Wednesday, February 22, 2012

I'm off


Come get boozed, boogie and say so long to me at Mighty Mighty tomorrow night. I'm debuting some originals and also doing some of my favorite tunes including music by Erykah Badu, Gnarls Barkley, Little Dragon and The Temptations.

Wallace xxx

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Blast from the past

Thought I'd post something in anticipation of Kurt Elling heading to our shores. I've been listening to him since about 13.

At the age of 16 I performed "In The Winelight" at our national jazz competition in Tauranga which was judged by Tom Warrington, Joe La Barbera and Larry Koonse. I was lucky enough to receive the "Most Outstanding Musician" award that year.



"In The Winelight" is a tune written by Grover Washington. Kurt Elling wrote lyrics to it and recorded it on his 5th studio album "Man In The Air".