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August 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 77 – Steve Garden (Rattle Records)
Welcome to episode 77 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I had a chat with Steve Garden. He’s the guy behind Rattle Records – though before he was a recording engineer, record producer and label owner he was a damn fine drummer. If you click on the link across […]Archive
November 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Mike Nock Trio/NZ Trio: Vicissitudes
Mike Nock Trio/NZ Trio Vicissitudes Rattle Vicissitudes is the new set of pieces by composer/performer Mike Nock. It is the recording of a work commissioned and then premiered at 2013’s Christchurch Arts Festival. That title is clever, its two meanings both valid here – first off the aim of the piece as a whole was to […]Archive
November 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #173 – Meehan and Manhire, Wellington, 2011
The collaboration between Norman Meehan and Bill Manhire has been important, fruitful – but it’s as much been about a collaboration, a deep connection between Meehan and his chosen vocalist, Hannah Griffin. I worked with Hannah years ago so hearing her on the recordings and watching her perform these poems-made-into-music has something of that Proud, […]Archive
October 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Jac: The Green Hour
The Jac The Green Hour Rattle/VUP I was impressed with last year’s Nerve, a solid outing from a very good team of players – all great soloists when given the chance, all prepared and willing (and understanding of the need) to sit in behind anyone else, all patient and waiting their turn, more than that […]Archive
October 7, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Meehan/Griffin/Chisholm: Small Holes In The Silence
Norman Meehan/Hannah Griffin/Hayden Chisholm Small Holes In The Silence Rattle/VUP Norman Meehan’s framing of Bill Manhire poems – taking them from the page to the stage with the assistance of the pure-voiced Hannah Griffin – resulted in a winning project across the Buddhist Rain and Making Baby Float albums, across the multimedia project, These Rough […]Archive
October 20, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Alexis French: The Cut
Alexis French The Cut Rattle/Ode Alexis French is a Kiwi trumpeter recently graduated from jazz school in Montreal – his album, The Cut features Canadian players with French taking the lead. His horn offers a stately presence on ballad The Second Fall and combines nicely with David Bellemare’s tenor saxophone for some post-bop lines but […]Archive
October 15, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Hip Flask: Hip Flask 2
Hip Flask Hip Flask 2 Rattle Hip Flask is an Australian jazz combo – a vehicle, essentially, for the tunes (and playing) of Roger Manins (sax). He’s (so) well supported here by Stu Hunter’s probing, pushing, searching, searing organ playing and the rhythm section of Adam Ponting (piano), Toby Hall (drums) and Brendan Clarke (bass) […]Archive
October 2, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Digests: The Best of 2014’s Album Reviews – May
It’s actually staggering – going back through these months, month by month (haha – staggering) – just how many great albums there’s been this year. May started with a couple of the recent gems from Rattle – I paid tribute to Rattle over at Blog On The Tracks today – and then on through so […]Archive
September 22, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Henry Wong Doe: Landscape Preludes
Henry Wong Doe Landscape Preludes Rattle A collaboration between Rattle Records, Victoria University Press and the Wallace Arts Trust this collection of Landscape Preludes features the exquisite playing of Henry Wong Doe as he glides and surges through work by a dozen of New Zealand’s best contemporary composers. Hear him alternate between strident and playful, […]Archive
June 25, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Dog: Dog
Dog Dog Rattle When I first heard Kevin Field’s piano playing – nearly two decades ago now – I likened it to the work McCoy Tyner offered up on several key John Coltrane recordings. There was just something there in the tone, in the spacing, the phrasing – and there it is again toward the […]Archive
June 16, 2014 by Simon Sweetman