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All that Jazz!

I’ve determined this year that I’m not going to miss anything at Easter’s National Jazz Festival, one of Tauranga’s biggest annual events.

Usually I haven’t planned ahead, and just cruised along on the day, meaning I have missed some of the weekend’s highlights.

For Easter 2019 there’s a vintage car parade, sunset cruises, superheroes, movies, a family fun zone and markets.

There’s trophies, trumpets and tapas, and yet it’s all about one thing and one thing only - Jazz.

Tauranga’s National Jazz Festival manager, Mandy Ryan, is delighted.

“I’m very proud of how we’ve focused on jazz, so it really is a jazz festival,” she says. “And the Downtown Tauranga Carnival is all jazz with a sprinkling of blues at twilight.”

The 57th National Jazz Festival is delivering an impressive programme of events in Tauranga this Easter, from April 18 - 21, showcasing some of New Zealand’s best jazz musicians along with international performers.

This year I decided to outwit my own lack of getting organised, and before Christmas I joined the Tauranga Jazz Society which organises this Easter festival. Surprisingly, it only cost $20 and just $10 for students.

I was now getting regular email updates, and most

importantly keeping up with what’s happening. For musicians, membership opens a door to becoming more involved.

“The Tauranga Jazz Society Jazz Jam nights that we hold monthly at the Mount Social Club have brought together younger players and jazz performers that have moved to Tauranga for lifestyle reasons,” says Mandy.

“From that, a lot of young musicians end up joining the club and jazz is thriving in Tauranga.”

The club has been running the renowned National Jazz Festival for 57 years.

“We couldn’t do it without Tauranga City Council and TECT - they’re our two major sponsors,” says Mandy.

“There’s something for everyone at the festival, from world-class jazz concerts at the Baycourt Community and Arts Centre, dancing at the Swing into Soul Hurricane Party, a Vintage Parade plus a two-day jazz party at the Downtown Tauranga Carnival.

“There’s also sunset jazz cruises on the Kewpie, movies at Rialto and uptown jazz at Hotel Armitage with a delightful Jazz High Tea.” The festival slogan is clear: Think Jazz. Think Easter. Think Tauranga.

The ‘think’ has entered my brain as I browse through the programme. I can see it’s important to get in quick to secure tickets to the shows at Baycourt, which range from soul to New York jazz, meets Swedish indie pop and European free

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Tauranga’s National Jazz Festival comes to town

also take to the stage. Look out for guitarist Callum Allardice, winner of the NZ Best Jazz Composition Tui award.

The Downtown Tauranga Carnival brings the city alive with jazz on both Easter Saturday and Sunday, stretching from the Red Square along The Strand.

Uptown at the Hotel Armitage, jazz performances will be running over the Easter weekend with an elegant afternoon high tea for people to indulge in while enjoying Carol Storey and Friends performing.

Scenic jazz cruises on the historic Kewpie, with Dixie band Twin City Stompers, will be perfect for a gentle tour of the sparkling harbour at sunset.

For those who like to shake it up and go dancing, Totara Street is hosting the Hurricane Party with Big Ticket and Lou’Ana Whitney.

It’s clear there are jazz masters and living legends coming to town. There are also some popular favourites returning.

“The jazz cruise is new this year,” says Mandy.

“We’ve had the Kewpie before, but not for many years, so it’s great having it back.

“The programme is giving people a taste of jazz, and making some of it accessible. Some they may not have heard before. There’s improvisational jazz, Latin, a bit of African jazz, and then the Downtown Tauranga Carnival will have flavours of everything.

“That’s the great thing about jazz - it embraces and encompasses a lot of different cultures, and as a musical style it’s a language in and of itself.”

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improvised music, to a new Aotearoa jazz. Members of the Jazz Society benefit from cheaper ticket prices.

There’s the incredible Hollie Smith presenting a special night of jazz.

