The Frank Gibson Quartet Rainbow Bridge (CD, Ode Records, 2003) ****
Genre: Jazz, NZ music
Places I remember: JB Hi Fi (Palmerston North)
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Tinkle Tinkle (Rainbow Bridge)
Gear costume: Lennie's Pennies (Rainbow Bridge)
Active compensatory factors: Frank Gibson Jnr is a NZ drummer who can play it all. He's been a session drummer and a group leader in a variety of genres. His bio is extremely impressive!
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Tinkle Tinkle (Rainbow Bridge)
Gear costume: Lennie's Pennies (Rainbow Bridge)
These two albums present him leading a jazz quartet - classic sax, drums, bass, piano; while Parallel 37 has him playing in all sorts of formats from solo to quintets.
Parallel 37 came out in 1982 and was the jazz album of the year in NZ. He's accompanied on his explorations with NZ musicians like Mike Nock, Bruce Lynch, and Brian Smith, plus Milt Jackson and John Scofield. It's a remarkable album - even Zappa-esque on some tracks.
Sadly it's not available on either YouTube or Spotify so I've featured two selections from Rainbow Bridge.
Where do they all belong? More to come from Frank as a member of NZ jazz fusion band Space Case.
Where do they all belong? More to come from Frank as a member of NZ jazz fusion band Space Case.
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