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September 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Hermine Deurloo: Riverbeast

Hermine Deurloo Riverbeast ZenneZ Records Hermine Deurloo is a virtuoso harmonica player and here she combines with some legends of the jazz world (Steve Gadd on drums, Tony Scherr on the bass and guitar with Kevin Hays on piano and keyboards) to make a mixture of easy-listening and light pop with just enough jazz to […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, harmonica, Hermine Deurloo, Hermine Deurloo: Riverbeast, Kevin Hays, Riverbeast, Steve Gadd, Tony Scherr, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, ZenneZ Records ·

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July 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 223: Lance Philip

Welcome to episode 223 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]
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February 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Blicher Hemmer Gadd: Get That Motor Runnin’

Blicher Hemmer Gadd Get That Motor Runnin’ C-Nut Records Blicher Hemmer Gadd is a modern jazz trio made up of Danish saxophonist Michael Blicher and Hammond Organ wizard Dan Hemmer – joined by American living legend and drumming superstar across jazz and pop and all shades in-between, Mr. Steve Gadd.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Blicher Hemmer Gadd, Blicher Hemmer Gadd: Get That Motor Runnin’, Dan Hemmer, Drums, Get That Motor Runnin’, Hammond organ, Michael Blicher, Saxophone, Steve Gadd, Trio, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 170: Gregg Bissonette

Welcome to episode 170 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat.  Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. Here’s a 35-minute conversation I nabbed with […]
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January 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Giving The Drummer Some

I met Steve Gadd. He had played on many of the greatest songs ever. And just in case he’d forgotten I reminded him. I got him to sign my records. He was embarrassed – And told me he liked the fact that I was wearing shorts. It takes all sorts. And I was the only […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, Aja, Drum, Drummer, Drumming, Drums, Giving The Drummer Some…, Paul Simon, Poem, Poem: Giving The Drummer Some, Rickie Lee Jones, Steely Dan, Steve Gadd ·

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November 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 363

Carly Simon, Spy (1979) This is just my experience of course but I feel like Carly Simon is an artist brutally underrepresented by her Greatest Hits, particularly Her Greatest Hit. And look, I still like that song and all, but I just sat with a budget Greatest Hits comp on CD for years and didn’t […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, Carly Simon, Joni Mitchell, LP, Memorial Day, Never Been Gone, Record, Spy, Steve Gadd, The Vinyl Countdown # 363, Vinyl ·

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October 19, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Steve Gadd, James Carter & The Rodger Fox Big Band (October 17; Palmerston North)

Steve Gadd, James Carter & The Rodger Fox Big Band Globe Theatre; Palmerston North Wednesday, October 17 Rodger Fox has been trying to get Steve Gadd to New Zealand for at least two decades – and finally it happened, he has Gadd in town for a series of shows, the first of which was in […]
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October 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: Steve Gadd

I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But the other day I got the call up to present a Music Feature for the Afternoons show. Well, actually, I was on-air talking about some albums in my regular review slot and I was promoting the back that legendary drummer Steve […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Afternoons, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, Chat, Chick Corea, Chuck Mangione, Conversation, Drummer, Drumming, Drums, Gadd, Interview, James Carter, Jazz, Jesse Mulligan, Master, Music, Paul Simon, Radio, Radio New Zealand, RadioNZ, Rickie Lee Jones, RNZ, RNZ Music Feature, RNZ Music Feature: Steve Gadd, Rodger Fox, Session, Simon Sweetman, Steely Dan, Steve, Steve Gadd, The Rodger Fox Big Band, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: October 2018

Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now nearly three years into […]
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September 13, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Blicher Hemmer Gadd: Omara

Blicher Hemmer Gadd Omara C-Nut Records Blicher Hemmer Gadd – or “BMG” – is saxophonist Michael Blicher, Hammond organ player Dan Hemmer and master jazz and pop-rock session drummer Steve Gadd. They released a self-titled group album back in 2014 and then took the songs from it – and a few others – out on […]
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January 19, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: 22 – Giving The Drummer Some…

Drum Solos! – wait, come back! You don’t often hear people crying out for more drum solos, or any drum solos. Even a lot of drummers hate drum solos. But sometimes you see and hear something special. And sometimes the drum solo – or an extended break – is, I dunno, “musical”, and exciting. Well, […]
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August 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 649

Chick Corea, Friends (1978) I first hooked into this album because much as I knew Chick Corea to be a legend I couldn’t find any really great albums by him – now I know of a small handful, but even now I can take or leave a lot of his playing. This was one of […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1978, Chick Corea, Friends, Jazz, LP, Record, Sicily, Smurfs, Steve Gadd, The Smurfs, The Vinyl Countdown # 649, Vinyl ·
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