Alto-saxophonist Dick Oatts from New York will be playing with the New Zealand String Quartet under the musical direction of iconic Kiwi jazz musician Rodger Fox in a concert paying homage to legendary saxophonist Charlie Parker – jazz standards with a twist of bebop.

NZ’s soul diva Bella Kalolo and her band The Atmos will be offering a tribute to Aretha Franklin.

There’s a matinee show with Queen City Big Band playing great tunes from Count Basie, Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald to the contemporary big band music of today, including the Big Phat Band and Michael Bublé.

The Secret Islands Sextet, with NZ jazz innovator Jim Langabeer, is an eclectic ensemble of Auckland’s leading jazz musicians who have been developing a new kind of Aotearoa jazz - a deeply unique and soulful sound and one that is authentically their own, with deep swinging grooves, free jazz and Taonga Puoro.

Allana Goldsmith and her three-piece band will be presenting a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan.

Jazz piano gunslingers Ben Wilcock and Dayle Jellyman will go head-to-head for a boogie woogie play off, with referee John Rae on drums.

The Kim Paterson Quintet and Antipodes will

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Downtown Tauranga Carnival For the last 20 years or so, I’ve met up with a childhood friend each Easter Saturday, and we’ve spent the hours weaving our way through the carnival along the Strand.

This year it’s called the Downtown Tauranga Carnival, with Downtown Tauranga joining in as an event sponsor.

Millie Newitt, from Downtown Tauranga, recalls a similar experience.

“I grew up here,” she says, “and as a kid I’d come downtown to the carnival. It was just the biggest event that I’d been to in Tauranga and it’s still like that today.

“It has that reputation of being a huge weekend. The bars and restaurants love it, they get packed out over Easter and it’s one of their biggest weekends of the year.

“It’s been going for years and people love it.

You know it’s going to be packed and busy, and the quality of the music is going to be outstanding. It’s so much fun.”

Downtown Tauranga will come alive with jazz on Saturday, April 20, and Sunday, April 21. The fun begins with the Vintage Parade in New Orleans style on Saturday morning, with vintage cars, second-line bands and dancers.

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at 11am and go down Willow Street to Spring Street. Vintage cars will then be on display until 1pm.

There will be jazz, swing, blues and funk from New Zealand’s best on multiple stages along the Strand and at Red Square during the twoday carnival. It’s also a fun excuse to dress up in a bit of vintage or retro.

The Downtown Tauranga Carnival is one of the popular and regular features of the National Jazz Festival.

“All the businesses along the Strand participate,” says festival manager Mandy Ryan.

“There will be three stages along The Strand, and one stage in Red Square.

“Downtown Tauranga and Taonga Tauranga will also be putting together a photographic display of the history of the National Jazz Festival on large photoboards along The Strand.”

On Easter Sunday, The Little Big Markets will add to the carnival atmosphere with a large market along Tauranga waterfront from 10am – 2pm.

A family fun zone will be set up in Masonic Park and runs from 11am-6pm each day.

“It’s great to see The Strand used to its full potential over Easter weekend,” says Millie.

“The Jazz Festival is one of the major events in the city centre.”

Rosalie Liddle Crawford

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Hollie Smith A special night of Jazz Like so many other New Zealanders living outside of Christchurch, I watched the televised coverage as Hollie Smith sang a moving rendition of How Great Thou Art with Te Karehana Gardiner-Toi in remembrance of the terrorist attack victims.

It was one of those unforgettable, spellbinding moments, as her voice lifted over the thousands of people gathered at North Hagley Park with the words ‘then sings my soul’.

Her voice is all about the soul - powerful, emotive and searching.

She somehow occupies the space inside a song, exploring its unheard notes and softer tones, brushing and easing out rallentandos and muted harmonies, weaving in side melodies that pause and ebb for held moments.

The enriched blend is not about simply singing a song, but allowing the song and music to flow through your being, becoming one with it, slowing it down, gently pulling at it and adding in shades of harmonic colour and texture until two or three lines of song have become a rich flora of feelings from the deepest part of one’s soul.

