Inverted Auckland Jazz Orchestra feat. Phil Broadhurst

• 1 Inverted 05:54
• 2 Pukeko 05:17
• 3 Pat 07:30
• 4 Positif 06:15
• 5 Black Suede Boots 05:05
• 6 Scoreless 11:00
• 7 First Shot 04:29
• 8 Flaubert's Dance 04:46
• 9 Drive 06:35
• 10 Straight and Narrow 05:21
• Total Runtime 01:02:12

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„Inverted: The Music of Phil Broadhurst“ ist eine Hommage an den verstorbenen neuseeländischen Jazzpianisten Phil Broadhurst mit neuen Arrangements seiner Originalkompositionen und einem begleitenden Album. Phil Broadhurst war ein legendärer, preisgekrönter Pianist und Komponist, Bandleader, Pädagoge und Förderer des Jazz in Neuseeland. Auf seine Anregung hin nahm das Auckland Jazz Orchestra eine Sammlung von Werken aus seiner ruhmreichen Karriere auf.

Phil Broadhursts Einfluss auf den Jazz in Neuseeland kann kaum hoch genug eingeschätzt werden. Als Pianist, Komponist und Bandleader, Rundfunksprecher und Pädagoge an der New Zealand School of Music Te Kōkī setzte er sich für originale Kiwi-Musik und -Musiker ein und wurde 2001 für seine Verdienste um die Jazzmusik mit dem ONZM ausgezeichnet. Die Inverted-Aufnahmesitzungen begannen mit Phils begeisterter Teilnahme, doch leider verstarb er 2020, bevor sie abgeschlossen waren.

Das Auckland Jazz Orchestra, eine 17-köpfige Big Band für zeitgenössischen Jazz, besteht aus einer Reihe erfahrener Profis und junger Talente, darunter die Arrangeure Tim Atkinson, Mike Booth und Andrew Hall, die alle mit Phil gespielt oder bei ihm studiert hatten.

Wie Norman Meehan in den Liner Notes bemerkt, war Broadhurst ein Mann, der von Melodien getrieben war, und diese konnten zart und nachdenklich sein, maßvoller und überlegter, als es die Jazzwelt manchmal wünscht.

Das bedeutete jedoch, dass er ein Vermächtnis an Material hinterließ, das sich ideal für ein Jazzorchester eignete, das sich um die einprägsamen Melodien hier herum arrangieren konnte: die Balladen „Pat“ (einer der beiden Stücke, auf denen Broadhurst vor seinem Tod im Jahr 2020 mitwirkte) und „Scoreless“, das druckvolle und leicht funkige „Black Suede Boots“ (mit einem passenden Rocksolo von Gitarrist Michael Gianan), „Positif“ mit der Pianistin Julie Mason und dem Tenoristen Roger Manins; Die lateinamerikanische Energie von Drive (Broadhurst erneut mit einem äußerst cleveren Solo und Altist Joel Griffin) …

Auckland Jazz Orchestra
Phil Broadhurst, Klavier, Bandleader

Aufgenommen im Kenneth Myres Centre (Auckland University) von John Jungseok Kim
Gemischt von Steve Garden, Mike Booth und Andrew Hall
Gemastert von Steve Garden
Produziert von Mike Booth und Steve Garden

Auckland Jazz Orchestra
Formed in 2009, the Auckland Jazz Orchestra has the unique mission of playing solely New Zealand composed or arranged music, in a contemporary jazz style.

Comprised of professional musicians and talented graduates, the band is a co-operative led by two founding members, musical director Tim Atkinson, and band leader Mike Booth.

Phil Broadhurst
was one of New Zealand’s leading jazz artists. Pianist, composer and educator, he became the first jazz musician to be awarded the MNZM for services to jazz in 2001.

He was Head of Jazz Studies at the New Zealand School of Music (Massey University, Auckland) from 2000 to 2016, and in 2008 was awarded an MPhil for his thesis on French jazz pianist Michel Petrucciani. A well-known broadcaster, he presented the weekly jazz programme The Art of Jazz on Radio New Zealand Concert for over 20 years. His numerous credits include performing at major jazz festivals and events in New Zealand, Australia, the USA, UK and France, and collaborating with many jazz greats visiting NZ, such as Johnny Griffin, Ronnie Scott, and Scott Hamilton.

Phil was a regular player around the Auckland jazz scene, notably at the one-time premiere jazz venue the London Bar (a residency he held for many years), and as organiser and frequent performer at the annual Winter Jazz Series at the Auckland Art Gallery during the 80s and 90. Phil was also a well-known broadcaster, presenting his own programme “The Art Of Jazz” weekly on Concert FM for more than twenty years.

He released five albums on Rattle, the first three he loosely described as his “Dedication” trilogy: Delayed Reaction (2011 Jazz Album of the Year nominee) was dedicated to French pianist Michel Petrucciani, and was the subject of his Master’s thesis; Flaubert’s Dance (2013 Jazz Album of the Year nominee) was dedicated to some of Phil’s ‘international jazz heroes’; and Panacea (2015, Jazz Album of the Year WINNER) was dedicated to some of his ‘jazz heroes’ here in New Zealand.

While undergoing treatment for cancer in 2019, Phil staged a weekend-long series of concerts for friends and family that was also recorded and released as Positif, an heroic act of artistic determination that, in our view, marked the strength and character of the man.

Sadly, Phil passed away in April, 2020, but not before completing an intimate set of solo piano recordings, Soliloquy. The music was recorded in November 2019 on the grand piano in his home, then edited and mixed in the summer of 2020. The album was finished just a few weeks before Phil’s passing. He loved the end result, and we do too.

"As a writer Broadhurst avoids cliches, but at the same time he manages to avoid the obtuse. At the heart of his writing is a real warmth. The tunes take you to a familiar place even though you’ve never been there before; carried by rich harmonies and well crafted heads." John Fenton – Jazzlocal32

"Prolific and sensitive, hard-working and curious, Broadhurst is a model of the jazz musician in full bloom. Flaubert's Dance is an abundant work bursting with beauty and tenderness, with just the right notes throughout." all.about.jazz

"…there’s a tenderness and clarity of thought throughout that’s lovingly celebratory. The soloing is exceptional, the compositions robust and full of possibility." - Panacea review, Mike Alexander, Sunday Star Times

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