extempore Issue 4 - featuring a print by John Ryrie
Issue 4 of extempore is here! Look out for a great piece on Roger Frampton by John Shand. We asked him to answer the questions ‘Who was Roger Frampton?’ and ‘Why should we care?’ In his response, find out how Roger Frampton contributed to the history of improvised music in this country.
John Clare talks about liking what you like, and how pointless it is to get others to agree! Jorge Sotirios joins the exclusive club of extempore contributors with the first of two essays he’s agreed to write for us. This one’s on jazz and existentialism. PS Cottier moves from poetry to prose, with her short story about Noddy, a jazz punter in limbo. We have National Jazz Writing Competition prize-winning essays by Peter Mitchell and Paul Pax Andrews. Belinda Webster interviews bass player Steve Elphick. Will Guthrie and Ren Walters captured in conversation and Adrian Jackson chats to Andrea Keller. And more, of course. It’s your usual 192 pages of interviews, essays, fiction, poetry, photos.
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Editor’s Note
Contributors
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In Conversation
Andrea Keller with Adrian Jackson
Steve Elphick with Belinda Webster
Jess Green with Peter Wockner
Will Guthrie and Ren Walters
Cameron Undy of 505 with Miriam Zolin
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Essays
John Shand Into the Clouds: Roger Frampton in Retrospect
Jorge Sotirios Philosophical riffs: jazz ‘n’ existentialism
Andrew W Hurley On the Sunny Side of the Street:
‘Ghetto Swinger’ in Australia
Peter Mitchell The Certainty of Risk njwc second prize
Paul Pax Andrews The Scene… Sydney, way back then njwc third prize
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Verbatim
Merv Collins A Fine Romance…
John Clare Oo Koo K-Choo
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Fiction
PS Cottier Noddy
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Poetry
Chris Cody Jazz Chords
Chris Cody For Oliver Johnson
PS Cottier Palm cockatoos
Arjun von Caemmerer Piano Player Study No 52
Wayne Tompkins Bermuda Onion Night
Allan Browne Wild Bill
Allan Browne Conjuror
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Visuals
Natasha Blankfield: Phil Slater’s Sculthorpe Songbook Project
John Ryrie: Linocuts
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Book Review
John Shand reviews The Jazz Composer: Moving music off the paper
by Graham Collier
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Bonus CD from Rufus Records
‘Rufus Redux’: An Ode to Survival by John McBeath
Q&A with Tim Dunn of Rufus Records
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