Hollie Smith and her band of superb musicians will be bringing a special night of jazz to Baycourt on Easter Sunday.

With Dan Hayles on keys, Cory Champion on drums and Johnny Lawrence playing bass, Hollie will present an evening of contemporary and traditional jazz.

“I first played at the Tauranga Jazz Festival 22 years ago, as part of my schooling,” says Hollie.

At 16 she won Best Female Vocalist at the 1999 National Jazz Festival. Her Northcote College band also won the big band prize.

Since then she has worked with Fat Freddy’s Drop and Trinity Roots, and has won multiple NZ music awards. She has also performed in Canada, the US and the UK. Hollie is looking forward to returning to Tauranga at Easter, having lived here up until January.

“Dan Hayles and I have been putting together a set of jazz tracks that I did when I was younger and that I have always liked,” says Hollie.

“I’ve also been playing around with the idea of doing a jazz record, to reflect that era of my life, because I do love jazz.”

She had a rehearsal planned for early March, where the band would iron out the final list of songs to perform for the Tauranga audience.

“Just a few of my old favourites from when I was younger and some others,” says Hollie.

“It’s a one-off gig for the Tauranga Jazz Festival.

I won’t be playing with this band again, so I’m looking forward to seeing how this comes together.”

Rosalie Liddle Crawford

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Duelling pianos Ben and Dayle winging it “Make sure you ask Dayle about last year at the Wellington Jazz Festival,” says Ben Wilcock over the phone to me.

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“He glued his fingers together about five minutes before we went on stage.”

I had just asked Ben whether he had any ‘fighting talk’ ahead of his upcoming piano duel with Dayle Jellyman at Tauranga’s National Jazz Festival.

The pair have been duelling it out with much humour and banter, delighting jazzloving audiences since they first met up in a Wellington bar.

“Dayle used to drive around Wellington with an acoustic piano in his van,” says Ben. “I had a regular gig with the Jelly Rolls under the Embassy Theatre in the Black Sparrow.

“One day, we decided to bring Dayle’s piano in. We set up a duelling piano and it worked really well. We did it for the Wellington Jazz Festival and then continued for five years in a row. It sold out every time and has become a really popular part of that festival.

“John Rae is in the middle - he’s a Scottish drummer. He’s always been in the middle, and it seems to be his gig. He acts as a referee

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“We never rehearse. It’s just spontaneous.

We just turn up and we don’t know what the other is going to play. In fact, last year Dayle joked that I send him a set list with the songs and keys, and each year I never play any of those, which is true.” Ben says.

“I try and be genuine but it’s not working.”

With most of the songs based in the jazz, blues or the boogie woogie tradition, both musicians have a similar taste in music and piano style.

“We pick up the chords and often we know the song the other one is playing, so all we’ve got to figure out is the key.

“There’s a spontaneity in there that people like. And we like it.”

Later, over the phone, Dayle confirms the glued finger story.

“There was something wrong with the piano,” says Dayle, “so I fixed it with some glue and got it all over my fingers. It turns out it wasn’t water-based.

“I don’t believe Ben and I have ever had a rehearsal. We’ve been friends for a long time, and it’s really fun to play with him.

“We alternate. He’ll start and I’ll figure out what he’s doing and play along. It’s pretty cool as it’s got that energy when you play, that you’re winging it.”

Rosalie Liddle Crawford

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Dixie on a sunset cruise

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“We’ll leave from The Strand and cruise around the harbour, go down past the shipping channels, under the harbour bridge, past the marina and take in the sights of the port.”

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Swing dancing Lindsay Garneau and Bay City Swing Lindsay Garneau and her growing group of enthusiastic swing jazz dancers at Bay City Swing are lighting up local jazz events with a variety of popular dances from the 1920’s to the 1940’s.

Rebecca Lovett (left) and Lindsay Garneau

Decked out in vintage clothing, they have been learning and dancing the Lindy Hop, Balboa, Charleston, Solo Jazz and Shag – all dances from those early days of jazz.

