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December 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

GRG67: Happy Place

GRG67 Happy Place Rattle It can be very hard to keep up with Auckland-based label, Rattle. And I try! But there are albums that slip through the cracks, one such is this, the second (to my ears at least) from Auckland quartet GRG67. Get Happy is a vast improvement on the debut too. That was […]
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November 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Jonathan Besser – Jade String Quartet: Besser String Quartets

Jonathan Besser – Jade String Quartet Besser String Quartets Rattle I’ve been listening to Jonathan Besser’s music across the last two decades – he’s been active in music for at least as long ago, moving fluidly through jazz, klezmer, gamelan, composing for small and large combos, making soundtracks and soundscapes. There’s an emotional resonance, always, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Albim Review, Besser, Besser String Quartets, Besser Sttring Quartets, Classical, Edih Salzmann, Jade String Quartet, Jonathan Besser, Jonathan Besser – Jade String Quartet, Jonathan Besser – Jade String Quartet: Besser String Quartets, Miranda Adams, NZ, Quartet, Rattle, Rattle Records, Robert Ashworth, String Quartets, William Hanfling, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Mat Maneri Quartet: Dust

Mat Maneri Quartet Dust Sunnyside Mat Maneri, son of saxophonist Joe, is a composer and violin/viola player. Under his own name he’s released some 30 albums in around about as many years and he’s been a sideman for a great range of avant-garde jazzers including several records with his old man and, I guess most […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Cloud Of Black Birds, Album Review, Avant-Garde, Cecil Taylor, Composer, Craig Taborn, David S. Ware, Dust, Free Jazz, Jazz, Joe Maneri, Joe Morris, John Hébert, Lucian Ban, Marilyn Crispell, Mat Maneri, Mat Maneri Quartet, Mat Maneri Quartet: Dust, Matthew Shipp, Quartet, Randy Peterson, Sunnyside, Viola, Violin, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Jimmy Cobb: This I Dig Of You

Jimmy Cobb This I Dig Of You Smoke Sessions / Smoke Sessions Records Jimmy Cobb has just gone 90. He’s still playing beautifully. The cat swings. He has that touch. That same touch that has powered a couple of dozen albums as a leader but perhaps more importantly was there on several key records by […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Drummer, Drums, Harold Mabern, Jazz, Jimmy Cobb, Jimmy Cobb: This I Dig Of You, John Webber, Peter Bernstein, Quartet, This I Dig Of You, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Jennifer Stumm & Te Koki Trio (August 8, Wgtn)

Jennifer Stumm & Te Koki Trio: Secrets & Hidden Messages  MFC  Thursday, August 8  This Chamber Music NZ concert featured touring American violist Jennifer Stumm with local musicians Inbal Megiddo (cello), Jian Liu (piano) and Martin Riseley (violin): Te Koki Trio.  The opening piece was just for the trio, a Chamber Music-commission by local composer Michael Williams. Over a see-sawing frenzy of violin the piano provided […]
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July 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Eric Reed: Everybody Gets The Blues 

Eric Reed Everybody Gets The Blues Smoke Sessions/Smoke Sessions Records Eric Reed has established himself as a fine modern jazz pianist – he has the soft hands of Oscar Peterson and exquisite phrasing of McCoy Tyner but he folds in pop and rock listening influences along with his deep gospel roots (his father was a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Eric Reed, Eric Reed: Everybody Gets The Blues, Everybody Gets The Blues, https://www.amazon.com/Everybody-Gets-Blues-Eric-Reed/dp/B07N1BT2B2, Jazz, McClenty Hunter, Mike Gurrola, Quartet, Tim Green, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Joshua Redman Quartet: Come What May  

Joshua Redman Quartet Come What May Nonesuch In the two decades since the Joshua Redman Quartet last recorded together their leader has gone in all directions as featured soloist, cameo artist and collaborator (The Bad Plus, Brad Mehldau) working with tone and timbre to shape his playing and songwriting. 
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Aaron Goldberg, Album Review, Bass, Brad Mehldau, Come What May, Drums, Gregory Hu, Instrumental, Jazz, Joshua Redman, Joshua Redman Quartet, Joshua Redman Quartet: Come What May, Nonesuch, Piano, Quartet, Reuben Rogers, Saxophone, The Bad Plus, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Adam Nussbaum: The Lead Belly Project

Adam Nussbaum  The Lead Belly Project  Sunnyside  Adam Nussbaum is a journeyman jazz drummer who has worked with the likes of John Scofield, Michael Brecker, Paul Bley and John Abercrombie. He’s a class act – one of those safe sets of hands (like Peter Erskine). Here he does something a little different – as a leader he celebrates the influence of […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Adam Nussbaum, Adam Nussbaum: The Lead Belly Project, Album Review, Covers, Drummer, Drums, Jazz, Lead Belly, Leadbelly, Nate Radley, Ohad Talmor, Quartet, Steve Cardenas, The Lead Belly Project, Tribute, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Brodsky Quartet (May 20, Wgtn)

Brodsky Quartet MFC Monday, May 20 Britain’s long-running Brodsky Quartet (formed in 1972 and still with two original members) are known for their regular touring (including at least four visits to New Zealand) and their crossover pop collaborations (Elvis Costello, Bjork, Paul McCartney) as well as their refined chamber work – including a fondness for the string-quartet […]
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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.
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June 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Ahmad Jamal: Marseille

Ahmad Jamal Marseille Harmonia Mundi Musique S.A.S./JazzVillage/[PIAS] Ahmad Jamal has been considered one of the truly great jazz pianists for some time now – go back through his catalogue and hear how he adapted to electric playing and fusion across the 70s, even dabbling in some soft, chilled funk. And then back out the other […]
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June 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Bill Frisell (June 7, Wgtn)

Bill Frisell Opera House, Wellington Wednesday, June 7 For the opening night of this year’s Jazz Festival it was master guitarist Bill Frisell backed by the supple, magical rhythm section of Thomas Morgan (bass) and Rudy Royston (drums) along with Petra Haden on vocals. It was a deep and astonishing set of music – subtle, […]
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