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July 4, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

The Rodger Fox Big Band: REIMAGINED! The Rodger Fox Big Band plays Sir Dave Dobbyn

The Rodger Fox Big Band REIMAGINED! The Rodger Fox Big Band plays Sir Dave Dobbyn T-Bone Records I always call The Rodger Fox Big Band the hardest working group in New Zealand – with Rodger at the helm tirelessly pushing, as conductor, arranger, wrangler, promoter, deal-maker and overall advocate for the art of the big […]
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June 13, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Michael Houstoun and The Rodger Fox Big Band ft. Erna Ferry (June 12, Wellington)

Michael Houstoun and The Rodger Fox Big Band ft. Erna Ferry Opera House, Wellington, 2pm Saturday, June 12 The once unlikely pairing of classical pianist Michael Houstoun and big-band stalwart Rodger Fox is now an annual event. They’ve even sewn up the same slot too – an afternoon show and always to a packed house. […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2021, 2pm, Big Band, Erna Ferry, Gig, Gig Review, Gig Review: Michael Houstoun and The Rodger Fox Big Band ft. Erna Ferry, Jazz, Jazz Festival, June 12, Lance Philip, Live Gig, Live Music, Michael Houstoun and The Rodger Fox Big Band ft. Erna Ferry, Opera House, Rodger Fox, Saturday, The Rodger Fox Big Band, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Wellington ·

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May 9, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Ulysses Owens Jr. Big Band: Soul Conversations

Ulysses Owens Jr. Soul Conversations Outside in Music Ulysses Owens Jr. is an exciting and in-demand drummer – he’s backed the likes of Wynton Marsalis, Kurt Elling and Christian McBride. He’s made a small handful of dynamic records as a leader – including the impressive, conceptual – political – statement Songs of Freedom and he […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Alexa Tarantino, Big Band, Jazz, Soul Conversations, Stefon Harris, Ulysses Owens, Ulysses Owens Jr., Ulysses Owens Jr. Big Band, Ulysses Owens Jr. Big Band: Soul Conversations, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 13, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Ed Palermo Big Band: The Great Un-American Songbook Vol. III – Run For Your Life

Ed Palermo Big Band The Great Un-American Songbook Vol. III: Run For Your Life Sky Cat / CD Baby The Ed Palermo Big Band is a proper big band – all the horns! – but they love nothing more than taking classic rock and pop tunes and making some hybrid/novelty work out of them. The […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Big Band, Covers, Ed Palermo, Ed Palermo Big Band, Ed Palermo Big Band: The Great Un-American Songbook Vol. III - Run For Your Life, Jethro Tull, Moody Blues, Procol Harum, Run For Your Life, The Beatles, The Great Un-American Songbook, The Great Un-American Songbook Vol. III, The Great Un-American Songbook Vol. III: Run For Your Life, Thunderclap Newman, Traffic, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 65

Buddy Morrow And His Orchestra, Big Band Beatlemania (1964) Maybe my Beatlemania streak was shining deep on that day…I saw this and had to have it and do I need it? Fuck no! But do I have it anyway. Hell yes! Actually, the guy in the shop goes, “that one must be a freebie” since […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1964, Beatles, Beatles Covers, Big Band, Buddy Morrow, Buddy Morrow And His Orchestra, Covers, His Orchestra, Instrumental, Jazz, LP, Mono, Orchestra, She Loves You, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 65, Vinyl ·

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June 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Ruthie Foster Big Band: Live At The Paramount

Ruthie Foster Big Band Live At The Paramount BLUE CORN MUSIC (ORCH) Ruthie Foster has been releasing great gospel and blues music across the last three decades – always with hints of pop-song writing, jazz and folk too –if Cassandra Wilson is “jazz” but branching out to see and gather from there, then Foster is […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Big Band, Blues, Gospel, Jazz, Live, Live At The Parmount, Ruthie Foster, Ruthie Foster Big Band, Ruthie Foster Big Band: Live At The Paramount, The Paramount, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 110

Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Sing Sing Sing [Single] (1975) Something like this pops out at you and you grab it. A fiver. Done deal. A mono version of one of the most famous Benny Goodman staples – well three, really but the side A lead single is the one right. And I guess I […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1975, A-side, After You've Gone, Album, B-side, Benny Goodman, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Big Band, brand new discoveries and old-old favourites; extremely pre-loved, EP, Goodbye, Jazz, Mono, previously abandoned or with the shrink-wrap having just been removed it’s all here at The Vinyl Countdown, Record, Single, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 110, The Vinyl Countdown is a document of every LP I listen to, Vinyl ·

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April 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 127

Stan Kenton, Adventures in Jazz (1961) Stan Kenton – arranger, composer, bandleader, performer – great arranger, great bandleader and a terrific player. Lots of examples, lots of great – great – work – but I only have this on vinyl (and I had some compilations on CD). I have no idea where I got this […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1961, Adventures in Jazz, Big Band, From the creative world of Stan Kenton comes..., Jazz, LP, Misty, Record, Stan Kenton, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 127, Vinyl ·

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February 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Buddy Rich Big Band: Just In Time – The Final Recording

The Buddy Rich Big Band Just In Time – The Final Recording Gearbox He was Baby Traps; almost a circus freak, playing drums at 18 months old, a star by the age of four and from vaudeville and circus tricks to the golden era of the big band and to backing Sinatra – or Sinatra […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1986, Album Review, Big Band, Buddy Rich, Drums, Jazz, Just In Time, Just In Time – The Final Recording, Live, Ronnie Scott's, The Buddy Rich Big Band, The Buddy Rich Big Band: Just In Time – The Final Recording, The Final Recording, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 242 – Michael Houstoun & The Rodger Fox Big Band, Wellington, 2015

An intriguing musical collaboration – and one that has worked so they’ve repeated it – and when I say repeated it, it’s always a little different. But the classically trained pianist and the big-band leader and trombonist really do find some strange alchemy – on record and in performance. I’ve seen them a few times […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2015, Big Band, Classical, Jazz, Jazz Festival, Michael Houstoun, Piano, Rodger Fox, Stub, Stubs, Stubs # 242, Stubs: # 242 – Michael Houstoun & The Rodger Fox Big Band, Trombone, Wellington ·

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November 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Harry Connick Jr: True Love – A Celebration of Cole Porter

Harry Connick Jr. True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter Verve Harry Connick Jr. is a musical master; wizard. Beautiful singer, great pianist, dab-hand at the arranging and such an ear and feel and flow to it all. He has made it look and sound easy – but that’s what happens when you’re a child […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Celebration of Cole Porter, Album Review, Big Band, Cole Porter, Frank Sinatra, Harry Connick, Harry Connick Jr: True Love - A Celebration of Cole Porter, Harry Connick Jr., Jazz, Orchestra, True Love, True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter, Verve, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 252

Sid Phillips & His Band, Squeakin’ Shoes/Basin Street Blues [78] (1954) I bought a few 78s just to have – for the look and feel of them. I bought a gramophone a few years later, one of those replica-ones; it worked. Still works. I’ve just given it to my folks to store/display. I’ve run out […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1954, 78, A-side, B-side, Basin Street Blues, Betty Miller, Big Band, Jazz, LP, Quickstep, Record, Sid Phillips, Sid Phillips & His Band, Simon Phillips, Slow Foxtrot, Squeakin' Shoes, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 252, Toy Story, UK, Vinyl ·
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