The Secret to Martin Denny’s “Tsetse Fly”
One staple of the classic Denny repertoire is his original, “Tsetse Fly.” We hunt down the reigning king of tsetse flies and learn the secret to how Denny recorded his tune.
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W7 Musician Profile: Abe Lagrimas Jr. (drums, vibes)
In continuing with our promo reels for each WAITIKI 7 musician, this next video highlights the sparkling talent of Abe Lagrimas Jr. who co-founded WAITIKI with Randy Wong in 2003. Abe mainly fills the drum chair in W7, though he has been known to play vibes when duty calls. The video below has clips of him doing both! Check it out.
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06 2009
Hangin’ with Zaccai Curtis, pianist for The WAITIKI 7
We had the chance to sit down with Zaccai Curtis a few weeks ago when he came to Boston on tour with Cindy Blackman’s Explorations Band. Check out the video below… it’s got some teaser audio from the upcoming CD Adventures in Paradise, as well as rare performance footage from W7’s International Debut last summer at Festival Wassermusik (Berlin, Germany).
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06 2009
Vibes demo reel
Just made this demo reel featuring some of Jim Benoit’s vibes work for The WAITIKI 7. We interviewed Jim a few weeks ago about his take on exotica and W7’s new album… check back soon for clips from those tapes.
