one of my all-time live music highlights was the GCB outside Mama Mia's in the middle of Tamaki Drive for the Mission Bay Jazz Festival... with the rain pouring down, a backpack full of heinekens and people dancing everywhere to the phenomenal tunes these guys are famous for, it was ONE GOOD TIME man
to be remembered for years to come - cheers guys!
For almost seven years now THE GRAND CENTRAL BAND have been delighting Auckland listeners. Their distinct sound, heavily influenced by jazz, R&B and blues has evolved over time under the guidance of lead singer Chris Melville. Melville is a self trained vocal phenomenon who can take anything from a classic jazz standard to one of his own catchy originals and turn it into a listening adventure. The Band recently celebrated the release of their second CD, named after the title track “Brightest Star”. All ten tracks on the album are original songs written by Melville and executed beautifully by his talent-laden band. The release of Brightest Star follows “Cook Street Sessions”, their fist album released in 2000. “ People kept asking when we were going to do a new album, so we knew there was a demand out there” says Melville. The line up changes from time to time but the essence of that Grand Central sound always seems to remain. Band members include Hammond whiz Alan Brown, earthy bass player Junior Turua, Guitar genius Joel Haines and the unmistakable quick beats of drummer Josh Sorenson. “Those are our core members at the moment but I play with a lot of other great musicians. We joke about it as the extended family” laughs Melville. They started out playing in Ponsonby at The Grand Central Bar. From those humble beginnings they have gone on to perform at the prestigious APRA Silver Scroll awards, play to a frosty crowd of 12,500 at the Queenstown Winter Festival and join the line up of national and international jazz stars at The Waiheke Jazz Festival. The real point of difference with this band is its jazz roots. They don’t rehearse, what you see is evolving right before your very ears. This combined with Melville’s unique arranging and songwriting style leaves listeners feeling like the only place they’re going to get this experience is with The Grand Central Band.
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So anybody out there who stumbles ...
So anybody out there who stumbles across this, check these guys out.
Shit they are good, heard them play once and i was hooked
one of my all-time live music ...
one of my all-time live music highlights was the GCB outside Mama Mia's in the middle of Tamaki Drive for the Mission Bay Jazz Festival... with the rain pouring down, a backpack full of heinekens and people dancing everywhere to the phenomenal tunes these guys are famous for, it was ONE GOOD TIME man
to be remembered for years to come - cheers guys!
you can download many of their songs ...
you can download many of their songs from music.download.com
http://music.download.com/grandcentralband/3600-8743_32-100160597.html?t...
agreed.. its good.. here's the blurb from above website:
For almost seven years now THE GRAND CENTRAL BAND have been delighting Auckland listeners. Their distinct sound, heavily influenced by jazz, R&B and blues has evolved over time under the guidance of lead singer Chris Melville. Melville is a self trained vocal phenomenon who can take anything from a classic jazz standard to one of his own catchy originals and turn it into a listening adventure. The Band recently celebrated the release of their second CD, named after the title track “Brightest Star”. All ten tracks on the album are original songs written by Melville and executed beautifully by his talent-laden band. The release of Brightest Star follows “Cook Street Sessions”, their fist album released in 2000. “ People kept asking when we were going to do a new album, so we knew there was a demand out there” says Melville. The line up changes from time to time but the essence of that Grand Central sound always seems to remain. Band members include Hammond whiz Alan Brown, earthy bass player Junior Turua, Guitar genius Joel Haines and the unmistakable quick beats of drummer Josh Sorenson. “Those are our core members at the moment but I play with a lot of other great musicians. We joke about it as the extended family” laughs Melville. They started out playing in Ponsonby at The Grand Central Bar. From those humble beginnings they have gone on to perform at the prestigious APRA Silver Scroll awards, play to a frosty crowd of 12,500 at the Queenstown Winter Festival and join the line up of national and international jazz stars at The Waiheke Jazz Festival. The real point of difference with this band is its jazz roots. They don’t rehearse, what you see is evolving right before your very ears. This combined with Melville’s unique arranging and songwriting style leaves listeners feeling like the only place they’re going to get this experience is with The Grand Central Band.