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Rodger Fox Jazz Ensemble with Erna Ferry


Rodger Fox Jazz Extended Ensemble with Erna Ferry

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RODGERS FOX'S - JAZZ'n BLUES MEETS THE BEATLES is coming to the Kapiti Coast on Saturday 29 January.

Mulled Wine Concerts annual fundraiser in Paekakariki is kicking off their 2022 season featuring New Zealand's premier jazzman, Rodger Fox, and his seven piece Jazz Ensemble.

Live the classic sounds of the Beatles in a new Jazz 'n Blues performance. Hear tunes like, Ride My Drive, A Hard Day's Night, Day Tripper, Ticket To Ride, I Saw Her Standing There and others all with a twist of jazz and blues.

Come along and join the Rodger Fox Band - Rodger Fox - Trombone, Erna Ferry - Vocals, James Guilford - Trumpet, Bryn Van Vliet - Saxophone, Ayrton Foote - Keyboards, Gus Reece - Guitar, Rory Macartney - Bass and Lance Philip – Drums.

Rodger Fox is New Zealand’s foremost jazz trombonist, big band leader, jazz educator, arranger and producer. He has promoted and played in live concerts in the Global Festival arena, Montreux Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, Manly Jazz Festival, Wichita Jazz Festival.

In 2022 he was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) for services to music and in 2005 Massey University awarded him an Honorary Doctorate of Music. His various ensembles have released over three dozen full-length albums over the past decades.

Rodger is no stranger to Mulled Wine Concerts and returns to the Memorial Hall on Paekakariki's glorious sea-front on Saturday 29 January in fine form, intending to give his audience a night to swing to!

Sangria (non alcoholic) and water bottles will be available. Remember to bring cash for the raffle. A wide range of prizes, donated by our business community are to be won.



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