Nigel Gavin
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Nigel Gavin |
| background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| birth_place | New York, US |
| instrument | Composer, guitar, mandolin, glissentar, bass guitar |
| years_active | 1974–present |
| label | Ode Records |
| associated_acts | Nairobi Trio |
| Jews Brothers | |
| Robert Fripp & The League of Crafty Guitarists | |
| Gitbox Rebellion | |
| The Blue Bottom Stompers | |
| Bravura | |
| Whirimako Black | |
| website | www.nigelgavin.com |
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| name = Nigel Gavin | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_place =New York, US | birth_date = | instrument = Composer, guitar, mandolin, glissentar, bass guitar | years_active = 1974–present | label = Ode Records | associated_acts = Nairobi Trio Jews Brothers Robert Fripp & The League of Crafty Guitarists Gitbox Rebellion The Blue Bottom Stompers Bravura Whirimako Black | website = www.nigelgavin.com
Nigel Gavin is a New Zealand-based musician and composer, best known as a guitar player.
Discography
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| Date | Title | Label | Catalog Number | Artist/Group | Solo | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Music For Flem | |||||
| thrum001 | ||||||
| 2003 | Thrum | |||||
| Ode Records | thrum002 | |||||
| 2007 | Visitation | |||||
| Ode Records | thrum003 | |||||
| 2017 | Waggle Dance | |||||
| Thrum Records | ||||||
| Songs from down the Line | indie | Richard Watt | ||||
| ***Kura Huna *** | Mai music | Whirimako Black | ||||
| 1993 | Living in Exile | |||||
| Wayward/Sony Music NZ | Wayne Gillespie | |||||
| 2006 | Live at the Bunker with Wayne Gillespie | Wayward Music | WM006 | Wayne Gillespie and Nigel Gavin | ||
| The Nairobi Trio Live | Manu | Manu 1338 | the Nairobi Trio | |||
| Through the Clouds | manu | manu 1432 | nairobi trio | |||
| Shelf Life | Zulu zcd001 | Nairobi Trio | ||||
| Live at the McDonald Winery | Zulu zcd002 | Nairobi trio | ||||
| The Jew Brothers live at Gerhards | rouge records | the Jews Brothers | ||||
| My Yiddish Swing | rouge records | The Jews Brothers | ||||
| the Braeburn album | rouge records | the Jews Brothers | ||||
| Too much Talent | rouge records | the Jews Brothers | ||||
| Mr. Darwin's Dances | atoll | acd 200 | Besser & Bravura | |||
| You Got Your Wish | atoll | acd 302 | Bravura | |||
| Music for Peace vol. one | unsung | unsung 109 | Bravura and Friends | |||
| Turn | rattle | rat do13 | Bravura | |||
| New Orleans Gumbo Jazz-Live | bbs | bbs 102 | The Blue Bottom Stompers | |||
| "But is it Folk?" | bbs | bbs 103 | The Blue Bottom Stompers | |||
| Live on Waiheke Island Jazz festival | bbs | bbs 104 | The Blue Bottom Stompers | |||
| Pesky Digits | rattle | rattle doo1 | Gitbox Rebellion | |||
| Touch Wood | rattle / DGM | rat doo5/ DGM 9511 | Gitbox Rebellion | |||
| Different Tracks | rattle | rat DOO3 | Misc. | |||
| Parting Shots | Ode | CDODE 1290 | Last Man Down | |||
| King of the Mercuries | ODE | CD Manu 1526 | Ross Mullins and the Snaps | |||
| Tidemarks | Red Shaver | RS 101 | Ross Mullins | |||
| 1991 | Show of Hands | EG | EEG 2102-2 | Robert Fripp & the League of Crafty Guitarists | ||
| Intergalactic Boogie Express | DGM | DGM 9502 | Robert Fripp & the League of Crafty Guitarists | |||
| 2005 | ***Clean Break *** | global routes | Lorina Harding | |||
| 2007 | East of the Sun | global roots music | CM001 | Carolina Moon | ||
| precious legacy | johnathan besser and co | |||||
| Welcome to the Big Room | jazzscore | CD001 | Trip to the Moon | |||
| 2008 | Ecstacy | attar | attar1003 | Bravura | ||
| Kokomo, In The Well | jayrem | BRPCD009 | Kokomo | |||
| 2009 | Famous Blue Raincoat EP | wayward music | na | famous blue raincoat/Wayne Gillespie Rob Grosser | ||
| 2009 | Recent Works | Ode | manu 3004 | Nigel Gavin and Richard Adams (violinist) | ||
| A Job with the Circus | Ode records | dvdmanu 8005 | Nigel Gavin | |||
| 2010 | Decadence Live | Atoll | ACD 409 | Besser & Bravura | ||
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References
- Trevor Reekie, Moments Like These: Nigel Gavin, NZ Musician, 2009. Vol: 14 No: 8
- Andrew Healey, Nigel Gavin – One out of the Box, NZ Musician, 2007. Vol: 13 No: 4
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