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October 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Diana Krall: This Dream of You

Diana Krall This Dream of You Verve I was never that big on Diana Krall albums – they were good, all of them, but I didn’t care which one I heard. I just heard them – in shops where I worked, in preparation for reviewing her shows (saw her twice, very good both times) and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Alan Broadbent, Album Review, Anthony Wilson, Christian McBride, Covers, Diana Krall, Diana Krall: This Dream of You, Jazz, John Clayton Jr., Karriem Riggins, Russell Malone, Standards, This Dream of You, Tommy LiPuma, Tony Garnier, Verve, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Joshua Redman / Brad Mehldau / Christian McBride / Brian Blade

Joshua Redman / Brad Mehldau / Christian McBride / Brian Blade RoundAgain Nonesuch Go back through your jazz collection and marvel at the “supergroups” – John Coltrane and Miles Davis together, or Coltrane and Monk, Art Blakey tutoring a young Wynton Marsalis, Duke Ellington, Max Roach and Charles Mingus performing together as one of the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Brad Mehldau, Brian Blade, Christian McBride, Jazz, Joshua Redman, Joshua Redman / Brad Mehldau / Christian McBride / Brian Blade, Nonesuch, Redman/Mehldau/McBride/Blade, RoundAgain, Supergroup, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Mike Clark: Indigo Blue Live At The Iridium

Mike Clark Indigo Blue Live At The Iridium Ropeadope Mike Clark literally wrote the book on funk drumming. And I’m using the word ‘literally’ quite correctly here – see here for the very book he wrote, called: Funk Drumming. He is best known, to this day, for the records that made his name, started his […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Antonio Ferao, Christian McBride, Donald Harrison Jr, Drums, Herbie Hancock, Indigo Blue, Indigo Blue Live At The Iridium, Live At The Iridium, Mike Clark, Mike Clark: Indigo Blue Live At The Iridium, Randy Brecker, Rob Dixon, The Headhunters, Thrust, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 13, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Chick Corea/Christian McBride/Brian Blade: Trilogy 2

Chick Corea/Christian McBride/Brian Blade Trilogy 2 Concord Jazz The original Trilogy album was a beaut – three discs of piano-trio jazz by Chick Corea with Christian McBride and Brian Blade. We’re talking up there with Keith Jarrett’s finest Standards Trio work, Ahmad Jamal’s fine trio, Bill Evans…all that crew. And if you don’t know some […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Brian Blade, Chick Corea, Chick Corea/Christian McBride/Brian Blade, Chick Corea/Christian McBride/Brian Blade: Trilogy 2, Christian McBride, Jazz, Trilogy 2, Trio, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 7, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Christian McBride’s New Jawn (June 6, Wgtn)

Christian McBride’s New Jawn Opera House, Wellington (8pm) Wednesday, June 6 Opening night of this year’s Jazz Festival saw a new thing (or “New Jawn”, in Philly-slang) from legendary bassist, band-leader and session-star across jazz and pop, Christian McBride.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2018), Abbey Lincoln, Archie Shepp, Bass, Christian McBride, Christian McBride's New Jawn, Festival, Gig Review, Gig Review: Christian McBride's New Jawn (June 6, https://www.jazzfestival.co.nz/, Jazz, Jazz Festival, Josh Evans, June 6, Live Gig, Live Jazz, Live Music, Live Review, Marcus Strickland, Nasheet Waits, New Jawn, Opera House, Ornette Coleman, Pat Metheny, Quartet, Sonny Rollins, Stephen A'Court, Wednesday, Wgtn ·

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March 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Jazz Festival 2018: Headliners Announced

The Wellington Jazz Festival returns, 6–10 June 2018, to host an exciting line up of modern jazz greats, including six-time Grammy Award–winner and Director of the legendary Newport Jazz Festival, Christian McBride. Jazz bassist McBride, who has collaborated with heavyweights from Sting to James Brown, will bring his talented new quartet Christian McBride’s New Jawn to open the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Chris "Daddy" Dave, Christian McBride, Drumhedz, Gretchen Parlato, Headliners Announced, https://www.jazzfestival.co.nz/, Jazz, Jazz Festival, June, MONK'estra, Wellington, Wellington Jazz Festival, Wellington Jazz Festival 2018, Wellington Jazz Festival 2018: Headliners Announced, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 27, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Terri Lyne Carrington: Money Jungle – Provocative in Blue

Terri Lyne Carrington Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue Concord Jazz It’s best not to look too hard at how this version of Money Jungle (a brand new album that is part-tribute, part-extrapolation, part-palinode) measures up (or doesn’t) to the legendary recording by Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach. The point, here, is that with […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Charles Mingus, Christian McBride, Duke Ellington, Gerald Clayton, Max Roach, Money Jungle, Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue, Terri Lyne Carrington ·

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