CHARMAINE FORD
NICK TIPPING
RICHARD WISE
LIVE AT SANDWICHES
LIVE CD Release, Wednesday 25/7/2007
Down Courtenay Place way, every Wednesday evening, the mood at Sandwiches kicks back with glass clinking, foot tapping
sonic jazz grooves. Led by the Ford / Tipping / Wise Trio, the weekly residency at Sandwiches was recently recorded for
posterity and the band is proud to release their debut live CD this July.
Live At Sandwiches by Charmaine Ford, Nick Tipping and Richard Wise features eight tracks from the live recordings made
on 30th August and 6th September 2006. The trio have been jamming jazz, acoustic and Latin flavors at Sandwiches lounge
bar for over three years, and it was Nick’s idea to create a live album.
“I thought it would be a good idea to have some kind of record of the fun the trio has had at Sandwiches over the last
few years” says the Wellington musician and lecturer.
Fellow musician and engineer, Nick Granville, recorded the two gigs and the Ford / Tipping / Wise Trio mixed the album.
Mastering is by Neil Maddever, and design and format by Nick Tipping and Charmaine Ford.
The Wednesday night residency attracts regular listeners as well as guest musicians such as Johnny Lippiett, Colin
Hemmingsen, Nick Van Dijk, and Roger Sellers.
Nathan Haines was in the house recently. “These guys were swinging! No doubt this record will capture some of the
intensity and interplay I experienced when seeing these guys at Sandwiches, a great Wellington institution” says Nathan.
Sandwiches, voted NZ’s Night Club Of The Year by Bartender magazine is probably better known for more of a lean towards
dance, drum ‘n’ bass and other DJ style phat beats. Earlier this year Sandwiches launched the Summerset live music
series at the Basin Reserve and with the upcoming approach of a Fourth Birthday looks set to continue supporting
innovative local culture and cuisine.
Live At Sandwiches CD available at Sandwiches http://www.sandwiches.co.nz plus Real Groovy Records & other good record stores nationwide.
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BIOGRAPHY
Ford / Tipping / Wise Trio
Pianist and composer Charmaine Ford was born in Tauranga. She moved to Auckland at the age of eight, already with two
years piano training, and from there rapidly progressed in her music career. Shortly after leaving high school,
Charmaine won several national awards including Best Pianist, and Best Combo at the annual National Tauranga Jazz
Festival Competitions. She was also awarded Jazz Musician of the Year by the Auckland Jazz Workshop in ‘98 and ‘99.
At age 19, Charmaine received a Travel Grant Scholarship from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM)
to study in London, where she gained her diploma in teaching. Charmaine has toured throughout New Zealand and Australia
with her own group the Charmaine Ford Trio and has been invited to perform at all of New Zealand's leading jazz
festivals. Ford has worked with numerous artists and groups including the NZSO, Tim Beveridge, Frankie Stevens, Roger
Fox, and The Vector Wellington Orchestra.
Charmaine currently teaches privately and at the NZ School of Music in Wellington.
Nick Tipping is Wellington born and raised. He has had a varied musical career, including stints with orchestras and
choirs, before picking up the bass. He studied bass at the Massey University Conservatorium (now the NZ School of Music)
and at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His playing career took him to all the major showrooms in Las Vegas, as well
as Los Angeles, Italy and South Korea, and an audience with US President Bill Clinton.
He returned to NZ in 2003, and has worked around the country in many different musical contexts. He toured with Nathan
Haines, Marlena Shaw and the NZSO in 2005, played with Chris de Burgh at the Mission Estate concert in 2006, and played
bass on all 3 seasons of Dancing with the Stars.
Nick is also active as a jazz educator, and is currently Head of Jazz at the New Zealand School of Music, well known as
NZ’s highest-profile jazz school. He is also a versatile reviewer, with reviews published on scoop.co.nz, and NZ Opera
News.
Richard Wise has performed extensively as a drummer and percussionist throughout the country. Lending a distinctive
style to some of the nation's finest musicians and projects, his musical versatility has been proven in a wide variety
of creative collaborations. Notable credits include performances with the NZSO, Chris de Burgh, Tim Beveridge, The
Vector Wellington Orchestra, Ali Harper, The Harbour City Electric, Soul Estate, the Charmaine Ford Trio, and the Tui
award-winning Kevin Clark Trio. Richard has also been frequently involved in musical theatre, including major
productions of Grease Is The Word, Once Were Warriors the Musical, and the instant cult classic, Troy the Musical.
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