Charlie Parker with Strings IN CONCERT
Charlie Parker with
Strings
Featuring from New York - Dick
Oatts on Alto Saxophone
with the New
Zealand String Quartet and
Jazz Ensemble with
Musical Director – Rodger Fox
Jazz and Classical
worlds find common ground
Charlie Parker with Strings
was an album by jazz musician Charlie Parker, released by Verve Records in January 1995.The
sessions place Parker in the context of a small classical string section and a jazz rhythm section, rather than his standard
bebop quintet. They were Parker's most
popular sellers during his lifetime, and were admitted to
the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1988.
Famed
American alto-saxophonist Dick Oatts combines with a rhythm
section,
string quartet, two woodwind players under the
musical direction of iconic kiwi jazz musician Rodger Fox
will recreate this series of musical arrangements as well as
adding new arrangements of “Parkers” Bebop era.
Guest Artist Dick Oatts is an international featured soloist best known as the lead alto player in the Thad Jones| Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra from the late 70s and still holds down that role in the present day incarnation the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. Oatts has accompanied such vocalists as Joe Williams, Sarah Vaughan. Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Torme, and Milton Nascimento. He has recorded solos for R&B artist, Luther Vandross and Everything but the Girl.
Hear swinging rhythms with lush strings and a twist of BeBop.
The Ensemble
Dick Oatts -
Saxophone Guest Artist
The New Zealand String Quartet
Rodger Fox - Music Director / Conductor
Daniel Hayles
- Piano
Rory Macartney - Bass
Lauren Ellis -
Drums
Eilish Wilson - Baritone saxophone / Bass Clarinet/
Flute
Louisa Williamson – Tenor Saxophone / Flute /
Clarinet
Tour Itinerary
2019
Monday April 15 Wellington -
Memorial Theatre Victoria University
Bookings: www.eventfinda.co.nz
Tuesday
April 16 Palmerston North - Globe Theatre
Bookings: www.globetheatre.co.nz
Wednesday
April 17 Napier - Paisley Stage
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Thursday
April 18 Taupo – Great Lake Centre
Bookings: www.ticketek.co.nz
Friday
April 19 Tauranga Jazz Festival - Baycourt Theatre
Bookings: www.ticketek.co.nz
Saturday
April 20 Auckland - Uxbridge Theatre Howick
Bookings: www.uxbridge.org.nz