Eric Myers was jazz critic for the Sydney Morning Herald 1980-1982, and for The Australian 1983-1987. He was publisher & editor of the Australian Jazz Magazine 1981-1986. After 20 years as a government-funded Jazz Co-ordinator 1983-2002, he returned to writing on jazz for The Australian in 2015, where he is now the jazz albums reviewer. He has a website dedicated to documenting Australian jazz history at www.ericmyersjazz.com
Above image: Sandy Evans…
At the Paddington Uniting Church on Sat Oct 31, the 2026 women’s jazz festival was closed with a splendid concert given by three performing ensembles: a duo featuring singer Michelle Nicolle and double bassist Jonathan Zwartz; …
Above image: Simone Young, courtesy of the SSO…
In August 2026, I attended what was described as an “open rehearsal” in the concert hall of the SOH, where the conductor Nicholas Ellis spent an hour rehearsing certain sections of Shostakovich’s …
Above image: Tomeka Reid… Photo credit Oliver Abels
This concert at the ACO Neilson in Sydney’s Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival. This festival, the brainchild of the then artistic …
Above image: Joey Alexander… Photo credit Shane Rozario
This concert at The Lounge in Chatswood on October 19, featured the 22-year-old Indonesian pianist Joey Alexander, with his trio including Alon Near (double bass) and Tyson Jackson (drums). A packed house …
This splendid concert, which took place in the concert hall of the SOH on Oct 16, 2026, featured three works, played by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Donald Runnicles: the Australian premiere of a short work entitled Orpheus’ …
Above : Dave Brubeck in Australia, 1960… Photo credit Barry Newberry
Another sold-out jazz concert on Oct 15, 2026, at The Lounge in Chatswood, saw the return of one of the most outstanding groups of the 2025 program: the trio …
Featured image : Jazz pianist Bill Risby
This interview is the twenty-seventh in a series of interviews with a number of Australia’s most distinguished jazz artists, which originally were published monthly in Loudmouth, the e-zine edited by Dr Richard Letts. …
The venue VJs is located on the campus of North Shore Temple Emanuel in Chatswood. It has an auditorium that offers what it describes on the internet as “an intimate and welcoming performance space where audiences can experience live music …
Above : Chris McNulty… Photo credit John Abbott
This piece is based on a press release prepared to assist in the marketing of Chris McNulty’s new album Soul Journey, which was released on the label Pearl Coast Jazz on April …
Above : Emma Pask… Photo credit Kurt Sneddon
This sold-out concert at The Lounge on September 17, 2026, with the somewhat ambiguous title of High Standards was appropriately named, in my view. It featured the outstanding vocalist Emma Pask in …