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Posts Tagged Roger Manins

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Auckland, GRG67, GRG67: Happy Place, Happy Place, Jazz, MIchael Howell, Mostyn Cole, Quartet, Rattle, Roger Manins, Tristan Deck, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Dixon Nacey: The Edge of Chaos

Dixon Nacey The Edge of Chaos Rattle Auckland-based guitarist and teacher Dixon Nacey has recorded for Rattle previously as part of the trio Samson Nacey Haines – here with a record under his own name he pulls together a few of the usual suspects (Kevin Field on piano, Roger Manins manning the saxes, Andy Keegan […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Andy Keegan, Dixon Nacey, Dixon Nacey: The Edge of Chaos, Guitar, Guitarist, Jazz, John Scofield, Kevin Field, Kiwi, NZ, Olivier Holland, Rattle, Rattle Records, Roger Manins, The Edge of Chaos, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Anita Schwabe: Eat Your Greens

Anita Schwabe  Eat Your Greens  Rattle  I wanted to say something like this is a bunch of old-school jazz-heads playing old school jazz ‘heads’ for old schooled jazzheads – and leave it at that. The assignment ticked off. This is good! And jazz fans should check it. Job done. By all the players. And a rewarding listen.  
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Anita Schwabe, Anita Schwabe: Eat Your Greens, Bass, Cameron McArthur, Drums, Eat Your Greens, Jazz, Kiwi, NZ, Piano, Rattle, Roger Manins, Ron Samsom, Saxophone, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Manins/Samsom/Benebig/Lockett: SHUFFLE

Manins/Samsom/Benebig/Lockett SHUFFLE Rattle The Rattle label continues to defy the odds, making quality product (actual CDs, lovely covers, liner notes, packaging and production – never ‘just’ the music) and shining a light. Jazz, Maori music, contemporary classic – call it “art” music if you want a catch-all maybe, I like to think of the boutique […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2016), 2018), Album Review, Carl Lockett, CD, Instrumental, Jazz, Manins/Samsom/Benebig/Lockett, Manins/Samsom/Benebig/Lockett: SHUFFLE, Michel Benebig, Rattle, Roger Manins, Ron Samsom, SHUFFLE, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 1, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Mike Nock & Roger Manins: Two – Out

Mike Nock & Roger Manins Two – Out F W M Records Roger Mannins is a great saxophonist – I’ve enjoyed his work in a variety of settings and, it’s possible, I first noticed him through the association with Mike Nock. Though I know I’ve heard Manins play in almost every conceivable jazz line-up from […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Australia, Duets, Duo, F W M Records, Instrumental, Jazz, Kiwi, Michael Houstoun, Mike Nock, Mike Nock & Roger Manins, Piano, Roger Manins, Saxophone, Standards, Sydney, Two - Out ·

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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) […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2, Adam Ponting, Album Review, Australia, Brendan Clarke, Hip Flask, Hip Flask 2, Jazz, Rattle, Roger Manins, Stu Hunter, Toby Hall ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Auckland, Dog, Jazz, John Coltrane, Jonathan Crayford, Kevin Field, McCoy Tyner, NZ, Olivier Holland, Rattle, Roger Manins, Ron Samsom ·

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December 15, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Nick Granville Group: Refractions

Nick Granville Group Refractions Rattle Jazz Wellington jazz guitarist Nick Granville has been working hard as a session player and in various combos for many years now – he’ll sit in on a jam-night, back international and local talent and when he gets a chance to step up and play his own tunes he can […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Jazz, Nick Granville, Nick Granville Group, NZ Jazz, Olivier Holland, Rattle, Refractions, Roger Manins, Ron Samson ·

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August 27, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Phil Broadhurst Quartet: Flaubert’s Dance

Phil Broadhurst Quartet Flaubert’s Dance Rattle I always end up praising Rattle in reviews of Rattle product – but you know, here’s a wee label that’s committed to decent/lovely packaging, liner notes, albums with smart design, lovely covers – they’re making CDs for CD buyers/collectors. You can argue all you like about the pointlessness of […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Cameron Sangster, Flaubert's Dance, Jazz, Kiwi, Mike Booth, Oli Holland, Phil Broadhurst, Phil Broadhurst Quartet, Rattle, Roger Manins ·

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June 8, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Reuben Bradley: Presents MANTIS: The Music of Drew Menzies

Reuben Bradley Presents MANTIS: The Music of Drew Menzies Rattle I first heard the pairing of string quartet with jazz quartet for a “Double Quartet” as part of a double Max Roach CD; one of the formative albums in my life. Though the music on this CD is less frantic I can’t help but think […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Andrew Menzies, Bass, Double Quartet, Drums, James Illingworth, Jazz, Jazz Quartet, John Psathas, MANTIS, Matt Penman, Rattle, Resonator, Reuben Bradley, Roger Manins, The New Zealand String Quartet, Wellington Jazz Festival 2013 ·

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