“Innocent Dreamer” – Album Launch

One of Australia’s most prominent jazz saxophonists, Jamie Oehlers, teams up one of the hottest young jazz talents around, pianist Tal Cohen, to create some inspirational and thought provoking music.

The two have been performing together now for nearly 10 years in a variety of settings, teaming up with artists like Ari Hoenig and Robert Hurst and performing together in various ensembles. This setting allows for an exploration of melody and space, tone and dynamics.

This duo perform music from the great American songbook, as well as original material composed specifically for this project, Innocent Dreamer.

Tal and Jamie Ohelars
Featuring: Tal Cohen (p) and Jamie Ohelrs (s)
Date: Mon 25 Sep 2017
Venue: Pyramid Club, 272 Taranaki St.
Time: 8pm
Price: $25 General, $20 Members and Students with ID

Saxophonist and composer Dave Wilson presents a new quintet featuring Michael Taylor on trumpet, Callum Allardice on guitar, Hikurangi Schaverien-Kaa on drums, and Chris Beernink on bass.

Dave grew up outside Chicago before moving to Los Angeles, where he was based until 2016 when he moved to Wellington. He has collaborated as a player and composer across many genres of improvised music including contemporary classical music, the maqam tradition of the middle east and central Asia, and jazz, electronic, and traditional music of Macedonia and other areas of southeastern Europe. The quintet will be showcasing primarily brand new compositions along with other original music.

Dave Wilson Quintet
Featuring: Michael Taylor (t), Callum Allardice (g), Hikurangi Schaverien-Kaa (d), Chris Beernink (b) and Dave Wilson (s).
Date: Thurs 21 Sep 2017
Venue: Pyramid Club, 272 Taranaki St.
Time: 8pm
Price: $10 General, $5 Members and Students with ID

We are ‘Interim’. Fresh out of our honours year at the NZSM, Interim have gravitated towards a less traditional jazz repitoire and have taken a more modern, culturally diverse approach. We are ready to show our compositions and interpretations of our favourite music to the greater Wellington music appreciators!

Interim
Featuring: Sam Smith-Nakamura (g), Fraser Walker (p), Chris Beernink (b) and Luther Hunt (d)
Date: Thurs 7 Sep 2017
Venue: Pyramid Club, 272 Taranaki St.
Time: 8pm
Price: $10 General, $5 Members and Students with ID