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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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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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