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Author: John Clare

John Clare was born at Maroubra Bay in 1940. He has written on diverse topics for most major Australian publications, including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian, The National Times and Nation Review, as well as Town and Queen magazines in England. His poetry has appeared in Poetry Australia and New Poetry and has been read on the ABC’s old Quality Street programme. He has published three books: Bodgie Dada: Australian Jazz Since 1945 (UNSW Press), Low Rent (Text) and Why Wangaratta?: Ten Years Of The Wangaratta Festival of Jazz (Victorian Tourist Bureau). John currently reviews books for The Sun-Herald and writes essays and reviews for SIMA.org.au
Features, Reviews Posted on25 December 202025 December 2020

Vale, John Clare [1940 – 2020]

A great deal of art is description, or at least representation. Describing or representing love, hate, the universe. None is the right description. Nor the wrong one. This is art after all.

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Festivals, News, Reviews Posted on1 February 20151 February 2015

John Clare reviews Jazzgroove Summer Fiesta

Sydney’s Jazzgroove association fifth Summer Fiesta was spread over three venues in Ultimo: Foundry616, Lord Wolseley (I was judged too declassé to admit here) and […] Read More

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News, Reviews Posted on6 November 20146 November 2014

John Clare reviews Wangaratta’s 25th

John Clare lost his wallet on the way to Wangaratta this year, but he says “to hear Rava with Steve Magnusson was worth losing my money and cards for”

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News, Reviews Posted on16 September 201416 September 2014

Gig review: The Vampires at SIMA

The horn unison passages have the extraordinary unity – bright and seemingly electrically fused – that characterised the famous pairing or alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman and trumpeter Don Cherry; while their solos are freely melodic, somewhat in the Coleman vein.

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Reviews Posted on9 September 201410 September 2014

Gig review: Scott Tinkler with Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra

The Foundry 616 Harris & Mary Ann Streets, Ultimo, Sydney. 3 September 2014 Review by John Clare Walking from Glebe to the relatively new jazz […] Read More

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News, Reviews Posted on12 August 201412 August 2014

Album review: Mozaic (Hammerhead) by John Clare

When I listen to music that has an important place in history I sometimes gaze out the window and feel the here and now more intensely, while also feeling myself in the time when this particular style emerged. I do the same with Haydn, Ornette Coleman and the Beatles. I’m not sure why, but it makes you feel very alive.

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News, Reviews Posted on21 July 201421 July 2014

Album review: Cosmontology Live (Dave Jackson Quartet) by John Clare

“When Jackson first recorded – with the subtle and distinctive Trio Apoplectic – I was not the only one who found a surprising echo of the floating lyricism, unusual intervals and limpid sound of Paul Desmond…”

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Album Releases, Reviews Posted on4 July 201426 July 2017

Album review: Liminal (Jex Saarelaht Trio) by John Clare

This is a disc you should perhaps listen to casually at first, (perhaps while ironing your sheets or perhaps just your shirts) then return and take your place in this remarkably silent audience.

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Album Releases, Reviews Posted on4 April 201422 April 2014

Album review: Backblocks (Sam Bates Trio)

‘…his trio has played together intermittently without homicidal incident since 2011.’

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Album Releases, Reviews Posted on21 March 201422 April 2014

Album review: The Mango Balloon (Julian Curwin)

It would be silly not to have this in your collection of music.

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