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
