Living in the USA, it’s easy to miss the great jazz swinging out of
New Zealand. Luckily,
Rafe Gomez of the
Groove Boutique turned me on to the trio
Twinset from windy
Wellington.
Twinset = cool. They are Christopher Yeabsley on organ, brother Daniel Yeabsley on sax and Paul K. Hoskin on drums. They don’t play smooth jazz, but neither do they play freestyle, esoteric stuff you must matriculate from MIT to get. These blokes play the hell out of a song and will keep your feet jiggerin' all night long.
On their most recent album, 2004’s Lifestyle, there's “San Pedro Sula (Bossa Mix).” This thing swings and the sax is smoky and club-like. It’s toast in three minutes, but they do return with a “swing” take.
Twinset has released five CDs, including Mystical Soul from 2003 and It’s a Summer Feeling from 2002. Rafe is playing “Sunny” from Mystical Soul and "Boil the Jug" from Lifestyle, among others. Rafe loves these guys.
(Promo segue: Rafe’s ditty called “Icy” is dang hot, too.)
If you want to hear Twinset’s music, head on over to the band’s
website. It’s probably the coolest thing you’ll do today. Unless you're reading this - you gotta be your own person to read a smooth jazz blog.
Living in the USA, it’s easy to miss the great jazz swinging out of 
1 comment:
HIII HELLO this is a mesaage for Christopher Yeabsley from TWINSET BAND, my name is Rosita from HONDURAS, we still remember you STAYING AT MY HOUSE, hope we can be in contact...........my email is rcmeraz@hotmail.com
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