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April 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: Ella 100 – Live at the Apollo!
Various Artists: Ella 100: Live at the Apollo! Concord Jazz In 1934 a 17-year old unknown by the name of Ella Fitzgerald took the stage at the legendary Apollo Theatre in Harlem. It was Amateur Night and that nervous first performance launched a career; she’d barely need that surname after.Archive
May 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 65 – Shelagh Magadza
Welcome to episode 65 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This conversation is me chatting with the Artistic Director of the NZ Festival and Wellington Jazz Festival, Shelagh Magadza.Archive
June 5, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Dee Dee Bridgewater & Irvin Mayfield with The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (June 4, Wgtn)
Dee Dee Bridgewater & Irvin Mayfield with The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Opera House, Wellington Jazz Festival Thursday, June 4 It’s going to be pretty tough to beat the opening night concert at Wellington’s 2015 Jazz Festival. It’s tough enough to try to put some of it into words. Where to begin? Well Ms Bridgewater […]Archive
March 26, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Valerie June: Pushin’ Against A Stone
Valerie June Pushin’ Against A Stone Concord Records Okay, so she doesn’t have the jazz chops – nor the deep blues – of Cassandra Wilson but I like where Valerie June is heading here; I like that she doesn’t ever stick to one genre and milk it. You can’t quite know where this album is going […]Archive
January 3, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 6: Cassandra Wilson, Wellington 2013
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more soulful, hypnotic, enchanting and controlled performance. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more engaging, magnetic live-inside-each-song performance. Cassandra Wilson embodied each song, controlled the band through her movements, every hip-shake, every slow grind, every shoulder-shrug; if she wasn’t issuing the sound as conduit then she reacted […]Archive
June 7, 2013 by Simon Sweetman