Issue 4 : May 2010

extempore Issue 3 - featuring a print by John Ryrie

extempore Issue 4 - featuring a print by John Ryrie

May 2010: John Shand on Roger Frampton, John Clare on liking what you like. Jorge Sotirios on jazz and existentialism. Interviews with Steve Elphick, Andrea Keller and Jess Green. A conversation between Will Guthrie and Ren Walters. 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.  And more, of course. It’s your usual 192 pages of interviews, essays, fiction, poetry, photos and a CD of original music thanks to Rufus Records.

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Editor’s Note
Contributors

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

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

Verbatim
Merv Collins A Fine Romance…
John Clare Oo Koo K-Choo

Fiction
PS Cottier Noddy

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

Visuals
Natasha Blankfield: Phil Slater’s Sculthorpe Songbook Project
John Ryrie: Linocuts

Book Review
John Shand reviews The Jazz Composer: Moving music off the paper
by Graham Collier

Bonus CD from Rufus Records
Rufus Redux’: An Ode to Survival by John McBeath
Q&A with Tim Dunn of Rufus Records
Track Listing