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August 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

My New EBook: Selected Interviews (Vol. 1)

I’ve just published my new e-book – a selection of some of my favourite interviews. There are new essays and context-notes around each interview and the range of subjects takes in not just musicians but two pro-wrestlers, a filmmaker and a comedian. There are 15 conversations documented from living legends (Joan Baez, Ry Cooder, Mavis […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Amazon, Author, Bret "The Hitman" Hart, Cassandra Wilson, Comedian, Comic, Damon Albarn, Drummers You Just Can't Beat, e-book, ebook, Filmmaker, George Clinton, I'm Calling You From The Edge Of The World...Are You There?, I'm Calling You From The Edge Of The World...Are You There? : Selected Interviews From New Zealand (Vol. 1), Interviews, Jeff Beck, Joan Baez, John Waters, Kindle, Mavis Staples, Movie, Music, My New Ebook, My New EBook: Selected Interviews (Vol. 1), Pro-Wrestling, Ric Flair, Rob Schneider, Ry Cooder, Sananda Maitreya, Selected Interviews, Selected Interviews From New Zealand, Simon Sweetman, Sonny Rollins, Steve Vai, Terence Trent D'arby, Todd Rundgren, Vol. 1, Writing ·

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August 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Charli Persip

Charli Persip the legendary jazz drummer and teacher has died. He was 91. Hell of an innings. And what a player. Persip, born Charles, called “Charlie” but he changed the spelling in the 1980s to “Charli”, was a bandleader and educator. He was also on some of the greatest jazz albums you now and love […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Archie Shepp, Art Farmer, Benny Golson, Big Joe Turner, Blue Mitchell, Cannonball Adderley, Charli Persip, Charlie Persip, David “Fathead” Newman, Dinah Wasington, Dizzy Gillespie, Don Ellis, Donald Byrd, Drum, Drummer, Drumming, Drums, Eulogy, George Benson, George Russell, Hank Mobley, Harry Edison, Jazz, Kai Winding, Kenny Burrell, Lee Morgan, Louis Jordan, Part Martino, Quincy Jones, R.I.P., R.I.P. Charli Persip, Ray Charles, Red Garland, Ron Carter, Sonny Rollins, Zoot Sims ·

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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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November 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: We Bonded Over Sonny Rollins and Faith No More And Lenny Kravitz And So Much More

We lost a good one this week, a soldier no longer reporting for duty – his war over; he wore it as well as he could, I guess. If you asked me to take a guess on who might succumb – and how fucking gross and dumb – I might just have stammered his name. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Faith No More, Lenny Kravitz, Poem, Poem: We Bonded Over Sonny Rollins and Faith No More And Lenny Kravitz And So Much More, Sonny Rollins, Suicide, We Bonded Over Sonny Rollins and Faith No More And Lenny Kravitz And So Much More ·

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August 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 380

Sonny Rollins, The Sound of Sonny (1957) One of the earlier Sonny Rollins albums – his first for the Riverside label. Well he’d made several albums by this point, and all rather quickly, over a couple of years, but 1957 is a crucial, pivotal year. And I think of this as one of the earliest […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1957, Jazz, LP, Paul Chambers, Percy Heath, Record, Records, Roy Haynes, Sonny Clark, Sonny Rollins, Tenor Madness, The Last Time I Saw Paris, The Sound of Sonny, The Vinyl Countdown # 380, Vinyl ·

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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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November 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Ben Riley

Ben Riley has died. He was 84. So, a good innings – sure. He was one of my favourite drummers. He is one of my favourite drummers. His playing – of course – lives on. So strong, so subtle, so supple, understated – and yet he was always right there, riding hard on the cymbal […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Alice Coltrane, Ben Riley, Chet Baker, Drummer, Drumming, Drums, Eulogy, Jazz, Jazz Drummer, Kenny Barron, LP, Michael Franks, R.I.P., R.I.P. Ben Riley, Records, Ron Carter, Sonny Rollins, Sphere, Thelonious Monk, Vinyl ·

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May 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Mickey Roker

It was sad to hear of the passing of the great jazz drummer, Mickey Roker. He was 84, he died of natural causes, he played drums his entire adult life – Roker worked with so many of the greats. He was a force, as a progressive bop drummer, as a legendary sideman. I have records […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art Farmer, Bobby Hutcherson, Dizzy Gillespie, Drummer, Drums, Eulogy, Gene Ammons, Gene Harris, Hank Jones, Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver, Jazz, Joe Pass, Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Mickey Roker, Milt Jackson, MJQ, Modern Jazz Quartet, R.I.P., R.I.P. Mickey Roker, Ray Brown, Ray Bryant, Roy Ayers, Sonny Rollins, Stanley Turrentine ·

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January 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 756

Sonny Rollins, Freedom Suite (1958) I love Sonny Rollins – I think I really got hooked on him around the time of seeing that Ken Burns’ Jazz series; I knew about him beforehand and liked him, but the stories about him when I watched that series really stuck out, so I started buying up the […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1958, Blog On The Tracks, Freedom Suite, Interview, Jazz, Ken Burns, Ken Burns' Jazz, LP, Record, Saxophone, Sonny Rollins, Stuff.co.nz, The Freedom Suite, The Sonny Rollins Interview, Trio, Vinyl ·

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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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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 1, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Sonny Rollins: Beyond The Notes

Sonny Rollins: Beyond The Notes Director: Dick Fontaine BBC It was one of the greatest thrills of my life to speak to Sonny Rollins – and then to see him perform. That was a couple of years back now, back around the time this film, Sonny Rollins: Beyond The Notes, was made. It’s based around […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged ARTS Channel, BBC, Concert Film, Dick Fontaine, Documentary, Jazz, Music Doco, Saxophone, Sky, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Rollins: Beyond The Notes ·
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