Happy Easter! The Jazz Festival is on again in Tauranga and things are starting to heat up! The festival was opened with a tribute to Peggy Lee by the sultry songstress Erna Ferry and six-time Grammy award winner Dr. John is in town to seduce the bay with his unique sound, described as "an exotic brew of jazz, soul, blues, funk, R&B, boogie-woogie and Creole roots."
And on Friday and Saturday, the Port of Tauranga Youth Jazz Competition showed off the best of our musical talent, with Pukekohe High School, from the Franklin District, taking out the New Orleans Trophy for Best Big Band. Congrats! The Jazz Festival is the oldest festival of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere and the third oldest in the world and has been running since 1963. It attracts several well known acts every year, including many from overseas. A recent addition to the schedule is the Jazz Steamtrain, which cruises into town on Thursday for a five day stay, taking passengers for a picturesque ride around the bay's many sights (it's probably one of the only places you can go from city centre, to Mediterranean paradise to rolling countryside in the space of an hour!) whilst a band serenades you with sweet sounds of classic jazz (am I sounding like an infomercial yet?) More from the Jazz Festival tomorrow!
Happy Easter! The Jazz Festival is on again in Tauranga and things are starting to heat up! The festival was opened with a tribute to Peggy Lee by the sultry songstress Erna Ferry and six-time Grammy award winner Dr. John is in town to seduce the bay with his unique sound, described as "an exotic brew of jazz, soul, blues, funk, R&B, boogie-woogie and Creole roots."
And on Friday and Saturday, the Port of Tauranga Youth Jazz Competition showed off the best of our musical talent, with Pukekohe High School, from the Franklin District, taking out the New Orleans Trophy for Best Big Band. Congrats! The Jazz Festival is the oldest festival of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere and the third oldest in the world and has been running since 1963. It attracts several well known acts every year, including many from overseas. A recent addition to the schedule is the Jazz Steamtrain, which cruises into town on Thursday for a five day stay, taking passengers for a picturesque ride around the bay's many sights (it's probably one of the only places you can go from city centre, to Mediterranean paradise to rolling countryside in the space of an hour!) whilst a band serenades you with sweet sounds of classic jazz (am I sounding like an infomercial yet?) More from the Jazz Festival tomorrow!
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