Following on from their performance at the Wellington Jazz Festival, Auckland Jazz Orchestra presents a heartfelt tribute to the late New Zealand jazz pianist and composer Phil Broadhurst (1949–2020), in the 2024 Auckland Arts Festival

Comprising ten new arrangements of Broadhurst’s original compositions for 17-piece contemporary jazz big band, and accompanying album, Inverted, available on Rattle Records, the project has been a long time in the making.

Broadhurst sadly passed away in 2020, before completion of this project, but his impact on jazz in Aotearoa cannot be overstated. Through his storied career as a pianist, composer, bandleader, broadcaster and educator, he championed original music and musicians, and was the first jazz musician awarded an MNZM in 2001 for services to music.

We offer these wonderful sounds to his legacy.

2pm, Sunday 17 March 2024
Town Hall Concert Chamber

Tickets $25-49
School age children free with paying adult

More info on Auckland Arts Festival website.