Martins's Session - Jul 2025
We explored a world without (well, almost without) guitars, and shared the quiet joys of brotherhood.
commentsThis post-quake, Christchurch band push analogue synths and found sounds to the extreme.
The original Les Baxter was an innovator of two forms of easy listening lounge music: exotica and space age pop. A fair jazz pianist, Baxter’s real strengths were as an arranger.
In the late 1940s, he started bringing exotic, percussion-heavy instrumentation together with lush, melodic strings and elements of big band swing.
We explored a world without (well, almost without) guitars, and shared the quiet joys of brotherhood.
commentsGreat to be joined by a ‘proxy’ guest. Tiptop tunes centred on holidays & travel, but that were neither relaxing nor took take us anywhere…
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