This is Roberto’s new solo piano CD. Blues clues(the only Magris composition on this CD)A cascade of blue notes going down different passages…hints of Africa… and Eastern European folk music, and free jazz too…like shards of broken multi-coloured glass. Reverend du bop (a Hill composition) Warm like sunlight on a mediterranean seascape… notes like bird […]
DOLPHIN THEATRE AUCKLAND 1 JULY 2025 Four of my oldest grand daughters came out with me to experience a night of live Theatre. This is a collection of four one act comedies set in a luxurious London Hotel. Act one scene one is “A case of settling accounts” Gavin Leary as Brian (a writer) and […]
This was the house band at the 1860 tavern in Wellington during the mid 1970s.This Album was recorded by New Zealand’s Ode recording company in 1978. The owner of Ode (Terence O’Neill Joyce) produced the album. The 1860 band was the rhythm section for the much larger Roger Fox Big Band. Bass and lead guitar; […]
Held on a deck at a house in Auckland’s western suburbs. This is a performance of New Zealand folk music accompanied by aslide show of photos from the webside “Papers Past”. This was presented by Chris Priestly and friends(the duo Celtic Ferret),Adam and Emily. First up “My man is gone” a song from the great […]
23rd April 2025 Adrian Cox – clarinet, vocals leader. Honey Boulton – guitar, vocals. Alex Gilson – double bass. This band is very different…. drawing from ragtime and early jazz.. They started with an Arthur Marshall tune from 1906 “King clips”. It was like looking through a window in time into a black and white […]
Pah Homestead 16/4/25 Lukas Fritsch – alto sax and bass clarinet Joe Kaptein – piano Robin Baek – guitar Tyler Diprose – bass Maxmillian Crook-drums and leader. Manitoto…( this is a place in Central Otago).opened with audible bass and understated drumming … the piano soloing like ripples sparkling on dark waters ,touching on Eastern European […]
LIVE AT THE PAH HOMESTEAD 2/4/25 Felix Hayes-Tourelle – tenor sax Charlotte Barrand – alto sax Robin Baek – guitar Connor McAneny – piano Hank Trenton – bass Alex Freer – drums Felix opened with a powerful fluid Coleman influenced solo ,also reminding me of Ernie Watts. Robin showing a Hiram Bullock influence ,finding free […]
AT THE PAH HOMESTEAD 5 March 2025 Manjit Singh – Tabla and percussion Daljeet Kaur-vocals Olivier Holland – bass Micheal Howell-guitar Alan Brown-piano with special guest….Shalu Garg- sitar. The concert opened with tabla’s and sitar(reminding me of the Rolling Stones “Paint it Black” ) but so much western music has been influenced by India. An […]
Ramsey Lewis has been written off by some jazz critics as “Not a jazz musician” due to his sixties pop hits “Wade in the water” and the “In crowd”( very good music too). Here I look at a record by the Ramsey Lewis trio from 1972 “Upendo ni Pamoja. Ramsey Lewis (grand piano and electric […]
PAH HOMESTEAD 26/2/25 Adrian Brown – guitar Ryan Tomov – organ Tyler Diprose – bass Jeffrey Garus – drums/leader William Rout – saxophone. This band is a tribute to the music of the great Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell. The concert started on a funky soulful blues tinted groove, Jeff leading from the […]