New album traverses its way from Macedonia to Wellington
NZSM jazz studies lecturer Dave Wilson launches his album On the Face Place on Sunday 30 July.
The album was recorded by CSPS Ensemble, a group Dave worked with while living in Macedonia. Dave talks about how the album came together in the liner notes to the album.
"Skopje, Macedonia is a place where many worlds meet. Since 2002, when I first lived in Skopje’s world and it became part of mine, I have been inspired by the many musicians and sounds that I’ve heard and played with in the city.
This album is a slice of the many musics of Skopje, the sound of a pause amid many comings and goings, the sound when travelers meet somewhere and some time, on the face place."
The launch is at The Rogue & Vagabond, and features NZSM jazz graduates Bryn van Vliet – saxophone, Oscar Laven – saxophone, Ben Hunt – trumpet, Callum Allardice – guitar, along with NZSM Lecturer Lance Philip on drums and Johnny Lawrence on bass.
Dave Wilson is a musician, composer, and ethnomusicologist. His music includes chamber, orchestral, big band, and small jazz ensemble works, and he has worked in commercial and film music as a performer, arranger, and composer.
Dave Wilson and friends – "On the Face Place" NZ Album Release
Sunday 30 July from 4pm
The Rogue & Vagabond
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