Wherever a Dixie band is playing over Easter, there’s bound to be two or more swing dancers popping up to dance to the music, sparking an infectious and fun jazz scene that will delight the musicians and audiences.

Bay City Swing dancer will also be part of the Jazz Parade on Easter Saturday, dancing their way along the streets.

“We’re still confirming details, but we’ll potentially be giving some free taster classes after the parade and other points over the festival weekend”, says Lindsay.

Lindsay moved to Tauranga from Christchurch in March 2018 and immediately set about introducing swing dance here.

“I’ve come from a great swing dance scene in Christchurch and was surprised to find there wasn’t a swing scene here in Tauranga, as it has the largest jazz festival in the country.

“I thought if I could get a swing dance scene

going, it might encourage the jazz bands to come out and play more.”

Lindsay says Lindy Hop, alongside Solo Jazz, are the dances with the biggest sense of humour. They are very cheeky, quirky, fun and improvisational.

“They can be slow or fast, are very happy, and have a great vibe.

“Balboa is called the coolest dance from the 1920’s that you’ve never heard of. It is danced chest-tochest. It’s a dancer’s dance. And Shag is a very high energy dance and super fun.”

She runs weekly group classes at a studio in Durham St and encourages the group to attend the monthly Jazz Jams held by the Tauranga Jazz Society.

“At the classes we do a five-week lesson block on Lindy Hop with some Solo Jazz. Then in the sixth week we feature a different type of dance style like balboa.

“In Christchurch we have such a great relationship with the bands and follow them around.

“It gives that extra level of entertainment to the people coming.

“Back in the day that’s how dance was formed.

The genre of music is very improvisational and there’s a reciprocal relationship between the musicians and dancers as they respond to each other.

“This Easter is going to be the best festival yet because we’re going to have jazz dancing,” says Lindsay.

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Chocolate Amaretti Cake

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When we think Easter it is usually chocolate, easter eggs and buns and kids. However, it is also a time that we often get to enjoy our friends and family over long lunches or slow dinners around the table. Why not make something a little different for the adults to enjoy? We’ve upped the game with a lovely Italian amaretti cake - flavoured with almonds and a little tipple, this will not only impress the guests but save you time as it is made the day before.

Add a little Easter flair by decorating with some lovely sugar coated chocolate almonds – available at Vetro or some mini eggs of your choice.

Ingredients: 300g Amaretti biscuits 200g dark chocolate callets (70% Callebaut) 450ml cream 2 tablespoons mixed peel finely chopped 4 tablespoons brandy 3 tablespoons cider or apple juice Cocoa powder – for dusting.

Plus you need a 1.2 litre pudding basin or loaf tin depending on how you’d like the final look.

How to: Brush or spray tin with flavourless oil. Melt chocolate in microwave in short bursts, stirring in between until completely melted and smooth. Add cream and beat with electric beater until cool and creamy. Mix the brandy and cider into a shallow dish.

Dip each biscuit firstly into the liquor then into the chocolate cream and layer over the base of the tin. Spread a layer of chocolate cream, sprinkle some mixed peel then repeat the process of biscuits and cream until you have four layers. Add the mixed peel again between the third and fourth layer. Cover with cling film and place a saucer on top of the mixture. Put a 1kg weight on it and leave in fridge overnight. Before serving dip tin in hot water for a few seconds then turn pudding out on to a flat plate. Put back in fridge for 15 minutes then dust with cocoa powder, decorate if wanted and serve.

Options – add another bit of decadence with brandy soaked mixed fruit between one of the layers.

Decorate – with a sprinkling of mixed peel / mini Easter eggs / sugar coated almonds / mini amaretti biscuits dipped in chocolate.

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Austin Taylor Cricket, rugby, football … and dancing National New Zealand and Australian dancing champion Austin Taylor needs help to compete in Florida and London this year.

Representing New Zealand at Australia’s Follow Your Dream competition, held in the first week of January in Melbourne, the 13-year-old Tauranga lad was crowned the Australian National Champion for his age category.

