Creative Jazz Club - Brian Smith Quartet

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When:

Wed 19 Oct ’11, 8:00pm–12:00am

Where: 1885 Britomart, 27 Galway Street Central, Britomart, Auckland CBD Show map

Restrictions: R18

Ticket Information:

General entry: $10.00
Students or CJC members: $7.00
Students with CJC membership: $5.00

Website:

Creative Jazz Club Aotearoa

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Brian Smith - tenor saxophone
Kevin Field - piano
Kevin Haines - double bass
Frank Gibson - drums

Hardbop Smith strikes again.

Brian Smith is one of the great stalwarts and icons of New Zealand jazz. Tonight, immutable as ever, he teams up with some of our finest, and will play a mixture of standards and originals, and some new compositions by George Chisholm.

Brian relocated to London in 1964, performing at Ronnie Scott's and working & touring with such names as: Humphrey Littleton, Alexis Korner, T-Bone walker, Georgie Fame,Alan Price, Annie Ross, Bing Crosby, Mark Murphy, Jon Hendricks, John Dankworth, & Tubby Hayes. He was a founder member of 'Nucleus' alongside Ian Carr, which won the European Band competition in Montreaux in 1970, resulting in gigs at Newport Jazz Fest and tours of Italy, Germany, Holland, and America. In 1969 he started working in the Maynard Ferguson band, staying with them until 1975 including touring and recording. He also backed acts like Nancy Wilson, The 4 Tops, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Donovan, Dusty Springfield, sandy Shaw and Lulu.

Brian returned to New Zealand in 1980 and has since been kept busy recording, writing and performing on tours with a huge list of top national and international stars. He remains one of New Zealand's most sought-after musicians. Along the way he has recorded many albums non the least being the New Zealand No 1 selling album "Moonlight Sax" which sold over 40,000 copies. Followed up later by "Moonlight Sax II"

Featured act 8pm-10pm followed by jazz jam session 10pm-12am.

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Join the Creative Jazz Club and join a proactive community of musicians who are committed to furthering the development of quality, improvised music in NZ.

Membership benefits include a discounted entrance fee and discounted drinks and food at 1885 on CJC club nights plus the chance to go into the draw for a weekly prize of jazz CDs or promotional offers! Performers gain the opportunity to submit their project for consideration in our creative program, and you will get warm fuzzy feelings knowing you are supporting our musical community's growth.

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