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MURRAY McNABB'S ASTRAL SURFERS ALBUM (2009): Keyboardist . . . to the stars
Long experience and years of disappointment have taught me that very few among this country’s more established jazz musicians listen to much beyond their own doorstep or record collection. Standards rule, okay?
Perhaps if you’d been at it for as long as these musicians -- with the so few rewards, financial or by way of public...
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Mike Nock/Frank Gibson: Open Door (1987)
When expat pianist/composer Mike Nock and Auckland-based drummer Frank Gibson got together in '87 to record these duets both men were at interesting points in their respective but separate careers, but neither had played together much.
Their sole recording together released prior to these sessions -- they had played on some Radio New...
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Dr Tree: Dr Tree (EMI)
When this album came out in the mid-Seventies jazz-rock fusion was at its peak and many otherwise sensible jazz musicians were wooed to the dark side. Few came out with any dignity (they just didn't get "rock") but Dr Tree from Auckland nailed it directly at a point where they were most comfortable; more jazz than rock because they...
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Space Case: Retrospective (Ode)
Just a quick acknowledgement here of this excellent double-disc collection of the three albums by Auckland's early-to-mid 80s jazz-rock outfit Space Case which formed around drummer Frank Gibson, saxophonist Brian Smith and keyboard player Murray McNabb.
To that core were added some fine players: bassist Bruce Lynch on their 81 debut album...
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