Rodger Fox Photo: Victoria University
Nick Tipping pays tribute to NZ jazz legend Rodger Fox, who has died aged 71.
The jazz legend founded the Rodger Fox Big Band in 1973 and toured extensively here and overseas, playing at international jazz festivals including Montreux, Monterey and New Orleans.
He also taught at the New Zealand School of Music in Wellington.
Nick Tipping taught alongside Rodger at the NZSM and was the bass player for the Rodger Fox Big Band for many years.
In this show, he remembers his colleague and friend and looks back at his stellar career.
Listen to Rodger tell his life story to Nick Tipping in this podcast from SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music.
MUSIC DETAILS:
| # | Artist: | Song: | Composer: | Album | Label: | Duration: |
| 1 | Quincy Conserve | Roundhouse | Miller | HMV | 03:16 | |
| 2 | The 1860 Band | That's the Kind of Love I've Got for You | Parks / Fletcher | The 1860 Band | Ode | 04:07 |
| 3 | The Rodger Fox Big Band | Montreux Suite I | R Fox | Live at the 14th Montreux International Jazz Festival | Ode | 07:03 |
| 4 | The Rodger Fox Big Band | TONJ Stomp | R Fox | Live at the 14th Montreux International Jazz Festival | Ode | 06:01 |
| 5 | The Rodger Fox Big Band ft David Feehan | Go Down Gambling | Clayton-Thomas | The New York Tapes | Ode | 06:06 |
| 6 | Rodger Fox's Wellington Jazz Orchestra / Alan Broadbent | Bebop and Roses | Broadbent | Journey Home | Tbone | 04:48 |
| 7 | The Rodger Fox Wellington Jazz Orchestra | Just Squeeze Me | Ellington / Gaines | The Capitol Sessions | Rattle Jazz | 05:50 |
| 8 | Rodger Fox Big Band | Love You Like I Should | Dobbyn | Reimagined! the Rodger Fox Big Band plays Sir Dave Dobbyn | private | 05:39 |
| 9 | Rodger Fox Big Band | Slice of Heaven | Dobbyn | Reimagined! the Rodger Fox Big Band plays Sir Dave Dobbyn | private | 05:39 |
