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Frank Gibson's Parallel 37 (Ode)
...excellent reissue. There is a major profile of Frank Gibson...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/1756/frank-gibsons-parallel-37-ode/
FRANK GIBSON PROFILED (2008): Long Distance Drummer
...in 2007 I would get calls from Frank Gibson, who some say is arguably this country’s... ...with Mike Nock, and Rainbow Bridge by the Frank Gibson Quartet of 2003 there is a lot of Frank... ...gave should always be treasured. It is fitting Frank Gibson can see, through the reissues, that some are...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/1757/frank-gibson-profiled-2008-long-distance-drummer/
Mike Nock/Frank Gibson: Open Door (1986)
...Mike Nock and Auckland-based drummer Frank Gibson got together in '86 to record these duets both...
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Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/853/mike-nock-frank-gibson-open-door-1986/
SERIOUS FUN; THE MUSIC AND LIFE OF MIKE NOCK by NORMAN MEEHAN (VUP)
...ECM (just one album), some excellent work with Frank Gibson (their duet album Open Door), lead bands which...
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Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/3700/serious-fun-the-music-and-life-of-mike-nock-by-norman-meehan-vup/
Space Case: Retrospective (Ode)
...outfit Space Case which formed around drummer Frank Gibson, saxophonist Brian Smith and keyboard player...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/1944/space-case-retrospective-ode/
GREG HEATH IN LONDON 2009: Kiwi jazz in another climate
Saxophonist Greg Heath has been in London for two decades now, so you’d have to have a long memory to recall him alongside Rick Bryant in the early 80s as a member of The Neighbours – a ba
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2517/greg-heath-in-london-2009-kiwi-jazz-in-another-climate/
MURRAY McNABB'S ASTRAL SURFERS ALBUM (2009): Keyboardist . . . to the stars
...take a chance: you’d never count drummer Frank Gibson out (he played on the unusual Dr Glam album of...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2562/murray-mcnabbs-astral-surfers-album-2009-keyboardist-to-the-stars/
ALAN BROADBENT INTERVIEWED: The art of time, and timing
...in-house rhythm section of drummer Frank Gibson and bassist Andy Brown. At the time I had...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/1827/alan-broadbent-interviewed-the-art-of-time-and-timing/
Dr Tree: Dr Tree (EMI)
...at the roll-call of players on hand: drummer Frank Gibson; trumpeter and percussion player Kim Paterson;... ...his own composition Eugino D; be impressed by Frank Gibson’s deft and driving drumming everywhere,...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2404/dr-tree-dr-tree-emi/
Frank Gibson Jnr: Rainbow Bridge (Ode)
...this long overdue album by Auckland drummer Frank Gibson and his band.Without going over the same...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/10245/frank-gibson-jnr-rainbow-bridge-ode/
FRANK GIBSON JNR INTERVIEWED (2004): Still banging the drum
...years ago this weekend, jazz drummer Frank Gibson played his first public concert as an 8... ...son. What's his name? A: Frank. Q: That'll be Frank Gibson III then? A: He's Frank Gibson IV, actually,...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/9019/frank-gibson-jnr-interviewed-2004-still-banging-the-drum/
Broadbent, Gibson, Smith: Together Again (Ode)
...Putter Smith recorded with Auckland drummer Frank Gibson. (It might not seem that long because their...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2319/broadbent-gibson-smith-together-again-ode/
NBQ: New Bop Quintet (Manu/digital outlets)
...Kevin Field, saxophonist Pete France, drummer Frank Gibson Jnr (now a Dr after his academic research into... .... Elsewhere has a number of interviews with Frank Gibson Jnr and reviews of his albums starting here. ....
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/9888/nbq-new-bop-quintet-manu-digital-outlets/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Mike Nock
...Open Door spontaneous duet album with drummer Frank Gibson from '87 which has long been an Essential...
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THE CRYSTAL PALACE BALLROOM REMEMBERED, AT AUDIOCULTURE (2017): The ballroom of happiness
...daughter Reo is at the microphone. On drums is Frank Gibson Sr. - Shalfoon family collection That was a...
