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Posts Tagged Jazz Gala

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May 28, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Rodger Fox Presents…Jazz Gala – Gregg Bissonette, Louis Dowdeswell, Glenn Walters (May 26, Wgtn)

Rodger Fox Presents…Jazz Gala  Memorial Theatre, Victoria University of Wellington  Sunday, May 26  For this year’s Jazz Gala Rodger Fox and his big band welcomed guests from U.S.A and England with British trumpeter Louis Dowdeswell, and Americans Glenn Walters (a journeyman soul/jazz vocalist) and superstar session drumming great Gregg Bissonette (famed for his work with Maynard Ferguson, David Lee Roth […]
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May 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Gregg Bissonette Drum Workshop (May 26, Wgtn)

Gregg Bissonette: Drum Workshop  Memorial Theatre, Victoria University of Wellington  Sunday, May 26  American session-star drummer Gregg Bissonette is in the country as part of Rodger Fox’s touring Jazz Gala and ahead of those concerts for a series of drum workshops. He’s been to New Zealand a bunch of times – some 20 years ago as a clinician and more recently as the […]
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May 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Gregg Bissonette Drum Clinics in NZ: May 2019

As part of the Jazz Gala featuring Gregg Bissonette the legendary session drummer will also be performing a set of drum clinics. Gregg can be heard, across the years, on albums by Joe Satriani and David Lee Roth, he’s now a regular touring drummer for the Ringo Starr All-Starr Band, he’s an in-demand clinician and has played […]
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April 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Preview: Rodger Fox Presents…Jazz Gala: Gregg Bissonette, Louis Dowdeswell, Glenn Walters

Rodger Fox’s Jazz Gala for 2019 features master drummer Gregg Bissonette, trumpeter Louis Dowdeswell and vocalist Glenn Walters. It’s always a good show with Fox and crew. And these are some great musicians indeed. (Full notes on each featured played below). Get out and support the NZ Jazz Gala. On tour with full shows and […]
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