Each week the session features compositions by a great jazz artist. The house band open with a couple of tunes and then musicians are invited up to join in.

Featured composer: Jerome Kern
House Band:
Duncan Haynes (P), Daniel Yeabsley (B), Mark Lockett (D)
Date and time:
Sunday, 27 Dec 2020, 2.30-4.30pm
Venue:
The Southern Cross, 39 Abel Smith Street, Te Aro

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Each week the session features compositions by a great jazz artist. The house band open with a couple of tunes and then musicians are invited up to join in.

Featured composer: Oscar Peterson
House Band:
Ayrton Foote (P), Patrick Bleakley (B), Mark Lockett (D)
Date and time:
Sunday, 20 Dec 2020, 2.30-4.30pm
Venue:
The Southern Cross, 39 Abel Smith Street, Te Aro

Please note the new time and venue!

Each week the session features compositions by a great jazz artist. The house band open with a couple of tunes and then musicians are invited up to join in.

Featured composer: Wes  Montgomery
House Band: Noel Clayton (G), Paul Dyne (B), Mark Lockett (D)
Date and time: Sunday, 13 Dec 2020, 2.30-4.30pm
Venue: The Southern Cross, 39 Abel Smith Street, Te Aro

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Powerhouse Drummer/composer and bandleader Mark Lockett debuts a new quartet for this special concert.

Drawing on his love for the music of innovator/saxophonist Ornette Coleman, Lockett has penned a new suite of compositions for a cordless quartet.  The music promises to be both joyful while allowing musicians freedom to improvise not bound by complex harmonies.

Originally from Wellington Lockett has been a mainstay on the jazz scene both locally and internationally for the last three decades. Having spent 16 years abroad living in both New York City and Melbourne he has six albums under his own and performed internationally with Jazz giants George Garzone, Joe Cohn, Joel Frahm, Will Vinson, Danny Walsh, Jamie Oehlers, Orlando le Fleming, Matt Penman and many more.  Lockett has studied with some of the most influential drummers on the global scene today including Ari Hoenig, Joe Morello, Jim Black, John Riley to name a few.  

Mark Lockett Quartet
Featuring
: Mark Lockett (d), Lucien Johnson (s),  Ben Hunt (t), Phoebe Johnson (b) 
Date: Tue 8 Dec 2020, 8pm
Venue: Meow, 8 Edward Street
Price: General $15, WJC members $10, and Students with ID $10.

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Each week the session features compositions by a great jazz artist. The house band open with a couple of tunes and then musicians are invited up to join in.

Featured composer: Wayne Shorter
House Band: Luca Sturny (G), Ollie  Boman (B), Mark Lockett (D)
Date and time: Sunday, 6 Dec 2020, 2.30-4.30pm
Venue: The Southern Cross, 39 Abel Smith Street, Te Aro

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Each week the session features compositions by a great jazz artist. The house band open with a couple of tunes and then musicians are invited up to join in.

Featured composer: Thelonious Monk
House Band:
Callum Allardice (p), Phoebe Johnson (b), Mark Lockett (d)
Date and time:
Sunday, 29 Nov 2020, 2-4pm
Venue:
The Third Eye, 30 Arthur Street, Te Aro

Saxophonist Jeff Henderson reunites with exemplary colleagues; bassist Paul Dyne and drummer Rick Cranson to play a mixture of jazz standards, little known classics and no-hit wonders. All three musicians will be familiar to listeners, WINZ workers and people of exquisite musical taste.

HatNoHatHat
Featuring
: Jeff Henferson (s), Paul Dyne (b), Rick Cranson (d)
Date: Thu 26 Nov 2020, 8pm
Venue: The Third Eye, Upstairs at 30 Arthur St. Te Aro
Price: General $15, WJC members $10, and Students with ID $10.

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Each week the session features compositions by a great jazz artist. The house band open with a couple of tunes and then musicians are invited up to join in.

Featured composer: Ray Brown
House Band: Duncan Haynes (P), Umar Zakaria (B), Mark Lockett (D)
Date and time: Sunday, 15 Nov 2020, 2-4pm
Venue: The Third Eye, 30 Arthur Street, Te Aro

Local Wellington Trumpeter presents music for Jazz quintet. Mike spent 9 years in New York City, returning to the vibrant Wellington scene in 2017. Mike’s music draws from Pan-American improvised music traditions.

Michael Taylor Quintet
Featuring
: Michael Taylor (t), Louisa Williamson (s), Ayrton Foote (p), Chris Beernink (b), John Rae (d)
Date: Thu 12 Nov 2020, 8pm
Venue: The Third Eye, Upstairs at 30 Arthur St. Te Aro
Price: General $15, WJC members $10, and Students with ID $10.

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Each week the session features compositions by a great jazz artist. The house band open with a couple of tunes and then musicians are invited up to join in.

Featured composer: Geri  Allen
House Band: Ella Dunbar-Wilcox (P), Phoebe Johnson (B), Mark Lockett (D)
Date and time: Sunday, 08 Nov 2020, 2-4pm
Venue: The Third Eye, 30 Arthur Street, Te Aro