Rodger Fox Big Band Featuring King Kapisi

TRACKS

U Can’t Resist Us

Won’t Stop Can’t Stop

Elimination Process

Screems from Da Old Plantation

Elemental Forces

Subcranium Feelings   

Saboteur

Raise Up

1.  U Can’t Resist Us 5.07

Composed: Bill Urale

Arranged: Thomas Faure

Featuring: Oscar Lavën – Tenor Saxophone

2.  Won’t Stop Can’t Stop 5.29

Composed: Bill Urale

Arranged: Matt Harris

Featuring: Gus Reece – Guitar

3.  Elimination Process 6.04

Composed: Bill Urale

Arranged:  Matt Harris

Featuring: Bryn van Vliet – Alto Saxophone

4.  Screems from Da Old Plantation 5.48

Composed: Bill Urale, K.Futialo

Arranged: Bryn van Vliet 

Featuring: Rodger Fox – Trombone

5.  Elemental Forces 4.07

Composed: Bill Urale

Featuring: Daniel Hayles

6.  Subcranium Feelings 4.02

Composed: Bill Urale, Andy Morton

Arranged: Rodger Fox

Featuring: Aidan McCulloch – Tenor Saxophone

7. Saboteur 6.26

Composed: Bill Urale, Teremoana Rapley

Arranged:  Thomas Faure

Featuring: Gus Reece – Guitar

8.  Raise Up 5.49

Composed: Bill Urale, M.Luafutu, T.Keisha

Arranged: Rodger Fox

Featuring: Oscar Lavën – Tenor Saxophone

Rodger Fox – Trombone

The Rodger Fox Big Band (RFBB) featuring King Kapisi with Erna Ferry ‘The Brotherman Project’  fuses modern big band sound and Aotearoa-New Zealand Hip-hop. This has been achieved by blending the sound of the RFBB with that of iconic New Zealand hip-hop artist, King Kapisi.

King Kapisi was the first hip-hop artist in New Zealand to receive the prestigious Silver Scroll Award at the APRA Awards for Songwriter of the Year for his single Reverse Resistance in 1999. King Kapisi uses hip-hop to promote the message of ‘keeping it real’ through your culture, learning your language, and knowing ‘where you are from’.

The RFBB is widely acknowledged as New Zealand’s leading exponent of big band music and, over its long history, has always been one to break the barriers by collaborating with international classical artists Michael Houstoun and Simon O’Neill – Classical meets Jazz, and with the RFBB’s most
recent releases Reimagined! The RFBB plays Sir Dave Dobbyn, and RFBB Plays Hone Tuwhare.

Now dig the sounds of big band jazz meets hip hop. It has been a fantastic project to be involved with.

Best, Rodger and Kaps.

King Kapisi – Vocal/Rap

Rodger Fox – Music Director / Trombone

Erna Ferry – B/V  and Vocals

Saxophones

Bryn van Vliet: Alto One / Flute & Clarinet– Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8

Alex Trask: Alto One / Flute & Clarinet – Tracks 5, 6

Nicholas Baucke – Maunsell: Alto Two / Flute / Clarinet

Oscar Lavën: Tenor One / Clarinet

Aidan McCulloch: Tenor Two

Dylan Holmes: Baritone

Trumpets

Cameron Robertson – Lead

Mathew Stenbo

James Guilford: Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8

Chris Selley

Hayden Richardson: Tracks 4, 7

Trombones

Chris Fox – Lead

Kaito Walley

Damian Forlong

Kurt Gibson

Keyboards

Anita Schwabe

Guitar

Gus Reece

Bass

Rory Macartney

Drums

Lance Philip

Credits

Recorded at New Zealand School of Music, Wellington, New Zealand
Recording engineer Richard Caigou

Mixed at Tritone Studios, Los Angeles
Mixing and mastering engineer Talley Sherwood

This project was funded by a grant from Youth Town and Aotearoa Jazz Education & Performance Trust Charitable.

Graphic Design: Flightdec.com

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Produced by Rodger Fox & Talley Sherwood

Endorsements:

Rodger Fox plays Yamaha Trombones

Lance Philip plays Yamaha Drums

Rory Macartney endorses Aguilar Amplification