently in a trance, he spends much of his performance crouched beneath the keyboard of the piano, emitting groans of ecstasy. Those who attended his performance last night at the Sydney Opera House might well ask: did we hear a piano recital, or witness a profound spiritual experience?

BRAZIL’S ANNA SETTON

Interviewed by Eric Myers

November 2, 2019, commissioned (but unpublished) by The Australian

Brazilian singer/guitarist Anna Setton, 36, was in Australia in November, 2019, primarily to perform at the Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival. Her first album, simply entitled Anna Setton, was released in 2018, and met with extraordinary success, both in Brazil and internationally. This interview was commissioned by the editor of The Australian’s Review, Tim Douglas, for the ‘Spotlight’ section which appears on page 3 of Review, but did not appear…