JAZZ
JAMIE OEHLERS (WAAPA, AUSTRALIA)

Night Jazz Concert

Jamie Oehlers ' saxophone
Kevin Field ' piano | Olivier Holland ' bass | Ron Samsom ' drums

Award-winning Australian jazz performer, composer and arranger, Jamie Oehlers, is coordinator of Jazz Studies at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), Australia. School of Music staff members and notable New Zealand jazz musicians, Kevin Field, Olivier Holland and Ron Samsom, will join Oehlers to present a concert and jazz performance workshop as a part of his artist residency.

Jamie Oehlers is one of Australia's leading jazz artists and saxophonists. In 2003 Jamie was the winner of the World Saxophone Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, judged by Charles Lloyd, Bruce Lundvall (Blue Note Records) and Jean Toussaint amongst others. He has won numerous awards in Australia, including an Australian Jazz 'Bell' Award for Best Australian Jazz Artist and three for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, an ABC Limelight Award for Best Jazz CD Release, a Western Australian Music Industry Award for International Achievement, a James Morrison Scholarship, has been nominated for a Mo Award for Best Jazz Instrumentalist, an Australian Young Achiever of the Year Award, and has twice been a finalist in the Australian Recording Industry Award's for Best Jazz Album. He has performed throughout the world including major festivals like the JVC Jazz Festival in New York, BBC London Jazz Festival, Jazz Yatra in India, Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, Edinburgh Jazz Festival, Villa Celimontana Jazz Festival in Rome, Galway Jazz festival, Brecon Jazz Festival in Wales, Jazz Alive Festival in New Zealand, and most major festivals in Australia.

Jamie has collaborated with many great international jazz artists within Australia and overseas including performances and recordings with the Ari Hoenig, George Garzone, Charlie Haden, Eric Harland, Reuben Rogers, Rufus Reid, Geri Allen, Cindy Blackman, Jamie Cullum, Bob Hurst, Peter Leitch, John and Jeff Clayton, Curtis Lundy, Eddie Marshal, Dale Barlow, Megan Washington, Kate Ceberano, Bobby Shew and many more. He is a member of the Paul Grabowsky Quartet and Sextet, the Australian Art Orchestra, and leads the groups Blowfish, the Jamie Oehlers Quartet, Memory of Elements and Lost and Found.

"Oehlers can match his ability to think on his feet at speed over sustained choruses with a touch on ballads that contrasts his up-tempo assertiveness with vulnerability and tenderness"- Rob Adams, Scottish Herald

CONCESSIONS AVAILABLE FOR:
- Seniors 60+
- Students with valid ID (up to tertiary level)
- Beneficiaries with valid ID
- The University of Auckland staff with valid ID
- The University of Auckland Alumni with valid ID
- The University of Auckland Society Members with valid ID.