Nelson Jazz Club

The Nelson Jazz Club Big Band will be performing at The Playhouse on Saturday 5^th July from 8:00pm.  The evening has a 1940s theme and will also feature the fabulous Flightless Birds and their Andrews Sisters routine with the Big Band rhythm section.

There is a door charge of $10.00.  Reservations for meals can be made on 540-2958.

The monthly Nelson Jazz Club gig will be held from 8 pm on Wednesday 2nd July featuring “Hardlines Jazz” with local  veteran saxophone player Andrew Leachman helped and supported by keyboard wizard Dai Minamizawa plus the wonderfully talented Paul Gilmore on bass and time keeper extra ordinary, Simon Terrill.

Club Members and Bar Berlin patrons can expect to hear spontaneous interpretations of melodies by Roland Kirk, Hank Mobley, Monk, Rollins and Mingus. Older members of the club might recall the “Hardlines” group playing at the old Hotel Nelson, which once stood on the current site of the Nelson Museum. In addition to playing for the Al Leonard Band, Andrew enjoyed a long term musical relationship with fellow saxophone player and arranger George Jury, sadly now retired. Andrew currently plays baritone saxophone with the Nelson Jazz Club Big Band.

You have two opportunities to catch Dayna Sanerivi’s wonderful vocals this week:

• On Thursday the 26th, she will be at the Sprig & Fern from 7:30 pm with Reuben Derrick on sax, Daisuke Minamizawa on keyboard and Paul Gilmour on bass.  Entry is free and the set list will be mostly jazz standards.
• Then on Saturday the 28th, she will be at Bar Berlin from 9:00 pm with Reuben Derrick on Sax, Paul Gilmour on guitar, Drew Matheson on drums and Dayna also playing keyboard.  Entry is free and the set list will include Dayna’s originals and covers.

And another reminder that Hot Pompe will be at The Boathouse this Friday (27th) starting at 7:30 pm (see June 10th post for details Upcoming Jazz at the Boathouse).  Entry is a gold coin donation.

The 2014 Nelson Jazz Club Youth Jazz Competition is being held this Sunday, 22nd June at the Boathouse.

To kick off the day, there will also be two workshops run by visiting tutors from the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology.  The cost for participating adults will be $5 for both workshops – participating students are free.  The schedule is as follows:

10:00
Blues Harmonisation Workshop – Craig Agnew

Guitarist Craig Agnew has been performing on stage since age 4 and has been involved in many varied musical projects since then, from rock bands to musical theatre to jazz.  He has a Bachelor of Musical Arts and has been a tutor at the Nelson School of Music and more recently, NMIT for the past 12 years, teaching a wide range of music-related subjects.  His latest projects include writing the soundtrack for a locally produced documentary and playing guitar in the gypsy jazz group, Thieving Gypsies.

11:00
Improvisation Workshop – Gwyn Reynolds

Gwyn Reynolds is the programme leader of the C.P.I.T. Jazz School, where he teaches specialist ensembles, improvisation, and saxophone.  He is a regular performer at Jazz and Blues festivals throughout the country, is highly experienced as a judge of youth jazz competitions, and a great fan of Dexter Gordon.

12:30 – 4:00

Youth Jazz Competition, featuring 2 Big bands and 7 Jazz Combos.

Gold coin donation for adults.

4:00 – 5:00

Concert by Nelson Youth Jazz Orchestra, featuring the visiting tutors, Chris Harris and Liam Ryan.

Refreshments etc
Coffee, soft drinks and snacks from 12:00 onwards.  The bar will also be open.

Please come along.  It will be  day of fantastic jazz, and a chance to show your support for some of the upcoming Jazz talent in the Nelson region.

We are starting to see the popular Manouche Gypsy band, Hot Pompe, performing more in Nelson including at the Sprig & Fern (Hardy Street) this Thursday 19^th June from around 7:00pm.

The band features Pete Rainey (violin), Paul Gilmour (guitar), Dean Straker (guitar), Dion Te Momo (guitar) and Glenn Common (bass). This popular venue was packed the last time they played there, so get there early and enjoy.

It’s that time again when young musicians from all over Nelson and Richmond are practising for the Nelson Jazz Club – Youth Jazz Competitions, which will be held on Sunday 22 June at the Boathouse.

The day’s programme begins with workshops starting at 10am. The first is a session of Blues Harmonisation with Craig Agnew. The second starting at 11am is about Improvisation with Gwyn Reynolds. Workshops are free to students and $5 for adults covering both sessions.

The competitions, featuring College and High School bands, begins at 12.30pm. The programme will end with a performance by the Nelson Youth Jazz Orchestra with guests Gwyn Reynolds (sax), Chris Harris (trumpet) and Craig Agnew (guitar), and this will be followed by prize giving. The concert will start at about 4.15pm. Entry to the competition and concert is a gold coin for adults.

Judges
We are very lucky to have two professional music tutors joining our own Annabel Boyes to make up the Judging panel:

• Gwyn Reynolds – Gwyn is the programme leader of the C.P.I.T. Jazz School, where he teaches specialist ensembles, improvisation, and saxophone. He is a regular performer at Jazz and Blues festivals throughout the country, is highly experienced as a judge of youth jazz competitions, and a great fan of Dexter Gordon.

• Craig Agnew – Guitarist Craig Agnew has been performing on stage since age 4 and has been involved in many varied musical projects since then, from rock bands to musical theatre to jazz. He has a Bachelor of Musical Arts and has been a tutor at the Nelson School of Music and more recently, NMIT for the past 12 years, teaching a wide range of music-related subjects. His latest projects include writing the soundtrack for a locally produced documentary and playing guitar in the gypsy jazz group, Thieving.

• Annabel Boyes – Annabel is well known in Nelson as a performer. She plays for Freewheelin’, a local jazz band, and is also lead tenor saxophone for the Nelson Jazz Club Big Band. She brings with her the experience that comes from playing in Big Bands since she was big enough to hold a saxophone.

There are some great opportunities for jazz at the Boathouse this month.  First the well known local band Freewheelin’ will be playing this Friday, 13 June, at 7:30 pm with free entry.

Then on Friday 27th of June, Hot Pompe will be playing at 7:30 pm.  Hot Pompe is an acoustic swing band playing music in the style of the famous Quintet of the Hot Club of France, which was formed in Paris in 1934, and featured the phenomenal talents of guitarist Django Reinhardt alongside violin virtuoso Stephane Grappelli.  Hot Pompe played two packed out concerts in last year’s Arts Festival, and for this show they will be joined by Reuben Derrick on clarinet. Transport yourself back to Europe of the 1940’s and experience a night of Parisian Cafe Swing.  The band includes:

Pete Rainey – violin
Dion Te Mono – guitar
Dean Straker – guitar
Paul Gilmour – guitar
Glenn Common – bass
Reuben Derrick – clarinet (special guest)

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