Jada Jazz is looking for a bass player and a guitar player to join their successful local band.   The band currently features clarinet, trumpet, piano and drums and plays traditional standards and blues, and some dixie. The band plays regularly around Nelson – it is on the Jazz club roster playing on a Tuesday evening [...]

The Nelson Jazz Club Big Band will be performing at Motueka on Monday February 6 – Waitangi Day. The Band will be playing from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the Hotel Motueka, 77 High Street, after the conclusion of the Motueka River Raft Race – where homemade rafts will be negotiating 7 kilometers of the Motueka [...]

Jan  31   Katrina and the Heartbeats Feb 7     Jasper (Trudi Wilson’s new group) Feb 14   Free Wheelin’ Feb 21   Breezin’ Feb 28   Nightcaps (Andrew Leachman’s new group) Mar 6    MINT (Liam Ryan’s new group) Mar 13  BT Groove (Barry Korcheski’s new group) Mar 20  Katrina and the Heartbeats Mar 27  Brandy Creek Apr 3     [...]

BABY G’S LOUNGE CALLING ALL CABERET, SINGERS, PIANISTS & JAZZ ENTHUSIASTS!!!! WE ARE LOOKING FOR PAIRS, TRIOS & GROUPS TO PERFORM AT OUR COCKTAIL LOUNGE BAR.  ARE YOU A JAZZ SINGER? ARE YOU A PIANIST? DO YOU PLAY AN INSTRUMENT? WE ARE INTERESTED IN BURLESQUE AND CURRENTLY HAVE THESE FABULOUS PERFORMANCES FROM TIME TO TIME, [...]

Hi everybody and a Happy New Year. Obviously, the headline topic was the Nelson Jazz & Blues Festival and what a great job Liam and Amanda Ryan did organising it and making it run smoothly. Liam will be submitting a full report during the next week or two and we will have a debriefing meeting [...]