JD'S JAZZ D'SIGN

JAZZ

I have graduated at last from Wellington Polytechnic Conservatorium of Music, with a Bachelor of Music (Perf) majoring in Jazz composition.
I enjoy writing & arranging music, and at the Conservatorium I had the privilege of having my music played by some of the best musicians in New Zealand - and that was a REAL BUZZ !!

I also write styles other than jazz, and write & direct musical shows.
I play piano, and have recently joined a local Big Band for fun.
I enjoy a totally diverse range of music styles not limited to jazz alone, and have found a few links on the web which are really useful.

There IS such a thing as jazz in New Zealand !

In Welllington there is a real hard core of enthusiastic, adventurous musicians - a lot of them have been through the Jazz School - the more famous of them teach there !

~ These links will show you a little of what's on in NZ. ~

"Trees" - an awesome compilation CD of local jazz artists.

Wellington Jazz Collective - Wellington has it's own scene

Jazz.co.nz - Auckland has it's own scene too !

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SOUNZ - a Centre for NZ music

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Gareth Farr - amazing composer/performer/drag queen

~ The next links are more global in their appeal ~

JAZZ CENTRAL the Mecca for jazz fiends

allmusic.com -name an artist - ANY artist...well - just about !

Crescendo Cool Music Site of the Day

Emagic Music Software - I use "hearmaster" for eartraining

Keyboard Magazine

Computers & Music

Cool links -at In Your Ear

AJ's Desktop Themes

GRP Records -Dave Grusin - prolific score-writer, jazz musician & record producer

Exotica Standards

Bert Kaempfert -The Beatles first producer & writer of "Strangers in the Night"

Jazmin - Female jazz musos

OZ-Jazz Worldwide

Harmony Central

PG Music - home of "Band-in-a-Box" & other music software

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