The Thing GRG67 & Roger Manins

• 1 10:15 08:40
• 2 Kungfu Alto 12:17
• 3 Bicycle Buddies 08:27
• 4 The Thing 05:18
• 5 Dark Bright 06:55
• 6 Chook 40 07:14
• 7 Crab Empathy 07:10
• 8 Psalm 05:53
• Total Runtime 01:01:54

Info zu The Thing

On December 10, 2016, GRG67 performed ‘recital no.3’ as part of Roger Manins's Doctor of Musical Arts requirements. This album represents just some of the music performed that afternoon.

KungFu Alto, Bicycle Buddies, Dark Bright, Chook 40, and Psalm were recorded live at the recital, while 10:15, The Thing and Crab Empathy were recorded later in the day.

Roger Manins lives in Auckland, New Zealand and is regarded by many as one of the leading Jazz saxophonists in the Southern Hemisphere. He has appeared as featured soloist on 40+ Jazz albums and has released several CDs as leader and in collaboration with others, including the critically acclaimed release Two-Out with pianist Mike Nock. His band GRG67 won the NZ Tui Award ‘Best Jazz Album of the Year 2019 (The Thing), and in the last ten years he has featured a further four winning albums, including Dog, Panacea, Fearless Music and Resonator.

He has been featured artist on many performances with Australia’s Mothership Orchestra, including high profile artists such as Maria Schneider, Florian Ross and Darcy James Argue, and was a featured soloist for the 2017 Australian National Jazz Orchestra inaugural performance at the Sydney Con International Jazz Festival. In 2002 he was awarded the International Journalist Association ‘Jazz Hero Award’, and in 2000 he won the Wangaratta Australian National Jazz Awards competition on saxophone. Roger is Artistic Director and a founding member of Creative Jazz Club Aotearoa, is a Senior lecturer at the University of Auckland (jazz) and holds a Doctor of Musical Arts.

Roger Manins, saxophone
Michael Howell, guitar
Mostyn Cole, bass
Tristan Deck, drums

Recorded by John Kim at the Kenneth Myers Centre, Auckland
Mixed by Steve Garden, Roger Manins and John Kim at Garden Shed Music Studio
Produced by Roger Manins

Roger Manins
lives in Auckland New Zealand and is regarded by many as one of the leading Jazz saxophonists in the Southern Hemisphere. He has appeared as featured soloist on 40+ Jazz albums and has released several CDs as leader and in collaboration with others, including the critically acclaimed release ‘Two-out’ with pianist Mike Nock. In the last ten years he has featured on six albums that have won the TUI award for NZ Jazz Album of the Year; including The Thing, The Edge of Chos, Dog, Panacea, Fearless Music and Resonator.

He has been featured artist on many performances with Australia’s Mothership Orchestra, including high profile artists such as Maria Schneider, Florian Ross and Darcy James Argue, and was featured soloist for the 2017 Australian National Jazz Orchestra inaugural performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music International Jazz Festival. In 2012 he was awarded an International Journalist Association ‘Jazz Hero Award’ dedicated to “activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz who have had significant impact in their local communities.” In 2002 he won the Wangaratta Australian National Jazz Awards competition on saxophone. Roger is a Senior lecturer at the University of Auckland where he teaches composition, arranging, improvisation, saxophone, and is the director of University of Auckland Big Band. He is also co-founder and Artistic Director of Creative Jazz Club Aotearoa (CJC) which in the 14 years of operation has made a significant impact on the health and vitality of the New Zealand music scene.

Roger has recently graduated from the University of Auckland with a DMA ( Doctor of Musical Arts).

“ An outstandingly gifted musician with a warmly passionate sound, remarkablehttps://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/my-drive instrumental ability and total musical integrity.” - Mike Nock

“If the larger-than-life, room-filling splendour of Roger Manins saxophone is not fully captured, it’s bruising, beautiful tonal quality certainly is.” - John Shand

“His mastery of the saxophone and deep knowledge of the jazz idiom inform every note he plays, and his sound is huge.” - Norman Meehan

“Manins sounds incredible throughout, but he’s particularly exceptional on the 20-minute plus version of Monk’s “Well You Needn’t.” Cadence Magazine

“As always Manins brings a complete understanding of the music to his playing along with superb tone and feeling.” - Mark Robinson

“Roger Manins is simply a phenomenon…to hear Roger playing with such strength and in such an ecstatic state was to be reminded of how Coltrane-like he can be.” - John Fenton

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