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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8649/the-crystal-palace-ballroom-remembered-at-audioculture-2017-the-ballroom-of-happiness/
MURRAY McNABB PROFILED, AT AUDIOCULTURE (2020): From Monk to the moon and beyond
...Dr Tree, the group he co-founded with drummer Frank Gibson Jnr. It won in the rock category but as he...
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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/9664/murray-mcnabb-profiled-at-audioculture-2020-from-monk-to-the-moon-and-beyond/
Mike Nock and Roger Manins: Two-Out (FWM)
...from '78, and the duet album with drummer Frank Gibson on Open Door from '87. The solo one for...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/7085/mike-nock-and-roger-manins-two-out-fwm/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Mark Robinson
...person) black and white Spyro Gyra band photo Frank Gibson signed vinyl copy of “Space Case...
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Tom Dennison: Zoo (Rattle Jazz)
...Steven Barry who is here, then later played in Frank Gibson's Hardbopmobile and more recently spent time...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/4553/tom-dennison-zoo-rattle-jazz/
10 INFLUENTIAL JAZZ ALBUMS IN MY COLLECTION: The shape of me to come
...ECM label. This album is on Spotify here. . #3 Frank Gibson and Mike Nock, Open Door (1987). A drummer and... ...out but these spontaneous improvisations by Frank Gibson and Mike Nock were so naked and innovative...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/9414/10-influential-jazz-albums-in-my-collection-the-shape-of-me-to-come/
MARVIN “SMITTY” SMITH REMEMBERED (2015): Give the drummers some
...back in the late Eighties, I went to drummer Frank Gibson's huge house in Onehunga for a party. It might...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/6766/marvin-“smitty”-smith-remembered-2015-give-the-drummers-some/
SUPERBREW: Journeys in the past
...less-sponsored, Eighties when Mike Nock and Frank Gibson carved their innovative Open Door, Brian Smith...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/3573/superbrew-journeys-in-the-past/
Murray McNabb Group: Every Day is a Beautiful Day (Sarang Bang)
...musicians such as his longtime friend, drummer Frank Gibson who -- in those final months -- was working...
Music at Elsewhere: music/6494/murray-mcnabb-group-every-day-is-a-beautiful-day-sarang-bang/
JOHN SCOFIELD INTERVIEWED (2008): Has guitar, will travel . . . and travel, and travel
...time out to record with local musicians for Frank Gibson Jnr’s Parallel 37 album, and then again...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/1840/john-scofield-interviewed-2008-has-guitar-will-travel-and-travel-and-travel/
RECOMMENDED RECORD: Dr Tree, Dr Tree (WallenBink)
...of this challenging new style. Drummer Frank Gibson Jnr and keyboard player Murray McNabb were... ...his own composition Eugino D; be impressed by Frank Gibson’s deft and driving drumming everywhere,...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/11316/recommended-record-dr-tree-dr-tree-wallenbink/
Olivier Holland: Duets (Ode)
...immediately springs to mind is Open Door by Frank Gibson and Mike Nock, and that was released in 1987....
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/4614/olivier-holland-duets-ode/
MURRAY McNABB REISSUED (2016): Spirit having flown
...jazz work (with fellow travellers like drummer Frank Gibson, saxophonist Brian Smith, guitarist Martin...
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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7415/murray-mcnabb-reissued-2016-spirit-having-flown/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Mike Booth
...Chasing the Sun and in the past month with Frank Gibson Jnr and others in the New Bop Quintet and the...
