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June 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Rudresh Mahanthappa: Hero Trio

Rudresh Mahanthappa Hero Trio Whirlwind Recordings Rudresh Mahanthappa is a killer alto player – you’ve maybe heard his work with Vijay Iyer, that’s where I was first introduced to his sound. But he’s gone on to make over a dozen recordings under his own name and collaborate with other leading lights in modern jazz. Here […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Alto, Bass, Charlie Parker, Drums, Francous Moutin, Hero Trio, Jazz, Johnny Cash, Ornette Coleman, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Rudresh Mahanthappa: Hero Trio, Rudy Royston, Saxophone, Sonny Rollins, Stevie Wonder, Trio, Whirlwind Recordings, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Bill Orcutt: Odds Against Tomorrow

Bill Orcutt Odds Against Tomorrow Palilalia If you’ve ever imagined what the common ground between John Fahey and Derek Bailey might sound like – then Bill Orcutt is your guy. He’s an Ornette Coleman-like guitarist. He’s equal parts punk, blues and jazz – as he cuts astonishing new shapes through old traditions. Primarily a soloist, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bill Frisell, Bill Orcutt, Bill Orcutt: Odds Against Tomorrow, Derek Bailey, Guitar, John Fahey, Marc Ribot, Muddy Waters, Odds Against Tomorrow, Ornette Coleman, Ralph Towner, 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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February 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Jazz Right In Your Face: Ten Important Jazz Albums In My Life

You know the drill by now – here’s the catch-all blurb/explanation I’ve created for these sorts of lists We all know that lists are subjective – that is the point of them. So I’ve decided to do a series of top 10 albums across genres. They’ll appear sporadically. And rather than call them “Top 10” I […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 10 Important Albums, 10 Important Jazz Albums, 10 Jazz, 10", 15 Great Hits By The Original Artists, A Love Supreme, Art Pepper, Big Swing Face, Buddy Rich, Buddy Rich Big Band, Charles Mingus, Chet Baker, Duke Ellington, Free Jazz, Jazz, Jazz Right In Your Face, Jazz Right In Your Face: Ten Important Jazz Albums In My Life, John Coltrane, Keith Jarrett, Kind Of Blue, Louis Armstrong, Max Roach, Meets The Rhythm Section, Miles Davis, Money Jungle, Ornette Coleman, Portrait of Heath, Ten Important Albums, Ten Important Jazz Albums In My Life, The Buddy Rich Big Band, The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Sessions, Tutu, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 1, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Five Unmissable Shows I Missed: The First Five That Sprang To Mind

No show is unmissable. Yes, I say this as one of the lucky ones that saw Prince during his only New Zealand shows. And yes, I say this having attended thousands of shows – including many I really didn’t want to, and so many that I have been beyond chuffed to see. I’ve written about […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Beastie Boys, Concert, George Thorogood, Gig, Gig Review, Gigs, Helmet, Live, Live Music, Live Show, Loudon Wainwright III, Ornette Coleman, Paul Kelly, Pink Floyd, Santana, The First Five That Sprang To Mind, The Five Unmissable Shows I Missed, The Five Unmissable Shows I Missed: The First Five That Sprang To Mind ·

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June 24, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #96 – Sonny Rollins, Wellington, 2011

This gig was pretty special – obviously because it was Sonny Rollins, living jazz legend. But also, on a personal note, I had interviewed him; one of my all-time favourite interviews. I’m in two minds about this too – I have no recording of that interview. We spoke for over an hour, I can remember […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2011, Blog On The Tracks, Charlie Parker, Gig, Interview, Jakob, Jazz, Jazz Festival, Legend, Live, MFC, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Review, Sonny Rollins, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #96 – Sonny Rollins, Stuff.co.nz, Wellington ·

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June 11, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Ornette Coleman

Ornette Coleman has died of cardiac arrest. He was 85. Only Charlie Parker and John Coltrane could have meant as much to the saxophone; Coleman set about learning all of the rules first. And then smashing them down, breaking through, tearing them apart. As a composer and improviser he was fearsome and he came to be […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Eulogy, Free Jazz, Ornette Coleman, R.I.P., R.I.P. Ornette Coleman, The Shape of Jazz To Come ·

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January 15, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Listening To Ornette

Inside, Ornette’s saxophone wants out. Fighting with Elvin’s drums. Outside, words appear on the page – as smoke blows there and there – I must be writing again. Waiting, passing time, trying to decide what phase of my life I am surely approaching. The cage rattles, Ornette has been let out. Blowing over smoke, across […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Listening To Ornette, Ornette Coleman, Poem ·

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July 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Joshua Redman: Trios Live

Joshua Redman Trios Live Nonesuch There’s never been any argument around Joshua Redman’s abilities – that flawless technique. But what’s very clear is he’s growing into the sound now, filling up the big shoes and stepping up. Maybe it’s his recent visit here, and the clinic – veritable masterclass – that he and his quartet […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Blues Alley, Gregory Hutchinson, Jazz, Jazz Standard, Joshua Redman, Matt Penman, Nonesuch, NZ Jazz Festival, Ornette Coleman, Reuben Rogers, Saxophone, Sonny Rollins, Trios Live ·

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July 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Charlie Haden

Man. This was sad news to wake up to. To hear that Charlie Haden has died – he seemed so vital, so urgent – prolific. And all the while he was fighting an illness. You couldn’t hear that in his playing. All I heard was warmth and strength, that which he gave too as the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bass, Bass Player, Charlie Haden, Eulogy, Free Jazz, Ginger Baker, Jazz, Josh Haden, Keith Jarrett, Last Dance, Ornette Coleman, R.I.P., Spain, The Haden Triplets, The Shape of Jazz To Come ·

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May 1, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1138

Ornette Coleman, Free Jazz (1961) This wasn’t just my introduction to Ornette Coleman – I’d heard the name but this was the first recording I’d hear – it was my introduction to a whole new world. It blew my mind the first dozen times I played it. And then on from there. I can’t actually […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1961, Free Jazz, free jazz a collective improvisation, LP, Ornette Coleman, The Ornette Coleman Double Quartet, Vinyl ·

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July 27, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Ornette: Made In America

Ornette: Made In America Shirley Clarke Caravan of Dreams Productions Shirley Clarke’s pseudo-documentary/art-film that aims to celebrate the music and thinking of Ornette Coleman and get inside how he thinks and plays by playing off his music/muse with swirling visuals and cut-up techniques. The film, made in 1985, re-released to tour the film festival circuit […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Documentary, Film Festival, Jazz, Ornette Coleman, Ornette: Made In America, Shirley Clarke ·

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