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June 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Newbop Quintet (June 10, Wellington)
Newbop Quintet Meow, Wellington Jazz Festival Thursday, June 10 An Auckland “supergroup” of session stalwarts was put together to sell classic hard bop-era jazz to casual fans, to purists, to, well, anyone that might turn up. It was a shame more people weren’t there to hear them at Wellington’s Jazz Festival performance, the group’s Capital […]Archive
November 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: NGĀ TUONE by Riki Gooch (November 20, 2020)
Riki Gooch: NGĀ TUONE St. Peter’s on Willis, Wellington Jazz Festival Friday, November 22 I’m not sure I’ve ever met anyone else that thinks about music the way Riki Gooch does. You can pile up any of the usual clichés – the music flows through him, he is a conduit for groove, he lives and […]Archive
June 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 256 – Chucho Valdés & The Afro-Cuban Messengers , Wellington, 2013
So many gigs. I try to remember them all. And I do remember Chucho Valdés – after all it was very, very good. The Jazz Festival has done a mostly brilliant job since around 2012/13 of bringing in 3-4 international headliners doing big showcase gigs and then the small and local shows that light up […]Archive
June 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs # 255 – Bill Frisell, Wellington, 2017
I could probably say that I never expected the chance to see Bill Frisell – at least not in New Zealand; so I was super excited to check him out when he appeared here as part of the Jazz Festival a couple of years back. And in support of a very fine album with the […]Archive
February 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 207: Meg Williams (NZ Festival)
Welcome to episode 207 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys . Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your […]Archive
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 […]Archive
December 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 197: Marnie Karmelita Previews the 2020 NZ Festival
Welcome to episode 197 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved […]Archive
September 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 234 – Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton, Wellington, 2016
I was looking forward to this – because I’d seen Lisa Fischer in her role with the Rolling Stones and she’s at the emotional heart of the film 20 Feet From Stardom and I’d checked out some of her other sessions and solo work. In short: I was a fan. But it wasn’t great. And […]Archive
June 11, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Simon O’Neill & Rodger Fox (June 9, 2019)
Simon O’Neill & Rodger Fox MFC, Wellington (3pm) Sunday, June 9 Every year, in the Sunday 3pm slot at the Jazz Festival, Rodger Fox (and his Big Band) offers up an innovative collaboration. We’ve had Rodger and band with classical pianist Michael Houstoun – they even made a record together as a result. We’ve had Fox reuniting […]Archive
June 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Alicia Olatuja (June 8, 2019)
Alicia Olatuja MFC, Wellington (8pm) Saturday, June 8 Alicia Olatuja has the perfect backstory for a jazz festival appearance in NZ – she was part of the choir at one of Barack Obama’s inaugurations and with that as a springboard she is still in the beginnings of her solo career but has recently released a fine-enough album where she pays tribute to […]Archive
May 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman