Founders Park Twilight Concert
This concert features five bands, starting @ 4pm on Tuesday 3rd January.
This is your one chance in the festival to hear the amazing Reuben Bradley sextet Sing Sing Sing. Also on the bill will be Tom Rainey’s Hammond organ quartet, the Nelson Big Band, some funk and gypsy jazz.
Sing Sing Sing
An exciting new show that features the jazz hits from the ’20s to today, showcasing the vocalists and vocal groups that made this style great. A cracking rhythm section backs three talented young vocalists who will take you on a journey from Swing, BeBop and Cool Jazz to Soul, Latin and R&B. The brainchild of award winning drummer Reuben Bradley, Sing Sing Sing is a show that celebrates all the things we love about jazz from yesterday and today!
The Troubles
The Troubles play 21st century jazz and are New Zealand’s leading contemporary jazz group. Over a long residency in New Zealand’s capital city of Wellington, The Troubles developed and honed their quasi-anarchistic brand of meticulously composed music. From the coarse to the sublime, the emotive to the absurd, their music is inventive, passionate, honest, and wholly life affirming.
TROQ
TROQ is an organ quartet from Christchurch performing an exciting mix of classic and new repertoire, as well as standards. Led by veteran jazz musician and Hammond enthusiast Tom Rainey, the group is comprised of a bunch of impressive young guns making their mark on the music world.
Richter City Rebels
Wellington’s first and finest New Orleans brass band, Richter City Rebels, are excited to be returning to Nelson once again to perform at Fairfield House! Following a successful year in the North Island with a new live album release and a new studio album on the way for 2017, Richter City Rebels are looking forward to travelling south to share a vibrant and energetic show that will be fun for the whole family!
Grant Smithies
Join RNZ National music reviewer and Sunday Star Times columnist Grant Smithies for a night of jazz dance vinyl classics.
Boogie Train
The Boogie Train is a Nelson based four-piece blues band. If you have a passion for the blues, these guys will transport you deep into the heart of the very places they sing about.
Organic and creative, the Train takes you on a journey into the Blues and Beyond.
Bring your dancing shoes, it’s time to Boogie!!!
Captain and Crew
The combined musical experience of this Nelson duo spans the decades and the oceans. Barry Korcheski on keyboard and Andrew Leachman on baritone saxophone will perform in the lovely setting of Nelson’s historic Melrose House.
Chameleon Fusion Group
Enjoy the freedom of jazz, spice it up with a funky groove sauce and top with a dash of improvisation! This is Chameleon Fusion Group.
Cover Me
Forged from molten funk and dipped in the grooviest jazz dust along the way, Trudi Wilson, Sam Atkins, Simon Williams, Mark McKenzie and Bruce McGregor, collectively take their favourite contemporary classics and give them a special lick of funky love to provide the soundtrack you need to dance to.
Coyote Blues
Formed in 2010, Coyote Blues Band play modern and traditional high energy Blues, playing songs written and originally performed by Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, Elmore James, Son House, and many more.
Django Junkies
Django geeks from around New Zealand get together to play acoustic swing music in the style of the legendary Hot Club of France.
Summer Film Festival
The 2017 Summer Film Festival at the Suter Cinema (29 December 2016 – 6 February 2017) includes eight music films among its 35 showings.
Amy: Amy Winehouse documentary
Rated M: Drug use, offensive language & content that may disturb.
Summer Film Festival
The 2017 Summer Film Festival at the Suter Cinema (29 December 2016 – 6 February 2017) includes eight music films among its 35 showings.
20 Feet From Stardom: this film shines a spotlight on the untold true story of the backing singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21st century.
Rated M: Offensive Language.
Summer Film Festival
The 2017 Summer Film Festival at the Suter Cinema (29 December 2016 – 6 February 2017) includes eight music films among its 35 showings.
The Beatles: Eights Days a Week – this film examines the toll that touring took on the Beatles’ relationships and the effect it had on the musical evolution.
Rated PG: Offensive language & drug references.
Summer Film Festival
The 2017 Summer Film Festival at the Suter Cinema (29 December 2016 – 6 February 2017) includes eight music films among its 35 showings.
Mavis!: a look at life of the legendary soul singer Mavis Staples.
Rated M: Offensive language.
Flounder
Flounder features saxophonist Roger Manins, vocalist Caroline Manins and pianist Ben Wilcock. Expect some fishy interpretations of some good old swinging standards with plenty of fun and good humour….
Late Night Jam Session
The Reuben Bradley Trio kicks off our first jam session at East St. Cafe.
Late Night Jam Session
The Jelly Rolls Trio are tonight’s house band at the East St. Cafe.
Late Night Jam Session
Join us for the final jam at East St. Cafe with the Tom Rainey Trio.
Nelson Jazz Club Big Band
The Nelson Jazz Club Big Band – styled after the great bands of the Forties and Fifties – is a traditional stage band that plays syncopated written arrangements with improvised interludes. Most people will be familiar with Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Count Basie and Duke Ellington, but Big Bands have been popular since the dawn of jazz and show no sign of losing their appeal, with new arrangements of contemporary music appearing all the time.
Not Too Dry
Not Too Dry plays refreshingly cool music with a satisfying after taste.
Reuben Bradley Trio
with special guest Katelin Little
The Reuben Bradley trio will perform a selection of the great jazz songbook, as well as a few tasty tunes from Reuben’s award winning albums. Featured on this gig is the wonderful young vocalist, Katelin Little who will present her take on classic jazz songs through to soul and R&B.
The Bourbon Street Beat
A six-piece combo playing a mixture of Boogie, latin, popular swing and show tunes including Jazz Classics in a New Orleans style. The Bourbon Street Beat has performed in the New Orleans and Californian Redwood Coast Jazz festivals.
The Jelly Rolls
Fresh from a nationwide tour playing the music of Gershwin and Porter as well as recent festival appearances paying homage to the classic Oscar Peterson album ‘Night Train’ and the music of Fats Waller, Ben Wilcock and The Jelly Rolls have concocted a flavoursome brew.
The Lizard Kings – Doors Tribute
After sell-out shows at The Christchurch International Jazz Festival and The Tauranga National Jazz Festival and theatre shows across the country, The Lizard Kings return with their exquisite tribute to the music and poetry of Jim Morrison and the Doors.
Youth Collective
The Nelson Youth Jazz Collective presents swinging jazz classics such as ‘Summertime’, ‘Bags Groove’, ‘It Don’t Mean a Thing’ and ‘Green Onions’. The musicians range in age from 12 to 19 years, and they rehearse every Sunday at the Honest Lawyer in Monaco. The group is funded by the local Nelson Jazz Club and run by Musical Director Simon Williams.
They perform at various public events around the Nelson area and are looking forward to playing in the 2017 Nelson Jazz Festival.