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You Gotta Know
By Rodger Fox
Label: TBone Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Live—Storm at Sunup; Warriors; Brother to Brother; I Wish You Love. You
Gotta Know—New Tune; Eat This; The Disease; Velvet Dreams Assured; Carry My
Blues Away; Sensitive to a Smile; You Gotta Know; No Doctor Required; Sonny’s Step.
The Rodger Fox Big Band: Plays New Zealand
by Jack Bowers
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 ...
Plays New Zealand
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.
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Rodger Fox
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Self-directed, enthusiastic educator, with a passionate commitment to student development in learning and performance experience. Lead by example and motivate and encourage people to extend themselves to perform above of their expected skill level. Active team member who effectively collaborates with all levels of staff members and establishes quality relationships with students. Successfully implemented events, from major national and international tours for many artists and bands, through to promotional and performance opportunities for Victoria University groups at the New Zealand School of Music Recorded 36 albums/CDs including two live recordings at the Montreux Jazz Festival, one at the Vanguard Studio’s in New York City which featured premier jazz artists Guitarist John Scofield, Bassist Ron McClure and Trumpeter Tom Harrell, one at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, Concerti featuring New Zealand international acclaimed classical pianist Michael Houstoun and "King of the Blues" featuring Chris Cain plus Other recordings have featured performances by Bobby Shew, Bill Reichenbach, Gary Grant, Bill Cunliffe, Jon Papenbrook,Tom Warrington and Steve Houghton, Randy Crawford, plus a host of New Zealand stars.
Plays New Zealand
Label: Rattle Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Roma in the Present Tense; Mr. Brown; Wandering Eye; North of the Apricots; Matakana; John Scon; Panacea; Arching Birch; X-Juicy.
The Rodger Fox Big Band: Plays New Zealand
by Jack Bowers
Although trombonist Rodger Fox has somehow managed to keep New Zealand's finest big band alive and swinging for more than four decades, the band has never devoted an entire album to music written and arranged by New Zealanders--until now. That's not to say that Fox and the band have ignored music from their home country. Over ...
Erna Ferry: Wild About You
by Jack Bowers
If singer Erna Ferry's name is new to you, that's more than likely because she's a New Zealander who makes her home in that lovely faraway island nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, east of Australia across the Tasman Sea. Ferry, a jazz singer with bluesy overtones, is backed on Wild About You by the exemplary ...
Chris Cain: King of the Blues
by Jack Bowers
Presumably, the title of singer / guitarist Chris Cain's new CD, King of the Blues, refers not to Cain himself but to one of his idols, the legendary bluesman B.B. King, who passed away in May 2015. Cain, who was born and raised in San Jose, CA, attended his first B.B. King concert at age three, ...
Too Cool
By Rodger Fox
Label: Nzsm Jazz
Released: 2015
Track listing: Blues to Begin With; Too Cool; Michelle; Durban Poison; The Woman’s Got Soul; Moonlight in Vermont; Smack Dab in the Middle; E.S.P.; Nilesology; Cappucino Freeway.
Michael Houstoun with the Rodger Fox Big Band: Concerti
by Jack Bowers
There is a saying about “the best of both possible worlds," an adage that springs immediately to mind when listening to Concerti, a remarkable collaboration between classical pianist Michael Houstoun and trombonist Rodger Fox's superb big band from Wellington, New Zealand. The captivating program consists of four extended works, two by American pianist / composer Bill ...
