3 Apr 2021

Worlds of Music episode 225 features Pacific Music Pioneer Bill Sevesi

From Worlds of Music, 2:00 pm on 3 April 2021
Pacific Music Pioneer Bill Sevesi

Pacific Music Pioneer Bill Sevesi Photo: Supplied

 

Episode 225 features an interview with the late Tongan born musician, Bill Sevesi (born Wilfred Jeffs), a much loved musician who during the early 1950’s, in the Auckland inner city suburb of Newton, played a residency with his band, Bill Sevesi and the Islanders at the Orange Ballroom that lasted for 16 years . He has mentored many musicians, recorded a large catalogue of albums and fulfilled his dream of ukuleles being taught to kids in schools. The interview was conducted at his home in Mt Roskill when Bill was 92 and was about to be honored as the 2015 APRA Inductee into the NZ Music Hall of Fame. His self-taught virtuosity on the Hawaiian steel guitar was his passport to global recognition as well as leaving an indelible stamp on Polynesian culture in Aotearoa.  

 

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Natalia Mann
 GüL ÇAyı
Natalia Mann
Pasif.Ist
Rattle records

Orchestre Laye Thiam
Sanga Té
Orchestre Laye Thiam
Senegal 70 (Sonic Gems from the 70s)
Analog Records

Bill Sevesi and the Islanders
Polynesian love Songs
Bill Sevesi
Polynesian Love Songs
Tanza

Toumani Diabaté And The London Symphony Orchestra
Haïnamady Town
Toumani Diabaté
Kôrôlén,
World Circuit

Bill Sevesi (feat Bill Wolfgram)
Bill Sevesi and his Islanders
Tiger Shark
Hodgkinson
25 Hawaiian Favourites
Ode Records

Sione Aleke
Loka Siliva
Trad arr Aleke
n/a
Rajon Music Group

Bill Sevesi
Tahiti Nui
Sevesi
The Magic Steel Guitar
Rajon Music Group

Bill Sevesi
Meama Chimes
Sevesi
Hawaiian Favourites
Ode Records

Bill Sevesi
Hula Lady
Sevesi
Hula Lady
Rajon Music Group

Bill Sevesi Team
Isa Lei
trad – arranged Bill sevesi
Bamboo Island
Rajon Music group

Bill Sevesi
Steel Guitar Haunt With The Viking Studio Orchestra
Sevesi
25 Hawaiian Favourites
Ode Records

Tex Morton
Teardrops in my heart
Morton
A Cowboys Life is good enough for me
Jasmine Records

Bill Sevesi
Come To Me With Mavis Rivers
Blennerhaasset, Kay
25 Hawaiian Favourites
Ode Records

Bill Sevesi
Analani E With Daphne Walker
Usaarca, Gerda
25 Hawaiian Favourites
Ode Records

Bill Sevesi
Waihi Moon With Daphne Walker
Bill Sevesi
25 Hawaiian Favourites
Ode Records

Ronnie Sunden & Will Jess and the Jessters
Sea of Love\
Baptiste
Kiwi Nostalgia Hits of the 60’s
BMG

Ronnie Sunden & Will Jess and the Jessters
Bye Baby Goodbye
Frank McNutty
Ronnie
Viking Records

Bill Sevesi
South Sea Affair With Trevor Edmondson
Edmondson
25 Hawaiian Favourites
Ode Records

3000 kiwileles
Mai
n/a
2013 New Zealand Ukulele Festival
courtesy of New Zealand Ukulele Trust

Debashish Bhattacharya
Anandi on the Loose
Debashish Bhattacharya
Hawaii to Calcutta: A Tribute to Tau Moe
Riverboat Records
 

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