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Tag Archives: Straight No Chaser
PAINTED PRINTED PLAYED @ Rich Mix
PAINTED PRINTED PLAYED! A VITAL SESSION… THIS THURSDAY 7th November… Swifty & I will be representing at the opening of this collective exhibition event, conceived and curated by freedom loving painter Gina Southgate. OK people.. there’s a £6.00 guest – … Continue reading
Stereophonic-Supply goes LIVE!
Just a short note to give a headz-up to Swifty and the I-self’s latest venture – http://www.stereophonic-supply.co. Building on what we were doing with Straight No Chaser magazine the initial aim of this project is to go digging in the … Continue reading
FREEDOM! “In composition you have all the time you want to decide what to say in 15 seconds, in improvisation you have 15 seconds.” (Steve Lacy)
It’s a freezing cold Sunday night and as I waited at the bus stop, weighed down by a bag of vinyl, I had to wonder who would brave the weather and venture to Hoxton for the launch of our FREEDOM … Continue reading
MORE MADNESS… ALPHABET CITY, CUT CREATIVE, SEMI-PERMANENT & CONCH RECORDS… Aotearoa No 5 – The final runnings!
ALPHABET CITY is run by native New Yorker Erin who specialises in pre-digital printing and runs an early evening letter writing group. Erin is old skool and upon our arrival at the work-shop she and Swifty enthusiastically talked TYPE! They … Continue reading
SEVENTY TWO HOURS OF LO-FI MADNESS…. Aoteara Runnings No. 4
7AM Tuesday morning… Da Bei Qigong under the eaves of a building in Myers park. When it rains it Aukland it rains. Things were about to get busy! The PIYN project was scheduled to kick off at Bizdojo at 10.30am … Continue reading
Posted in Just Runnings, Urban runnings...
Tagged Aukland PIYN, Bill Brewster, Bizdojo, British Council, Conch Records, Cut Collective, DJ: EMP, From Jazz Funk & Fusion to Acid Jazz, George Booker, George FM, Maori, Recloose, SAE Institute, Sniffing Glue, Snowboy, Straight No Chaser, Swifty, The Yoots
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Ripped & Torn: The Art Of Ian Wright @ the LDF
Last night, all roads led to the opening of ‘A Colourful Life’ at Tent London in Hanbury Street, just off Brick Lane. One of the most enticing offerings during this year’s frenzied London Design Festival, this event showcased three new … Continue reading
Posted in Deep stuff
Tagged Blast, Boombox, Ian Wright, Illustration, Issey Miyake, Jimi Hendrix, London, NME, NYC, Straight No Chaser, Vinyl, White Lines
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Steve Williamson: Enigmatic Jazz Warrior meets Tomorrow’s Warriors
Having orchestrated a number of features on stellar saxophonist Steve Williamson in Straight No Chaser and been instrumental in taking his band, That Fuss Was Us’ to play in Japan, I have no qualms in saying that I am a … Continue reading
Posted in Is That Jazz?
Tagged Avante Garde, Dune, funk, Gary Crosby, IDJ, japan, Jazz, Jazz Warriors, M Base, RFH, Rhyme Time, soprano sax, Straight No Chaser, tenor sax, That Fuss Was Us, Tomorrows Warriors, urban
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