13/07/2021
Celebrating 30 Years Of Rattle
When NZM last published a feature on Rattle Records, back in 2006, Kiran Dass reported that the three partners in the then ...
READ MORE >14/10/2020
Sola Rosa: Chasing The Sun – Track By Track
Looking at the evolution of Andrew Spraggon’s Sola Rosa over the 19 years since the release of first album ‘Solarized’, ...
READ MORE >08/06/2020
2020 Best Jazz Artist Tui Winners Announced
Dixon Nacey has been awarded the 2020 Best Jazz Artist Tui for his album 'The Edge of Chaos', while Jake Baxendale received ...
READ MORE >25/05/2020
2020 Jazz Awards Finalists
The 2020 Jazz Awards Finalists have been announced with plenty of interesting additions among the category's 'usual' names. The ...
READ MORE >16/10/2019
Vox Pops: Perseverance & Self-Preservation
Working in music is hard. There is a lot of rejection and being ignored in spite of having put in a lot of hard work, and ...
READ MORE >08/07/2019
2019 Matariki Festival, Harmony Hall, Auckland
Photographer Trevor Villers must've had a busy weekend, seeing both Soaked Oats and going to the 2019 Matariki Festival ...
READ MORE >08/04/2019
National Youth Jazz Competition 2019 Winners
The winners of the National Youth Jazz Competition 2019 were announced at Baycourt Community and Arts Centre in Tauranga ...
READ MORE >13/07/2018
Kevin Haines: Playing Bass Now & Then
Kevin Haines is a double bass player who has played in the New Zealand jazz scene for over 50 years. After a long and continuing ...
READ MORE >16/10/2017
Dixon Nacey: On Stage With Jazz Bass Legend David Friesen
David Friesen has performed and/or recorded with the likes of Stan Getz, Michael Brecker, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddy Hubbard, ...
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