selmer alto (1949), sml tenor (1956), boston soprano (piece of crap i bought for travelling!), clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, rhodes, 2x korg ms-10, oberheim xpander, korg polysix, dinosaur g4 mac, sampler, mpc1000, rca ribbon mic.
Influences
Sarah Hon, Malcolm McCallum, Sarah McCallum, Godfrey de Grut, Neil Watson, Chris Cox, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Opensouls, Cherie Mathieson, Dan Sperber, Nathan Haines, Kevin Field, Kim Patterson, Tony Hopkins, Nic Hurman, Cam Allen, Chris White, Aaron Nevezie, Nick Gaffaney, Cameron Deyell, Rodger Fox, Jason Jones, Auckland Wind Orchestra.
Sounds Like
jazz + beats
LEWIS McCALLUM ORCHESTRA Live at Titirangi Music Fest 2009:
Taking my jazz background and love of beats and seeing where that goes. I produce out of my home studio.
Collaborations with the fantastic vocals of Cherie Mathieson, Tama Waipara, Tyra Hammond and Bjorn Peterson are on my debut album "WAKE", available in all good record stores through the nice folk at Rhythmethod.
You can buy the album online at the amplifier website:
WAKE is also available on iTunes.
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My live band the Lewis McCallum Orchestra features the amazing talents of:
Cherie Mathieson - vocals (Mark de Clive-Lowe, Dego[4Hero], Lanu)
Godfrey de Grut - keys (Elemeno P, Che-Fu)
Ben White - guitar (Sola Rosa)
Finn Scholes - trumpet (Shades, 1 Million Dollars)
Hadyn Godfrey - trombone (Batucada Sound Machine, Opensouls)
Cameron Allen - tenor sax (Relaxomatic Project, Opensouls)
Stephen Thomas - drums (Spacifix)
Ben Turua - bass (Nathan Haines, King Kapisi)
Highlight performances by the LMO this season included Dancing In The Streets at Beresford St, Titirangi Music Festival, Queenstown Jazz Festival, Parihaka Peace Festival plus multiple shows at Khuja.
For bookings you can email:
lewismccallumorchestra (at) gmail.com
I'm very lucky to be part of a wonderful family of musicians that I perform & record with: Opensouls, Mark de Clive-Lowe, ex Trinity Roots drummer Riki Gooch’s new project Eru Dangerspeil, Julien Dyne, Chris Cox, Hollie Smith, Dan Sperber Complex, Sola Rosa, Batucada Sound Machine, and Recloose.
Also keeping me busy is my work playing sax with DJ's. I've worked with some great people such as Jason Eli, Manuel Bundy & Submariner.
Waddup Lewis, second mix in one week, this time for the incredible moovmnt crew. And check my La Mixette Mix for musique large if you don't have it. cheerio, Paul
Thanks for the comment my man!! Means alot coming from a producer extraordinaire like yourself! Pretty fresh to the whole beatmaking side of things but really love it eh - nice way of expressing yourself :-) We have to have a beatmaking session sometime! See you soon hopefully bro! :-)
4 November: SamsomNaceyHaines Trio plus special guest Neville Grenfell, 8pm; Jim McNeely (USA) - solo piano; 9:30pm 5 November: Kevin Field Trio plus special guest Caroline Lynn, 8pm; Simon Barker/Scott Tinkler Duo (AUS), 9.30pm 6 November: Hip Flask plus special guests Rebekah Peterson and Neil Watson, 8pm; Jim McNeely Trio - with Ron Samsom and Olivier Holland, 9:30pm
Auckland JazzFest 08 will run 4-6 November at 8pm in Studio One at the Kenneth Myers Centre (74 Shortland St).
Tickets are $35 full price/$15 students; passes for all three concerts $80. Visit www. ticketdirect. co. nz or phone 0800 4 TICKET or 0800 224 224. Booking fees may apply.
Saw u play at the Social Club with Steven and Joe. Relli enjoyed it man, then found out I played at Occi with Mal who turned out to be ur dad. Small world :P Awesum bro!
01. James Pants - Theme from Paris 02. Pursuit Grooves - Speechles 03. Rustie - Pressure Bubbles 04. Dustystar - Hi-Res 05. Madlib - Bonus Beat 06. Pete Rock - For the People 07. Esthero - Superheroes (Afta-1 remix) 08. FS Green - Preppy Lady 09. Olivier Daysoul - Breath 10. Sa-Ra - unknown 11. Madlib - Yo Yo Affair 12. Jneiro Jarel - How we do dis 13. Kev Brown - Instrumental 03 14. Pease - H.A.Y.B.
15. LMNO - Piece of Art 16. B. BRAVO - Twilight 17. Super Smoky Soul - Track 5 18. Young RJ - Welcome to the District 19. Skymark - Smoka 20. Powell - girls girls girls 21. Afta-1 - Gaze 22. Hayzee - Mario vs Megaman 23. Hubert Daviz - To Demand 24. Black Milk - Purple Track 10 25. B. BRAVO - Dance 26. Brittany Bosco - City of Nowhere 27. Dam Funk - i gots to be done wit' u 28. Poly - To All Yall
Hi Lewis, really enjoyed your gig last nite at Khuja, love the fusion of jazz/funk/house grooves you were bringing. Keep it up! Bought your CD and loving that aswell. Marika
