‘BLACK ORPHEUS’  Overland Tour: Christchurch musicians, Dr Roger Buckton and Kim Rockell will be performing in Greymouth, Westport, Murchison and Stoke from, 10th to 13th November, bringing a programme of Brazilian ballads, jazz standards and classics.   With composers from Jobim to Poulenc and Reinhardt to Takacs they have put together an interesting and varied programme. [...]

Hi Nelson Jazz Club member, Report from the Nelson Jazz Club committee meeting of 17 October, 2011. The three main topics of interest discussed at the meeting were: 1.     Plans for the 2012 High School Bands Competition are proceeding well. Andrew Leachman has drafted a new set of rules that create two categories of band – [...]

  The Nelson Jazz Club proudly presents… Katrina and the Heartbeats    !!! A passionate mix of Rhythm, Blues and Jazz !!! Tuesday night’s lineup of great local musicians backing Katrina includes… Barry Korcheski on keyboards and hammond organ Steve Hainstock on double bass Dean Strayker on guitar Adrian Kingsford on Drums Venue…The Vic Mac’s [...]

The Improvisation Evening event at The Vic on 11 October was a great success with a full schedule of participants.  In fact, Dave North, who organised and compered the evening, had to ask the later participants to shorten their sets in order to finish on time. The support musicians consisted of Chris Baillie (flugelhorn/trumpet), Simon [...]

SOUTH ISLAND MASTERS GAMES: For the first time the SI Masters comes to Nelson 15-23 October. Club member Nev Claughton made contact with the organizers in the early planning stages some months ago and has collaborated with local musicians in putting together a program of events. In particular “The Great Kiwi Bach Party” features The [...]

A reminder that on Tuesday 11 October the Jazz Club will be having an “open mic” night for members and friends at the Vic Rose.  This is as an opportunity for  musicians to play with a solid backing band in front of a friendly and appreciative audience. The backing band is top class – Simon [...]