
More info: Piscataway High School - Girls Varsity Volleyball / OP, OH / Class of 2022 / Piscataway. Much more experimental than previous releases, this album also features artwork by iconic New Zealand artist Martin Poppelwell, and the ever elusive Frank Booker will be doing club remixes of the singles. Watch Vanessa Freemans videos and highlights on Hudl. Vanessa shares vocal duties with Mike Patto and Nathan for the 8-minute epic Etched Into Gold, and Nathan sings the title track Heaven and Earth. The rise of the UK acid jazz scene and funk revival in the early nineties led Vanessa into the studio for the first time. Recorded between Nathan and Joel's studios and Neil Finn's superb Roundhead Studios in Auckland, drummer Mickey Ututaonga is captured to good old fashioned tape, and UK vocalist Kevin Mark Trail features on the dub-heavy single Pathway. Vanessa Freeman once again features on the single It's Alright, and guitarist brother Joel features strongly on material the pair have written together. Heaven and Earth, Nathan's seventh studio album was released on Warner Music in March 2010 to critical acclaim, and the band recently played the main stage at Java Jazz Festival in Jakarta over three nights. Nathan has also recorded an album with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra with arrangements by the grammy award winning Alan Broadbent, and has played many major festivals and clubs throughout the world including the 2010 Java Jazz Festival, Tokyo Blue Note, the North Sea Jazz Festival, London's Jazz Cafe and Ronnie Scotts, and the UK's Southport Weekender.Ĭollaborations and album sessions include Marlena Shaw, Reel People, Jamiroquai, Marco di Marco, 4-Hero, Da Lata, Masters at Work, Louie Vega, and many more.
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His albums Squire for Hire and Soundtravels produced in London by Phil Asher have remained classics, and featured an incredible array of talent including US soul legend Marlena Shaw, UK diva Vanessa Freeman, US poet Rich Medina, Damon Albarn in his D2 guise singing a Steely Dan cover, plus the hit singles Earth is the Place (released on Francois Kervorkian's US label) and Squire for Hire. With seven solo albums, four of those released internationally, and guests spots on hundreds of releases, Nathan Haines has been at the forefront of modern soul, jazz and electronic music for over 20 years.

Lineup: Nathan Haines - saxes/flute/vocals, Vanessa Freeman - vocals, Kevin Mark Trail - vocals, Mike Patto - keyboards, Daniel Crosby - drums, Francis Hylton - bass, Leon Stenning - guitar,Will Fry - percussion
