Auckland based drummer and composer Thomas Friggens presents a new collection of work, drawing on jazz, contemporary music and improvisation and bringing together a dynamic ensemble: Frank Talbot on saxophone, Calum Dundas on guitar, David Schaevitz on bass and Rory Johns on keys.
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Bill Liu is an emerging guitarist and composer currently completing his jazz studies at the University of Auckland. For this performance, Bill presents a new project centred around his original compositions, drawing inspiration from modern jazz figures such as Wayne Shorter and Joe Henderson. Bill is joined by Lucas Kewell on piano (recently back from his studies in Switzerland), Wil Goodinson on upright bass, and introduces drummer ZB Wu, from Shanghai.
Don’t miss this special international collaboration!
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Mexican bassist Arturo Báez reunites with Wellington saxophonist Blair Latham, rekindling a musical connection from their shared time in Mexico City, with locals Rosie Langabeer and Chris O’Connor.
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Two up and coming band leaders make their CJC debut: saxophonist Shane Warman, and trombonist David Fromont both bring quintets to present their original music.
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Pianist Rory Johns brings his ensemble to CJC for the first time, with Bryn Van Vliet, Evie Bamford, Pete Nola, Tom Dennison and Jeremy Richardson.
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Guitarist Dr Quentin Angus brings a genre-defying international jazz & hip-hop collaboration, featuring NZ MC Mazbou Q (The Rap Scientist) with Zoe Sparks, Kenneth Salters (USA) and Moto Fukushima (Japan), performing their new album “Time Cycles”.
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Aussie powerhouse composer and improviser Zac Hurren is joined by Jeff Henderson, Wil Goodinson and Finn McNeill, for an introduction to CJC.
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Recently emerging from an enchanted grove in Glen Eden, Druid Bop conjures up a sonic alchemy that could be described as somewhere between ‘Psychedelic Proto-Bebop’, and ’Shamanistic World Music’, led by Pōneke born guitar-wizard Aleister Campbell with Mostyn Cole, Andy Keegan, and Iggy Nama Ruci.
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ARIA-nominated ALLY unites some of Australia’s leading jazz, Afro-Latin and world music artists moving between traditional Afro-Peruvian festejo and landó, Cuban son and rumba, Andalusian tangos and bulerías and contemporary jazz inspired original compositions. Featuring saxophonist Gai Bryant, legendary trombonist James Greening, pianist Ed Goyer, Peruvian percussion master Giorgio Rojas and bassist Dave Quinn.
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Presented in association with the Wahine in Jazz collective, Cold-Flame is the brainchild of Wyn Leng, a young and rising vocalist and singer-songwriter who moved to Aotearoa from China in 2021. She brings an array of original compositions inspired by other art forms like poetry, paintings, and films, with Iggy Nama Ruci, Michael Nash, Tyler Diprose and Max Crook.
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Stalwart local sideman Wil Goodinson brings his own compositions to CJC for just the second time as leader, with Frank Talbot, Michael Nash, and Max Crook.
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Wellington-based dynamic saxophonist & multi-instrumentalist Oscar Lavën joins forces with heavyweight Auckland musicians Jonathan Crayford, Aleister Campbell, David Schavits and Thomas Friggens.
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Acclaimed tenor & soprano saxophonist & composer Bernard van Rossum visits Aotearoa for the first time, with Kevin Field, Tom Dennison & Ron Samsom.
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Grammy-nominated saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Patrick Bartley Jr. visits Aotearoa for the first time, for a special CJC event at The Tuning Fork.
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A new ensemble of musicians who’ve played together a lot, just not at once. Bringing together Ben & Lance McNicoll, Mostyn Cole, and Steve Cournane, to present new and old tunes.
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The Miro Holland Group brings their sound from Pōneke, for their CJC debut! Trumpeter/composer Miro Holland is joined by Theo Thompson, Evie Patterson, Ateo Buhne, and Tāmaki Makaurau locals Iggy Nama Ruci and Michael Nash.
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Wahine in Jazz present two band-leaders making their CJC debut: bassist Imogen Pearce, and vocalist Ella Jean.
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Bassist Benjamin J Shepherd, recently returned from a stellar career as a session and jazz player in LA, brings together a group of young lions: JY Lee, Joe Kaptein and Elijah Whyte.
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Saxophonist & flautist Iggy Nama Ruci brings his fiery quartet to CJC for the first time! Featuring Michael Nash, Wil Goodinson and Max Crook.
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Alan Brown celebrates the lyricism, sophistication, and enduring legacy of one of jazz’s most influential voices on piano, Bill Evans, with Mostyn Cole and Stephen Thomas.
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Leading Australian saxophonist Andy Sugg returns to CJC with a stellar double tenor quintet lineup, featuring Roger Manins, Kevin Field, and Wellingtonians Umar Zakaria and Mark Lockett. Don’t miss the fireworks!
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Local luminary pianist and composer Kevin Field returns to CJC, this time in a trio format, with Mostyn Cole and Stephen Thomas, to preview music from his forthcoming album.
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Miles Boermans fits in a long-overdue CJC performance as bandleader, before he heads off for further study in The Netherlands. He’s joined by Alex Pipes, Andrew Isdale, Wil Goodinson and Elijah Whyte. Come and wish him “goede reis” before he goes!
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Saxophonist Frank Talbot returns to CJC with his Franktastic Four, featuring Jake Krishnamurti, Miles Boermans, Winton Newman and Thomas Friggens.
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The freshest faces we’ve ever presented at CJC, the Aotearoa Jazz Collective brings together some of the rising stars of the next generation from around New Zealand.
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Polish-born pianist Michal Martyniuk returns to CJC, with a new album, plus more new tunes, with his local collaborators Ben Turua & Ron Samsom. Contemporary sounds that groove!
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A new quartet featuring Roger Manins on saxophone and two rising stars of NZ jazz - Mason Johnstone on the drums and Lenny Hoskin on the bass, both award winners at the 2026 National Jazz Festival youth competition
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Guitarist Alex Pipes returns to CJC with new unreleased tunes and his stellar group: Andrew Isdale, Miles Boermans, Wil Goodinson and Elijah Whyte.
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GRG67 is back! Mutated into a new form, with Roger Manins, Michael Howell, Tristan Deck, and a new limb, Wil Goodinson!
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Cameron Kelso presents a lovingly adventurous exploration of the music of saxophone great Joe Henderson, through the medium of graphic scores. Absolutely unique in concept and execution. Don’t miss this feast for the ears and eyes.
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Acclaimed pianist & composer Jonathan Crayford presents new music in an electric trio, with Wil Goodinson & Max Crook. Always exciting, don’t miss out!
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Acclaimed New York-based guitarist Rory Stuart visits Aotearoa for the first time, performing his original music with Alan Brown & Ron Samsom.
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Experimental music for three bands at once! LCR (Left, Centre, Right) is a madcap ensemble from the mind of saxophonist and composer Callum Passells, featuring three sax/bass/drums 'trios' playing together - sometimes in beautiful harmony, sometimes in intense musical combat.
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Wellington saxophonist Jake Baxendale brings together a remarkable collective of Aotearoa’s leading jazz and contemporary musicians for Waypeople, a luminous new album inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin’s English-language version of the Tao Te Ching. Drawing from jazz, Chinese classical music and improvisation, the project fuses lyrical storytelling with meditative textures and powerful ensemble interplay.
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