Results for "Oscar Laven"

Reimagined! The Roger Fox big Band Plays Sir Dave Dobbyn

By Rodger Fox

Label: T-Bones Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Bliss; Love You Like I Should; Be Mine Tonight; A Bridge on Fire; Magic (What She Do); Loyal; Walking in Light; Just Add Water; Welcome Home; Outlook for Thursday; Slice of Heaven.

Reed Rapture With Ivo and Joe

by Bob Osborne
December 1, 2022

This edition of the show includes music from the massive new box set from Ivo Perelman—a suite of 12 recordings of saxophone duets Reed Rapture In Brooklyn—which I will be featuring over the next 12 weeks—I'm kicking off with Ivo's partnership with Joe Lovano. In addition a selection of music from across Joe's career plus new ...

The Rodger Fox Big Band: Reimagined! The Roger Fox big Band Plays Sir Dave Dobbyn

by Jack Bowers
June 15, 2022

On Reimagined!, New Zealander Rodger Fox's superlative big band takes a fresh look at the music of Sir Dave Dobbyn, one of that country's most honored and beloved musicians. Although Dobbyn has spent his celebrated career in the fields of pop and rock, his evocative compositions lend themselves well to light and swinging interpretations by Fox's ...

Rodger Fox Big Band: You Gotta Know

by Jack Bowers
January 6, 2022

As trombonist Rodger Fox's superb New Zealand-based big band thunders toward its golden anniversary in 2023, the recordings keep coming. Here are two more, the first (Live) taped in October 2020 during what must have been a much longer concert at the Bruce Mason Centre in Auckland; the second, You Gotta Know, recorded that same year ...

Plays New Zealand

By Rodger Fox

Label: TBone Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Resolute; Taranaki; Stretchin’ with Gretchen; One Step Ahead of the Blues; Alife; Remembering; Caribbean Cruise; H.M.S. Grand Motorboat of the Seas.

The Rodger Fox Big Band: Plays New Zealand

by Jack Bowers
December 20, 2021

Even though such news would hardly make a ripple beyond the South Pacific, trombonist Rodger Fox's superlative big band was nearing its golden anniversary when Plays New Zealand was recorded in 2021. As the milestone loomed only two years in the distance, Fox decided it was time the band produced an album devoted entirely to new ...

Oscar Laven

Born: May 30, 1991

Oscar Lavën is an acclaimed saxophonist/bassoonist/clarinettist/multi-

instrumentalist, composer and arranger based in the beautiful city of

Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. A busy performer across many

genres presenting an impressive array of performances, Oscar Lavën

has played on stages around the world with many famous artists such as

Steve Gadd, Dave Weckl, John Beasley's Grammy-winning MONKestra,

James Carter, Dennis Chambers, Gregg Bissonette, Lalah Hathaway,

Robben Ford, Chris Cain, The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra,

STROMA, Hollie Smith, Rhombus, The Rodger Fox Big Band and many

Plays New Zealand

By The Rodger Fox Big Band

Label: TBone Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Resolute; Taranaki; Alife; One Step Ahead Of The Blues; Stretchin' With Gretchen; Remembering; Caribbean Cruise; HMS Grand Motorboat Of The Seas.