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KIM PATERSON PROFILED, AT AUDIOCULTURE (2019): The modest star of New Zealand jazz
...Paterson was there alongside drummer Frank Gibson Jr and others in the innovative jazz-fusion...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/8988/kim-paterson-profiled-at-audioculture-2019-the-modest-star-of-new-zealand-jazz/
COLIN HEMMINGSEN PROFILED (2012): With his heart in both camps
...Broadhurst (in the band Sustenance), drummer Frank Gibson and Mike Nock. He was a solost on Kevin...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/4699/colin-hemmingsen-profiled-2012-with-his-heart-in-both-camps/
MIKE NOCK, INTERVIEWED (2024): The art of having serious fun
...film Strata, improvised duets with drummer Frank Gibson on 1987s Open Door, and more recently with the...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/11253/mike-nock-interviewed-2024-the-art-of-having-serious-fun/
Samsom Nacey Haines: Cross Now (Rattle Jazz)
...with keyboard player Murray McNabb and drummer Frank Gibson -- who have played together for 50 years and...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/5674/samsom-nacey-haines-cross-now-rattle-jazz/
NEW ZEALAND JAZZ LIFE by NORMAN MEEHAN
...then after each steps aside for musicians Frank Gibson Jnr, Anthony Donaldson, Kim Paterson, Nathan...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/7825/new-zealand-jazz-life-by-norman-meehan/
AUCKLAND'S LONDON BAR, CELEBRATED (2000): Half a century of sound
...exceptional London Bar concerts with drummer Frank Gibson jun and bassist Kenny Pearson.And expat... ...of our best: pianist Phil Broadhurst, drummer Frank Gibson jun, trumpeters Murray Tanner and Kim...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/10729/aucklands-london-bar-celebrated-2000-half-a-century-of-sound/
MURRAY McNABB (1947-2013): The new man with the courage to make himself new
...he'd known and played in bands with drummer Frank Gibson. But then everything changed. “They gave...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/5719/murray-mcnabb-1947-2013-the-new-man-with-the-courage-to-make-himself-new/
RECOMMENDED REISSUE: JD Blackfoot; The Song of Crazy Horse (Sisapa/Border)
...New Zealand jazz players on hand too: drummer Frank Gibson Jnr, bassist Billy Kristian, pianist Mike...
Music at Elsewhere: music/8124/recommended-reissue-jd-blackfoot-the-song-of-crazy-horse-sisapa-border/
EVEN MORE PROVOCATIONS OF RATTLES (2023): In here and out there
...neither are the many albums helmed by Frank Gibson Jnr. It's therefore pleasing to see this album...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10915/even-more-provocations-of-rattles-2023-in-here-and-out-there/
RECOMMENDED REISSUE: Murray McNabb; Songs for the Dream Weaver (Sarang Bang)
...recommended Waiting For You ( with drummer Frank Gibson and bassist Andy Brown), McNabb is a man in...
Music at Elsewhere: music/5897/recommended-reissue-murray-mcnabb-songs-for-the-dream-weaver-sarang-bang/
HAMMOND GAMBLE INTERVIEWED (2018): Of another career in the same town
...a room. So later when I had my own band with Frank Gibson and Bruce Lynch we all had our own rooms....
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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8379/hammond-gamble-interviewed-2018-of-another-career-in-the-same-town/
Nick Granville Group: Wishful Thinking (Ode)
There has been quite a wave of New Zealand jazz in the past few months: reissues of albums by Parallel 37 and Space Case, the new album by Strange Fruit, the schoolboy band Grammaphone . . . And now t
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Music at Elsewhere: music/1985/nick-granville-group-wishful-thinking-ode/
WARWICK BLAIR INTERVIEWED (2004): Getting the art back into the artist
...includes pianist Rae De Lisle, percussionists Frank Gibson and Ron Samson, and keyboardist Stephen Small....
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/5954/warwick-blair-interviewed-2004-getting-the-art-back-into-the-artist/
MURRAY McNABB INTERVIEWED (1947-2013): The new man with the courage to make himself new
...known and played in bands with drummer Frank Gibson. But then everything changed. “They gave...
