More jazz, I think. This one’s a track taken from one of the rare albums on which saxophonist David Murray plays music by other people. It’s a little carnival-ish at first — work your way past that — but it’s an interesting interpretation of Sonny Rollins’ classic tune St. Thomas. At least three stories connect [...]
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Somewhere in a vault, there no doubt exists a master tape of one of the most important New Zealand recordings ever. And it’s starting to crumble. Dr Tree was probably the first, and certainly the most influential fusion album in New Zealand music history. It featured most of the most interesting local jazz players of [...]
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The sun is out, it’s Friday, and I’m in a good mood. And nothing does a good mood for me like Aussie band Spiderbait — especially when Janet’s on lead vocals. Spiderbait are a loud, tight powerpop band that just kick out great song after great song. If there was one pop band whose greatest [...]
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A decade ago, I was running an independent jazz record label with Mark de Clive-Lowe. It was called Tap Records for reasons that will rightly remain a mystery for all time. Though not a very suspenseful one. At the time, we all lived and worked in a massive 2-level, 5 bedroom apartment on the top [...]
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