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Geoff Culverwell - A Cool Tribute to Chet Baker

20 December 2009

Geoff Culverwell, renowned Wellington jazz trumpeter, will lead his group in a cool tribute to Chet Baker.

The show has been a sell-out for the concerts at the Christchurch International Jazz Festival.

Audience members, festival directors and critics have said: "This man has captured the Chet Baker magic with both trumpet and vocal", "Beautiful lyrical horn work and steaming tempos", "Simply a magic night of immaculate musicianship with some very loyal renditions and new innovations", "This show could go international!!"

Internationally performed trumpet player Geoff Culverwell started on this project two years ago adapting his horn sounds, improvisation and vocal style to something very close to that of the late great Chet Baker.

The show is of wide appeal and takes the audience through the many stages of Chet's musical life and times - some good, some bad - but all reflected emotionally in the music. There will be tunes from Chet's last recorded performance at Ronnie Scott's in London where Geoff himself performed in the '80's and soon will have his own CD of this style of jazz available at his concerts.