When You Get There.....

I’m making the most of waking up early by getting stuck into work straight away and last week I found it nice having a bit of ...

Last the couple of mornings have seen early starts, and this time round I had Kim Paterson’s The Duende giving me a hand (a...

Okay, so I'm wrapping up this series. It seemed fitting to end with Mike Nock as the series kicked off  with his then newly released Vic...

Mike Nock:  Beginning and End of Knowing ( Fourth Way Records ) Nock (piano) Laurence Pike (drums/sampler) 2015 I started this ser...

This was a nice wee find. Happy birthday and thanks for all the music!

This week's drive(s) featured a nice bit of variety. I hadn't listened to Kenny Garrett's Triology in years, but as I was boxing...

Accompanying the drive today: Beginning and End of Knowing  and Duologue.  I'll write more on the former later this month. And eventu...

The 3-Out: Move   Mike Nock (p) Freddy Logan (b) Chris Karan (d) Years before I heard Move , a friend (hi John!) played me a singl...

The 3-Out were featured in the March 16, 1962 issue of the NZ Listener . I remember hearing Mike mention that this was the group everyone a...

Recently I’ve have been listening to a couple of Mike Nock albums - Vicissitudes from 2016 (which I picked up while I was back in New Zeal...

Today kicks off a series of posts that will focus on jazz by New Zealand artists. There were a few motivating factors behind the series. I...

No class last week, but there was tonight so I'm back for the Wednesday night post-class hang. A couple of days ago two discs arrived ...

Mike Nock's 1978 album  Piano Solos  (Timeless) has been keeping me company this afternoon. I've been listening to this one on a fai...

These three albums keep my wife and I company as we attempted to get some work done this afternoon. All-in-all they made for a nice mix. M...