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March 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Jazz Festival: 2019 Headliners Announced

The Wellington Jazz Festival usually pulls together a great line-up, we’re talking over 100 gigs in just a few days. A real showcase for local talent – and of course some international headliners. The full reveal is a week or so away – but the international headliners have been confirmed. And it’s one of the best […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2019, 5-9 June, Alicia Olatuja, Ambrose Akinmusire, Ghost-Note, Herbie Hancock, https://www.jazzfestival.nz/, Jazz, Jazz Festival, June, PR, Promo, Wellington, Wellington Jazz Festival, Wellington Jazz Festival: 2019 Headliners Announced, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

John Beasley: MONK’estra, Vol. 2

John Beasley presents… MONK’estra, Vol. 2 Mack Avenue/Southbound You can almost hear the gnashing of the teeth of purists – Why do this to Monk? – but though Volume 2 of Beasley’s reworkings of Monk tunes for his own big band is the inevitable mixed bag (opening with Dontae Winslow’s rap on Brake’s Sake is […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2018), Album Review, Arrangements, Big Band, Covers, Dianne Reeves, Dontae Winslow, Jazz, John Beasley presents…, John Beasley presents…MONK’estra Vol. 2, John Beasley: MONK'estra, Kamasi Washington, Monk, MONK’estra Vol. 2, Reinterpretations, Thelonious Monk, Vol.2, Volume 2, Wellington Jazz Festival, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Jazz Festival 2018: Headliners Announced

The Wellington Jazz Festival returns, 6–10 June 2018, to host an exciting line up of modern jazz greats, including six-time Grammy Award–winner and Director of the legendary Newport Jazz Festival, Christian McBride. Jazz bassist McBride, who has collaborated with heavyweights from Sting to James Brown, will bring his talented new quartet Christian McBride’s New Jawn to open the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Chris "Daddy" Dave, Christian McBride, Drumhedz, Gretchen Parlato, Headliners Announced, https://www.jazzfestival.co.nz/, Jazz, Jazz Festival, June, MONK'estra, Wellington, Wellington Jazz Festival, Wellington Jazz Festival 2018, Wellington Jazz Festival 2018: Headliners Announced, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Jazz Festival: 7-11 June 2017

The Wellington Jazz Festival – always a highlight of the winter months – has announced its 2017 line-up. The international highlights are impressive with Bill Frisell and band (including the multi-talented Petra Haden). Frisell’s playing is legendary and ever-forward, his most recent album When You Wish Upon A Star is a career-best. Superstar drummer Dave […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2017), Announcement, Bill Frisell, Black String, Dave Weckl, Dianne Reeves, Harold López-Nussa Trio, Jazz, Jazz Festival, June, June 7-11, Michael Houstoun, Petra Haden, PR, Promo, Rodger Fox, The Comet Is Coming, The Jac, Wellington Jazz Festival, Wellington Jazz Festival: 7-11 June 2017 ·

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April 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Guest Post: Gig Preview – Mulatu Astatke with the Black Jesus Experience [by Lucien Johnson]

Wellington Jazz Festival, Opera House, Friday June 10th Returning to Ethiopia in the late 1960s after years abroad studying music at Berklee, and gigging and recording in New York, Mulatu Astatke discovered a flourishing music scene. It was the period of the final years of the Haile Selassie reign when the country’s capital was nicknamed […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Africa, Black Jesus Experience, Essay, Ethio-Jazz, Ethiopia, Friday June 10th, Gig Preview, Guest Post, Guest Post: Gig Preview - Mulatu Astatke with the Black Jesus Experience [by Lucien Johnson], Interview, Jazz, Jazz Festival, Lucien Johnson, Mulatu Astatke, Mulatu Astatke with Black Jesus Experience, Opera House, Peter Harper, Preview, Wellington, Wellington Jazz Festival ·

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March 15, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Jazz Festival 2016: First Announcement – Wayne Shorter Quartet (June 8)

During the New Zealand Festival we get a clue about the upcoming Jazz Festival. This year the news is that Wayne Shorter (and his quartet, featuring the incredible Brian Blade) will be performing at Wellington’s Opera House on June 8. Shorter, Blade, John Patitucci and Danilo Perez will put on an incredible show, Shorter, 82, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged @Wellijazzfest, 2016), April 12, Brian Blade, Danilo Perez, Gig Announcement, Jazz, Jazz Fest, John Patitucci, June, June 8, June 8-12, Live, Opera House, Tour Announcement, Twitter, Wayne Shorter, Wayne Shorter Quartet, Wednesday, Wellington, Wellington Jazz Festival, Wellington Jazz Festival 2016: First Announcement – Wayne Shorter Quartet (June 8), Without A Net ·

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June 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Joshua Redman Quartet (June 5, Wgtn)

Joshua Redman Quartet Opera House, Wellington Thursday, June 5 There were no fears that American saxophonist Joshua Redman might be too polished, a bit too clean – not with the interplay from this stunning quartet. We’re lucky to see such talent of course, but where Redman can at times seem sedate on record, here he […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Dominion Post, Gig Review, Jazz, Jazz Festival, Joshua Redman, Joshua Redman Quartet, Live, Live Gig, Wellington Jazz Festival ·

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May 27, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Writing’s In The Past – Playing’s In The Present: Chatting with Chick Corea

Armando Anthony “Chick” Corea, named after his musician father, is a living legend of jazz. One of the few that remains – he’s worked with Miles Davis and Sarah Vaughan, with Stan Getz and Herbie Hancock. You will find him on a stage playing solo piano, or composing for full orchestra. You will find his […]
Posted in Blog, Interviews · Tagged 2014 Jazz Festival, Cab Calloway, Chatting With Chick Corea, Chick Corea, Chick Corea Interview, Circle, Dave Holland, Duets, Duo, Fusion, Gary Burton, Interview, Jazz, Jazz Festival, Miles Davis, Piano, Return to Forever, Sarah Vaughan, Solo PIano, Stan Getz, Wellington Jazz Festival, Writing's In The Past - Playing's In The Present: Chatting with Chick Corea ·

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May 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

All That Jazz and Everything Else: Joshua Redman is Coming (back) to NZ

Joshua Redman is coming to Wellington with his quartet, a group comprised of Aaron Goldberg on piano, Gregory Hutchinson on drums, Reuben Rogers on bass and Redman on tenor, alto and soprano saxophones. It’s one of many musical projects that Redman juggles; the group first started playing together “around 15 years ago”. The “reunited” Joshua Redman […]
Posted in Blog, Interviews · Tagged Dewey Redman, Interview, Jazz, Jazz Festival, John Psathas, Joshua Redman, Joshua Redman Quartet, Live, NZ, Saxophone, The Opera House, Wellington, Wellington Jazz Festival, Wellington Jazz Festival June 2014 ·

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