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July 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: June 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 a couple of years into […]Archive
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.Archive
March 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: March 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 a couple of years into […]Archive
February 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: BADBADNOTGOOD (January 31, Wgtn)
BADBADNOTGOOD San Fran Wednesday, January 31 On loan from Laneway – Wellington was lucky to get BADBADNOTGOOD back for a show, some five years after they last docked down our way. In that time the prolific jazz/R’n’B combo has released a few new albums and compilations, singles, remixes, live records and plenty of interesting collaborations […]Archive
December 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
My RNZ Album Reviews for 2017
For the last couple of years I’ve been turning up once a month or so and reviewing a couple of albums on RNZ’s Afternoon Show with Jesse Mulligan. A couple of times there’s been a fill-in host, but mostly it’s been me with Jesse. He’s nice to talk with about music – he seems to […]Archive
June 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Bill Frisell (June 7, Wgtn)
Bill Frisell Opera House, Wellington Wednesday, June 7 For the opening night of this year’s Jazz Festival it was master guitarist Bill Frisell backed by the supple, magical rhythm section of Thomas Morgan (bass) and Rudy Royston (drums) along with Petra Haden on vocals. It was a deep and astonishing set of music – subtle, […]Archive
January 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: PJ Harvey (January 25, Wgtn)
PJ Harvey MFC Wednesday, January 25 No opening act – thankfully! – and at just after 8pm PJ Harvey and the all-male 9-piece backing band of multi-instrumentalists take to the stage with side-drummers shuffling them on in a near-funereal march. Backlit, save for a spotlight on the star, it’s to half a dozen songs straight […]Archive
October 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: The Reverend Horton Heat (October 5, Wgtn)
The Reverend Horton Heat Bodega Wednesday, October 5 The Reverend Horton Heat is both the stage-name of guitarist, singer/songwriter Jim Heath and the name of his band. They’ve been referred to, variously, as country-fried rockabilly, as “punkabilly” and psychobilly – when the trio hits the stage to perform live it’s a glorious rock’n’roll revue – […]Archive
June 13, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Wayne Shorter (June 8, Wgtn)
Wayne Shorter Opera House, Wellington Wednesday, June 8 Joining the legendary saxophonist were three virtuoso talents, the incredible Brian Blade (drums), the sublime John Patitucci (bass) and the thoughtful Danilo Perez (piano). This quartet has been performing together across the last few years as Shorter leaves his reputation as a composer to the side and […]Archive
March 15, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Jazz Festival 2016: First Announcement – Wayne Shorter Quartet (June 8)
During the New Zealand Festival we get a clue about the upcoming Jazz Festival. This year the news is that Wayne Shorter (and his quartet, featuring the incredible Brian Blade) will be performing at Wellington’s Opera House on June 8. Shorter, Blade, John Patitucci and Danilo Perez will put on an incredible show, Shorter, 82, […]Archive
February 24, 2016 by Simon Sweetman