Pukekohe High School Takes Jazz Big Band Title

A last minute song change may have been just what was needed for Pukekohe High School Stage Band to secure the New Orleans Trophy for Best Big Band in the Port of Tauranga Youth Jazz Competition today.

The 48th National Jazz Festival has just announced the line up of top New Zealand bands and international guests for the iconic Downtown Tauranga Carnival and TV3 Jazz Village as part of the Festival in Tauranga at Easter

Two international music legends, Dr John and Brian Auger, a new jazz fusion club, the premiere of a project marrying music to historic New Zealand film footage, and a tribute to "the greatest female jazz/pop singer of the 20th century" feature in the 48th National Jazz Festival in Tauranga in April 2010.