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It’s little wonder that Scottish drummer John Rae has become a force on the New Zealand jazz scene. Before he emigrated to Wellington in 2008, Rae marshalled four other bandleaders – saxophonist Phil Bancroft, trumpeter Colin Steele, pianist Brian Kellock [...]
Anyone approaching this second album by the RNZAF Jazz Orchestra and expecting military band precision and discipline will find plenty of these qualities. There’s also much writing, arranging and playing that takes this orchestra, whose parent band plays at state [...]
The currently very fertile New Zealand jazz scene seems to make musicians versatile almost by default. Oscar Lavën – a multi-reeds specialist who focuses here on tenor saxophone – has played in most of the jazz styles and his background [...]
