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The Jac + Stroma: a wide-ranging musical conversation
Two first-rate ensembles, The Jac and Stroma, get together for A GATHERING to “explore the hinterlands of jazz.” Elliot Vaughan reports from the NZ Fringe.
Jazz oasis
Sanctuary by saxophonist/composers Jasmine Lovell-Smith and Jake Baxendale is a recent jazz release that shows off their fine rapport and different compositional flavours.
Taking us to New York City
Pianist Somi Kim makes her Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra debut this week in George Gershwin’s jazz-infused Piano Concerto in F.
Dancing through adversity
A sextet tours for Chamber Music NZ with a programme of light-hearted 1920’s music that invites reflection on troubled times.