Arturo Báez & Blair Latham Quartet (Mexico/NZ)
Mexican bassist Arturo Báez and NZ saxophonist Blair Latham reunite, years after their time playing together in Mexico City.
Arturo Báez is a double and electric bassist whose music moves between jazz, free improvisation and spontaneous collective creation.
For more than 15 years, he has been an active presence in Mexico’s improvised music scene, collaborating with internationally acclaimed artists including Ken Vandermark, Joe Morris, Chris Corsano, Michael Zerang, Sam Newsome and Isaiah Collier. His international work includes performances at the No Idea Festival in Austin and across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Blair Latham is a Wellington-based saxophonist, composer and multi-instrumentalist with a deep love of the bass clarinet. With a prodigious technique and an expansive creative vision inspired by the likes of John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman he can be found lending his talents to a diverse range of projects from Jazz to Pop to avant-garde around our capital city.
Arturo and Blair began their musical journey together when Blair moved to Mexico City in 2010 and became an integral part of the jazz and improv scenes. Both being in demand players, they were inevitably thrown together in many of the top creative projects that performed at the main jazz clubs of the day (El Zinco, Jazzatlan, Jazzorca).
Since Blair moved back to NZ, they have maintained a strong connection, and look forward to sharing their original compositions and improvisations with New Zealand audiences. Blair brings with him locals Rosie Langabeer, and Chris O’Connor to round out the quartet.
FEATURING
Arturo Baez - double bass
Blair Latham - saxophones/woodwinds
Rosie Langabeer - piano
Chris O'Connor - 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
The Kingslander
Come upstairs to Nectar bar.
470 New North Road, Kingsland, Auckland
Fully Licensed
Under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian
Supported by funding from Creative New Zealand
