Today in NZ history- 01/06/1960 - New Zealand's first official TV broadcast
- 02/06/1917 - New Zealand steamer captured by the Wolf
- 02/06/1970 - Motor racing driver Bruce McLaren dies
- 03/06/1869 - University of Otago founded
- 03/06/1936 - Colin 'Pinetree' Meads born
- 03/06/1941 - First women enter police training
- 04/06/1943 - Rail tragedy at Hyde
- 05/06/1847 - Auckland Savings Bank opens for business
- 05/06/1866 - Te Kooti exiled to Chathams
- 06/06/1823 - Wesleyan mission established
Tag Archives: Jazz
End of an era
I never owned one of those wind-up 78rpm record players with disposable steel needles (and nor did my parents), but from about 1962 I was into long playing records (LPs) and their 45rpm offspring. I had them for about a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bud Shank, Jazz, Jazz singer, LP records, LPs, Miles Davis, Peter Fountain
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Trying out a YouTube insertion
This is my nephew Patrick MacGibbon playing tenor sax at the Vernon Jazz Club in British Columbia, in December 2007. The composition is “St Thomas” by Sonny Rollins. Recorded Dec 29th 2007. With Pat are Larry Crawford, Bryn Flock, Kat … Continue reading
Martinborough Musings 