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/5956/murray-mcnabb-interviewed-1947-2013-the-new-man-with-the-courage-to-make-himself-new/
Kevin Field, Ron Samsom, Olivier Holland: Irony (Rattle)
There's an old joke: if you want to make a million dollars out of jazz, start with two million. Jazz is notoriously unprofitable for its performers and record companies (a decent selling jazz album in
Tagged with: alan broadbent | ecm records | frank gibson | keith jarrett | kevin field | mike nock | new zealand jazz | new zealand music | olivier holland | ron samsom |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2826/kevin-field-ron-samsom-olivier-holland-irony-rattle/
JOE LA BARBERA PROFILED: Counting the beats
For some reason - perhaps because they work in a loud profession - you expect drummers to shout. Few do, and while Joe La Barbera may have started his career in the appropriately named Thundering Herd
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/3831/joe-la-barbera-profiled-counting-the-beats/
Strange Fruit: Whole (Odd)
A long time between drinks, as they say: more than a decade I think since this Auckland jazz group released an album - and that seems tardy or just plain careless. Their two previous outings - the sel
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Music at Elsewhere: music/1973/strange-fruit-whole-odd/
Brian Smith: Taupo (Manu/Ode)
Most New Zealand jazz is like the Kiwi: endangered, pokes around in the dark away from public gaze and doesn't take flight. This year however is shaping up to be a good one: albums by Wellingtonians K
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/1070/brian-smith-taupo-manu-ode/
Carolina Moon: East of the Sun (Global Routes)
Even more New Zealand jazz. And different again. Moon began her career in London more than a decade ago, moved to Australia (where as Caroline Lynn she won considerable media praise) and then came to
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/1136/carolina-moon-east-of-the-sun-global-routes/
Aronas: Culture Tunnels (Southbound)
This is an interesting one: originally released under the same title but in a different cover two years ago from the band lead by gifted young New Zealand pianist Aron Ottignon, it has now undergone a
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/1108/aronas-culture-tunnels-southbound/
NATHAN HAINES INTERVIEWED (2008): Cocktails, class and cool
About 45 minutes into the conversation in a noisy café just around the corner from Neil Finn’s studio where he recorded his new album Music For Cocktail Lovers, Nathan Haines mentions casually
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2005/nathan-haines-interviewed-2008-cocktails-class-and-cool/
Kevin Clark: Zahara (KCM)
Wellington pianist/composer/arranger Clark won best jazz album of the year in 2003 with Once Upon Song I Flew, and again two years later with The Sandbar Sessions. Clark is something of a rarity in Ne
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/1073/kevin-clark-zahara-kcm/
Salon Kingsadore: Mountain Rescue (Sarang Bang)
Salon Kingsadore is another vehicle for Auckland guitarist Gianmarco Liguori whose earlier albums under his own name (with stellar guests) have appeared at Elsewhere, and who seems a hard man to pigeo
Tagged with: dr tree | frank gibson | gianmarco liguori | miles davis | murray mcnabb | parallel 37 | salon kingsadore | space case |
Music at Elsewhere: music/2948/salon-kingsadore-mountain-rescue-sarang-bang/
BEN WEBSTER AND ART TATUM CONSIDERED (2008): Genius loves company
In my experience, jazz people tend to live in the past. Radio programmes are more often about the greats of yesteryear than the living, jazz mags essay Ellington over ECM, and in any given year you g
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/466/ben-webster-and-art-tatum-considered-2008-genius-loves-company/
Norman Meehan: Modigliani (Ode)
Pianist/composer Meehan may well be a scholar (he teaches jazz history and composition at the New Zealand School of Music, and is working on a biography of pianist Mike Nock) but there is nothing acad
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Music at Elsewhere: music/1459/norman-meehan-modigliani-ode/
Charles Lloyd: Lift Every Voice (2002)
It's a fair bet the average jazz musician earns considerably less than Lenny Kravitz, and probably works a darn sight harder. Sales of jazz albums are modest – in the US 10,000 was considered a
Tagged with: alan broadbent | blue note | charles lloyd | ecm records | enrico rava | frank gibson | john coltrane | short stories |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/1829/charles-lloyd-lift-every-voice-2002/