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Dynamic duo Richard Adams and Nigel Gavin return to Gallery - 26 Apr 2010
Richard Adams and Nigel Gavin – two highly talented musicians in their own right – are performing together at Tauranga Art Gallery at 7.30pm, Friday 30 April, as part of the Arts on Tour New Zealand programme. Richard and Nigel are perhaps most notable as members of the Nairobi Trio and the Jews Brothers. Adams and Gavin have crafted their art in rehearsal rooms and recording studios, presenting their magic in concert halls and to festival audiences at home and internationally. Violinist Richard Adams is a gifted painter whose work has exhibited internationally and who believes that the visual and musical sides of his personality each set the other on fire. Adams has played for many years with Nairobi Trio and is co-founder of Neon Quaver. He has toured extensively with his music, playing at the Edinburgh and Manly International Jazz Festivals and performing sell-out shows at Raffles Hotel in Singapore. Guitarist Nigel Gavin has long been a featured player in New Zealand’s music scene, playing guitar, banjo, mandolin, bass - indeed, almost anything with strings - with the Nairobi Trio, the Fondue Set, the Jews Brothers Band, the Blue Bottom Stompers, Below the Bassline, Jonathan Besser's Bravura, and his own Snorkel, among others. He has also found time to create and mentor the multi-guitar group Gitbox Rebellion and to perform in collaborative ventures such as the free-jazz Vitamin S, often using other instruments such as the Chinese sheng. Gavin has contributed scene-stealing solos to an astonishing variety of musical groups and settings, bringing with him the dedication to the guitar that earned his place in Robert Fripp's legendary League of Crafty Guitarists. Together, these two outstanding musicians produce a rare alchemy where each inspires the other, and the improvisation is instinctively taken in a new and rewarding direction. Tickets to their show are only $25, or $20 for Friends of the Gallery.
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