Each week the session features compositions by a great jazz artist. The house band open with a couple of tunes and then musicians are invited up to join in.
Featured composer: George Shearing
House Band: Duncan Haynes (P), Phoebe Johnson (B), Mark Lockett (D).
Date and time: Sunday, 22 Nov 2020, 2-4pm
Venue: The Third Eye, 30 Arthur Street, Te Aro
GRG67 is excited to perform exclusively for you, Sat 21st Nov as part of the Wellington Jazz Festival. We will be playing music from our new CD HAPPY PLACE. We love our new album – it’s the sequel to our release The Thing which won the Tui 2018 NZ Jazz Album of the Year. We can’t wait to see you, meet you and play at WJC!
GRG67 – Happy Place Album Launch
Featuring: Roger Manins (s), Mostyn Cole (b), Tristan Deck (d), Michael Howell (g)
Date: Sat 21 Nov 2020, 8pm & 10pm
Venue: Third Eye, 30 Arthur St.
Price: General $15, WJC members $10, and Students with ID $10.
Each week the session features compositions by a great jazz artist. The house band open with a couple of tunes and then musicians are invited up to join in.
Featured composer: Ray Brown
House Band: Duncan Haynes (P), Umar Zakaria (B), Mark Lockett (D)
Date and time: Sunday, 15 Nov 2020, 2-4pm
Venue: The Third Eye, 30 Arthur Street, Te Aro
Local Wellington Trumpeter presents music for Jazz quintet. Mike spent 9 years in New York City, returning to the vibrant Wellington scene in 2017. Mike’s music draws from Pan-American improvised music traditions.
Michael Taylor Quintet
Featuring: Michael Taylor (t), Louisa Williamson (s), Ayrton Foote (p), Chris Beernink (b), John Rae (d)
Date: Thu 12 Nov 2020, 8pm
Venue: The Third Eye, Upstairs at 30 Arthur St. Te Aro
Price: General $15, WJC members $10, and Students with ID $10.
Each week the session features compositions by a great jazz artist. The house band open with a couple of tunes and then musicians are invited up to join in.
Featured composer: Geri Allen
House Band: Ella Dunbar-Wilcox (P), Phoebe Johnson (B), Mark Lockett (D)
Date and time: Sunday, 08 Nov 2020, 2-4pm
Venue: The Third Eye, 30 Arthur Street, Te Aro
Each week the session features compositions by a great jazz artist. The house band open with a couple of tunes and then musicians are invited up to join in.
Featured composer: Bill Evans
House Band: George Maclaurin (P), Seth Boy (B), Mark Lockett (D)
Date and time: Sunday, 01 Nov 2020, 2-4pm
Venue: The Third Eye, 30 Arthur Street, Te Aro
Jasmine Lovell-Smith is a composer and soprano saxophonist based in Wellington. Her music combines influences from jazz, classical, and folk music traditions, and has been described as “arrestingly wry and lyrical” (New York City Jazz Record), “honest, intelligent chamber jazz” (Jazz Times) & “[an] unashamedly rich tapestry of sound” (Dominion Post, NZ). After a number of years based in New York, Connecticut and Mexico, Jasmine rejoined the Wellington scene in 2017. Recent projects have included the Noveltones, the Arthur Street Loft Orchestra, and commissions for the Wellington Jazz Festival and Stroma. Much of Jasmine’s recent work has focused on the intersection of jazz and chamber music, but for this special WJC concert she is looking forward to debuting some new music for the traditional jazz quartet format.
Jasmine Lovell-Smith Quartet
Featuring: Jasmine Lovell-Smith (s), Daniel Hayles (p), Emma Hattaway (b), Hikurangi Schaverien-Kaa (d)
Date: Thu 29 Oct 2020, 8pm
Venue: The Third Eye, Upstairs at 30 Arthur St. Te Aro
Price: General $15, WJC members $10, and Students with ID $10.
Each week the session features compositions by a great jazz artist. The house band open with a couple of tunes and then musicians are invited up to join in.
Featured composer: Cole Porter
House Band: Ayrton Foote (P), Patrick Bleakley (B), Mark Lockett (D)
Date and time: Sunday, 25 Oct 2020, 2-4pm
Venue: The Third Eye, 30 Arthur Street, Te Aro
Each week the session features compositions by a great jazz artist. The house band open with a couple of tunes and then musicians are invited up to join in.
Featured composer: Curtis Fuller
House Band: Alex Boulton (G), Phoebe Johnston (B), Mark Lockett (D)
Date and time: Sunday, 18 Oct 2020, 2-4pm
Venue: The Third Eye, 30 Arthur Street, Te Aro
Ahead of the Wellington Jazz Festival, WJC has been fortunate to have a recipient of the 2020 Wellington Jazz Festival Commissions Anita Schwabe to perform for us. Anita is a Wellington jazz pianist and composer who has studied both here in NZ and overseas at the Koninklijk Conservatorium, Banff Centre for the Arts Canada and Berklee College of Music USA. She has performed at all the major jazz festivals in NZ with her own group and with other NZ and overseas musicians. In 2018 she recorded her album “Eat Your Greens” (available on Rattle Records) and won the APRA composition award for her composition “Spring Tide”.
Anita Schwabe Quartet
Featuring: Anita Schwabe (piano), Nick Tipping (bass), Lance Philip (drums), Callum Allardice (guitar).
Date: Thu 15 Oct 2020, 8pm
Venue: The Third Eye, Upstairs at 30 Arthur St. Te Aro
Price: Tickets available on Eventfinda
General $15, WJC members $10, and Students with ID $10.