Photo: Cliff Leatherbarrow
Nick checks out Jazz Alchemy, a new album by Queenstown-based multi-instrumentalist and composer Cliff Leatherbarrow. It's an eclectic collection of originals, each with a fascinating back story. The album features Cliff Leatherbarrow playing guitars and piano, with band members Oscar Laven, Alex Yevstifeev, Umar Zakaria, Will McClure, and Chaz McLeod.
MUSIC DETAILS:
| # | Artist: | Song: | Composer: | Album | Label: | Duration: |
| 1 | Coleman Hawkins | Sweetnin' | Hawkins | Soul | Prestige | 06:49 |
| 2 | Cliff Leatherbarrow | Conundrum | Leatherbarrow | Jazz Alchemy | private | 05:48 |
| 3 | Cliff Leatherbarrow | Age of Itsudatsu | Leatherbarrow | Jazz Alchemy | private | 05:18 |
| 4 | Cassandra Wilson | St James Infirmary | Mills | Loverly | Blue Note | 04:40 |
| 5 | Cassandra Wilson | Shelter from the Storm | Dylan | Belly of the the Sun | Blue Note | 05:17 |
| 6 | Samara Joy | Guess Who I Saw Today | Boyd / Grand | Linger Awhile | Verve | 04:09 |
| 7 | Samara Joy | Stardust | Carmichael / Parrish | Samara Joy | Whirlwind | 03:51 |
| 8 | Cliff Leatherbarrow | Materia Prima | Leatherbarrow | Jazz Alchemy | private | 03:22 |
| 9 | Cliff Leatherbarrow | The Scrapper | Leatherbarrow | Jazz Alchemy | private | 05:22 |
| 10 | Fiona Pears | Turkish Fantasie | Pears | Fire and Light | Fruitsalada | 05:40 |
