Anthony Donaldson Does A Talk

The Undercurrent presents Anthony Donaldson Does a Talk!

Anthony will try to explain his approach to making music relevant today. Having been a fully committed musician for 50 years he just might succeed. This could be interesting. An evening in four parts: examples of recordings on Anthony's windup gramophone, a talk from Anthony with demonstrations on his classic early drumkit, a conversation between him and Jonny Marks and finally a 10-minute duet. Jonny Marks is one of Aotearoa's more unusual vocalists, having been trained in Mongolian throat singing!

Anthony Donaldson started playing music in 1976. He studied percussion (snare drum) for five years with one of the percussionists from the NZSO. Within seven years he recorded the first creative jazz album with the Primitive Art Group. By 1986 he had played on six records, all of them on Braille Records, their own label. Two albums followed in the late 80s…