Held on 6 August 2020, Avondale College's Jazz & Soul night was a spectacular evening of music by some of the College's very best performers. The evening included items from our Jazz Academy students, a number of jazz combos, the Dale Soul band, the Avondale College Stage Band, Big Band, Gospel Choir and more! For many students, this was the first real opportunity they have had to perform this year, given the cancellation of events such as the Tauranga Jazz Festival, the Auckland Schools Jazz Festival, the KBB Music Festival - and it was clear that much hard work has been taking place in practice rooms, classrooms and at home throughout the year!
Congratulations to the more than 100 performers who took part, and to Head of Jazz, Mr Mike Robinson, and the other dedicated music teachers and tutors on putting on such an entertaining evening!
Enjoy just some items from the night in the video clips below.
JAZZ & SOUL 2020
Blue Note Combo: Brother Hubbard
Avondale College Big Band:
No More Blues
Five Spot Combo: Soy Califa
52nd Street Combo: 7 Ts
Avondale College Big Band: Brother Mister
Dale Soul: It's Got to be Real
Toby & The Rest: Jazz Crimes
Blue Note Combo: Strasbourg/
St Denis
Dale Soul: Play that Funky Music
Dale Soul: Master Blaster
Avondale College Quintet: Train
Five Spot Combo: Whisper Not
Gospel Choir: Total Praise
PERFORMERS
Jazz Academy
Kyle Burden – Tenor Sax Renzo Cawley – Trumpet
Jakob Elijas – Trombone Si Si Fernando – Drums
Zoe Anderson-Jones – Alto Sax Rahul Shetty – Drums
Koito Segawa – Vocal Toby Zhang – Alto Sax
Caitlin Rushton – Vocals Myah Eketone – Bass
Francis Whall – Bass Alishha Bhatt – Alto Sax
Jas Khakh – vocals Nathaniel Kirk – Drums/Guitar
Ben Ridsdale – Alto Sax Feiyang Wu – Tenor Sax
Bridget Stevenson – Bass Allegra D’Souza – Vocals
James Penman – Trumpet
Five Spot Combo
Myah Eketone – Bass Ben Ridsdale – Alto Sax
Simon Shilov – Tenor Sax Chester Rowland – Drums
Lucas Wongso – Guitar Jakob Elijas – Piano
Gospel Choir
Ahleeniah Huch
Alicia Sileli
Angel Maene-Lokeni
Arabella Mulumu Latu
Apirathi Sivakumar
Ashanti Ilagan
Blessing Faaumuumu
Dom Tupou
Delores Lesatele
Ephraim Matafai
Ezekiel Leauga
Grace Allen-Kemp
Harmony Timu
Jaynia Lafaele
JJ Gaina
Laizyarah Lafaele
Leata Lealofi
Mariam Sesiashvili
Myrah Ah-Lin
Samira Hamid
Steven Tuitama-Muaiava
Sylvia Tagaloa-leniu
Tautiaga Gaina
52nd Street Combo
Nuala Edmundson – Alto Sax Archie Hammond – Piano
Leo Spykerman – Bass Abigail Shin-Kelso – Trombone
Marvin Yuen – Drums Zennah Shin-Kelso – Trumpet
Davi Binx– Guitar *Special guest Christian Tivoli – Bass
Tamanna and Olivia Duet
Tamanna Srivastava – Vocals Olivia Mallon – Guitar
Toby and the Rest
Toby Barrett – Tenor Sax Tyler Diprose – Bass
Max Barrett – Drums Lucas Kewell – Piano
Avondale College Quintet
Max Crook – Drums Aaron Guo – Guitar
Toby Barrett – Tenor Sax Tyler Diprose – Bass
Sunwoo Oh – Piano
Blue Note Combo
Anna Neumann – Tenor Sax Lucas Kewell – Piano
Owen Morgan – Drums Nathaniel Kirk – Drums
Francis Whall – Bass Moi Oki – Alto/Baritone Sax
Soulful
Bruno Ferrada Rosati – Guitar
Joseph Jaril Young – Guitar
Nathaniel Kirk– Drums
Feiyang Wu – Tenor Sax
Alishha Bhatt – Alto Sax
Francis Whall – Bass
Samira Hamid – Vocals
Katherine Lesatele – Vocals
Dale Soul
Christian Tivoli – Guitar
Lionnixz Tuanai – Keys
Leo Chen – Drums
Moi Oki – Baritone Sax
Alicia Silei – Bass
Angel Maene-Lokeni – Vocals
Ephraim Matafai – Vocals
Delores Lesatele – Vocals
Steven Tuitama-Muaiava – Vocals
Anna Neumann – Tenor Sax
Zennah Shin-Kelso – Trumpet
Eleana Nash – Alto Sax
Gypsy Jazz Group
Lucas Wongso – Guitar
Milli Manins – Violin
Chisato Aida – Violin
Francis Whall – Guitar
Tyler Diprose – Bass
Sacha Watts – Clarine