John McEntire’s deft hands behind the drums

He recorded them while stationed in Pensacola

He is equally inspired by those he has listened to such as Duke Ellington

and was recorded at a crossroads in his career with a group of musicians so unlikely that they were never all in the same room again

Gérald Escot Bocanegra

PETER GUTTERIDGE - Pure LP Jazz John McEntire’s deft hands behindIn the swirl of underground music emerging from Dunedin, New Zealand in the 1980s, Peter Gutteridge stands as one of the eras most intense and shadowy figures. Despite being a founding member of The Clean and The Chills, Gutteridge would eschew indie rock fame for the hypnotic and driving sounds of his later bands such as Snapper. Fittingly, it is PureGutteridges lone solo album of intimate home recordingsthat serves as the most revealing and