Part of the prize was winning entry into the Hall of Fame dance challenge in Florida in July 2019, and entry into the UK Nationals in London in September.

The challenge for him now is how to pay his own way in order to get there.

“It was an amazing experience winning the Follow Your Dream competition, and I absolutely loved it,” says Austin. “I learned so much and I’m still buzzing from it.”

The shelves and drawers in Austin Taylor’s room are stacked with awards. Tall purple, gold and red trophies, plus cups, certificates, stars and ribbons they fill a corner and spread along two walls.

At the top of his bed, a sunny smiley cushion is propped up against another featuring the words: “If you dream big enough, anything can come true.”

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Whilst he dreams big, Austin also works very hard pursuing those dreams, spending around 15 hours a week practising.

His mother, Alisha, caught me up on Austin’s dance results from 2018 alone.

“He was winner of the Follow Your Dreams Tauranga Regional pre-teen championship, which qualified him to go to the Australian Nationals in January,” says Alisha.

“He was also the national winner of the Year 8 Dance NZ Made held in Palmerston North, and second runner up in the NZ Dance Awards for NZ Dancer of the year in Christchurch.”

Austin has competed across a range of styles, including ballet and jazz. He was the most promising male ballet dancer in the Bay of Plenty in 2018, winning a scholarship, and also won the jazz championship at the Rotorua Dance Festival.

He came second in the NZAMD Jazz Scholarship held in Wellington, and was chosen out of 160 nominations to win a $1000 cash prize, which helped pay for his flights to the Melbourne competition.

He was a scholarship winner at the Kairous Dance Convention in Auckland and a guest performer at the Dance Force Grad Tour Show, also in Auckland.

He’s been the guest performer at the Tauranga Russian Cultural Festival and the Fresh Moves Dance Festival. The pinnacle of all this has, of

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course, been winning the Australian Follow Your Dreams competition.

“The standard of competition was very high, with large numbers of dancers in each solo section in Melbourne,” says Alisha.

“Austin was the youngest of six selected finalists from many video entries for the ballet trip to the San Diego Ballet company, and got to perform his classical dance in front of a representative judge who flew over especially for it.

“He was awarded a Judge’s choice ‘Golden Ticket’, with only a few awarded throughout the week of the competition in Melbourne, and the competitors then had a dance-off for a trip to Los Angeles.

“His personal goal was to make it through to the top three in the 13 years dance section, and he was up against 34 other talented dancers. He was blown away to make it that far, and then he danced off in the final gala against two Australian girls and won the National Championship title!”

This year he’s in Year 9 at Otumoetai College.

“Otumoetai is well-known for their performing arts culture, so I’ve been really looking forward to that,” says Austin.

“I was in the Performing Arts Academy at Intermediate for Year 7 and 8, acting and singing, and I’ve been getting involved in a lot of musical theatre lately.”

I went to see him perform in The Little

Mermaid JR show at Tauranga Musical Theatre and was impressed with the ease with which he danced, sang and performed.

“When I was six, my cousin Karlia Taylor was dancing at Dance Avenue and got me into it,” says Austin.

“She said ‘come along to a hip hop class’. I went to it and started and ever since then I’ve absolutely loved it and moved on to different styles.”

Clearly, dancing requires a strong athleticism.

“Dancing helps me so much in every aspect of other physical activities. I’m doing many different sports as well. I love cricket and rugby, and I’ve been playing a lot of football lately.

Those are my top three sports. It also helps me with my running.”

What about Austin’s plan for the future?

“I’d love to study dance in Australia, go into a full time programme to complete a dance diploma and then travel the world doing dance,” he says.

His prizes in January included winning cash, DVD and photography packages, a return trip and free entry to the Follow Your Dream Australian Nationals and NZ Regional 2020 competitions, Pink Lemmon custom-made dance wear, entry to Spectrum Summer School in Melbourne and, of course, entries into the Florida and London competitions.

Now he just needs help with fundraising to get there.

Rosalie Liddle Crawford

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