04/04/2016
Jazz Tuis 2016 Winners
This year's winners of the NZ Jazz Awards in Tauranga were Phil Broadhurst and Callum Allardice. Awarded on Easter weekend ...
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Yoko-Zuna: Diversity And Collaboration
Both individually and collectively the four musicians who make up Yoko-Zuna have earned themselves a great reputation in ...
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Macka: Mumbo Jumbo
Kicking off their colourful debut album in style, Rotorua’s Macka (named for bandleader Lindsay ‘Macka’ Mackenzie) ...
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Moments Like These: Chris Priestley
Chris Priestley is a musician who has been pivotal in the Auckland folk music scene for over three decades. He is equally ...
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Glen Wagstaff: Firefly
'Firefly' is the debut album of Christchurch composer Glen Wagstaff along with the Christchurch-based Symposium Jazz Orchestra. ...
READ MORE >Chris Mason-Battley Group: Dialogos
The Chris Mason-Battley Group have gone the distance with 'Dialogos'. They have not just adapted some of John Psathas' suites, ...
READ MORE >Phil Broadhurst Quintet: Panacea
The third part of jazz pianist Phil Broadhurst's 'dedication' trilogy of albums (the others being 2011's 'Delayed Reaction' ...
READ MORE >The Jac: The Green Hour
The second album Wellington jazz ensemble The Jac was recorded by Thom O'Connor and Michael Bell at Christchurch's Orange ...
READ MORE >09/12/2015
Get Yer Kit Off: Hikurangi Schaverien-Kaa
With a playing history that encompasses the diversity of French For Rabbits, Glass Vaults and The Wellington City Shake-Em-On-Downers, ...
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