The lights have been dimmed, clusters of chairs and tables huddle in front of the stage. A black piano waits in the half-light for the caress of a virtuoso, the microphone invites the voice of a jazz diva...
The stage is set for the festival’s Jazz Club concert series in Baycourt’s Exhibition Space. Pre-order your food platters, relax into your seat and indulge in a helping of the finest jazz music.
NAIROBI TRIO (NZ)
Iconic New Zealand jazz entertainers the NAIROBI TRIO return to Tauranga after an acclaimed European tour and sell-out shows at the Christchurch International Jazz and Blues Festival.
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L.A. MITCHELL (NZ)
A rising star in the New Zealand music scene, songstress L A Mitchell is taking the country by storm. Opening for Stevie Wonder in New Zealand, supporting Dave Dobbyn on his European tour L A Mitchell melds soul and jazz with her soulful and evocative vocals and her cool Rhodes piano playing.
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Phil Broadhurst's - MADE IN NEW ZEALAND (NZ)
In this Celebration of original kiwi music some of New Zealand’s best jazz exponents put a new spin on Kiwi compositions including songs by Split Enz, Stellar* and Fly My Pretties.
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ORQUESTA NUEVA ZELANDA (NZ)
Let’s Go Havana! Orquesta Nueva Zelanda is the country’s only authentic Afro-Cuban ‘Orquesta Tipica Cubana’ specialising in 1950's Cuban sounds. This catchy violin-flute based Afro-Cuban music is the root of the Cha Cha, Mambo and Salsa.
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ZAMBA FLAM (NZ/BRAZIL)
Aotearoa meets Brazil in this night of hot percussive samba rhythms and the exotic sound of the Brazilian drum cuica.
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SAMSOM NACEY HAINES TRIO (NZ)
Three of New Zealand’s top jazz artists perform compositions and improvisations that reflect their passion for jazz music. The result is truly exceptional; brilliantly executed performances that resound with superb playing, impressive arrangements and a unique “sonic footprint”.
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JEWS BROTHERS (NZ)
This irreverent, iconoclastic five-piece always hits the stage in an explosion of energy. With a combination of accordion, mandolin, melodica, saxophone, double bass and zydeco metal wash-board, their wacky eccentricity and seemingly "falling-apart" looseness belies some seriously tight arrangements, stunning musicianship and vocal wizardry.
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ORANGE FESTIVAL BALL - Jazz at the Movies
Fascinating, insightful, delightful! Jazz goes to the Movies. In a festival first, acclaimed British silent movie composer Paul Lewis has created a new music score to accompany an afternoon viewing of rare film footage of life in New Zealand from 1920s to the 1960s.
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