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December 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 242 – Michael Houstoun & The Rodger Fox Big Band, Wellington, 2015

An intriguing musical collaboration – and one that has worked so they’ve repeated it – and when I say repeated it, it’s always a little different. But the classically trained pianist and the big-band leader and trombonist really do find some strange alchemy – on record and in performance. I’ve seen them a few times […]
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March 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Tyshawn Sorey: Pillars

Tyshawn Sorey  Pillars  Firehouse Records  Tyshawn Sorey is the type of multi-instrumentalist and all-around musical force (composer, arranger, conductor, sideman and leader) that it’s nearly impossible for us mere mortals to wrap our thinking-gear around it really. There he is behind the kit making strange, alluring shapes with an improv legend like Roscoe Mitchell or re-inventing post-bop yet again as part […]
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January 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 151: Marc Taddei

Welcome to episode 151 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 to access each new episode; or […]
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January 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

From The Archives: The Fred Wesley Interview

Sometimes the interview goes better than you could have planned – you’re into it, you want it to go well but the person on the other end of the line is a total pro, more than they they seem real – even if it’s the Staged-Interview Version of Real. So it was for me with […]
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June 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 70 – Rodger Fox

Welcome to episode 70 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This conversation is me chatting with musician, bandleader, arranger, promoter and educator Rodger Fox. Dr. Rodger Fox is now a full time senior lecturer at the New Zealand School of Music at Victoria […]
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