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Fresh(est) Faces: Aotearoa Jazz Collective

  • NECTAR (Upstairs at The Kingslander) 470 New North Road, Kingsland Auckland, Auckland, 1010 New Zealand (map)

Aotearoa Jazz Collective

Rising stars of the next generation of musicians & Best of Festival winners at the National Youth Jazz Competition.

Handpicked from each corner of the country, The Aotearoa Jazz Collective is a contemporary  jazz ensemble featuring five of the most outstanding young jazz musicians and composers in NZ.

Alex Gibson on piano and sax, and Reiss Fatani on sax and vocals, both from Christchurch, join Hunter Davis (Cambridge) on guitar, Lenny Hoskins (Tauranga) on bass, Mason Johnstone on drums (Hamilton).

Performing with their respective school ensembles, the players have all been finalists and winners at the NZ Young Jazzbandit competition in Wellington.

The AJC recently performed at the National Youth Jazz Competition and won Best of Festival (from 90 bands).

Adjudicator Dr Roger Manins, commented they were ‘the best group he had ever heard at the competition’.

AJC will showcase some choice standards, interesting arrangements, and original compositions.

Don’t miss out! You’ll want to be able to say you saw them when…


FEATURING

Reiss Fatani - vocals, alto sax
Hunter Davis - guitar
Alex Gibson - piano, tenor sax
Lenny Hoskin - upright & electric bass
Mason Johnstone - drums

$40 General Admission
$30 CJC Members
$20 Students / Unwaged (& working musicians)
$10 Under 18 (with legal guardian)

Presale tickets available from Eventfinda

Cash & EFTPOS door sales
unless sold out prior

Doors: 7.30pm
Performance: 8-10pm
with intermission


Nectar Bar

Upstairs at The Kingslander

470 New North Road, Kingsland, Auckland

Fully Licensed
Under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian


CJC events are presented with funding support from Creative New Zealand.


Earlier Event: 3 June
Michal Martyniuk Trio