Luck seems to have been following her around – though being adaptable helps. While her fellow music students at the New Zealand School of Music last year were hamstrung from collaborating in ensemble work due to Covid-19 restrictions, Williamson was able to continue completing a Masters in Jazz Composition from her Brooklyn flat. Having finished her Bachelor of Music (Hons) in Jazz Performance in 2018 she could commiserate with the cohort that had to Zoom it in. “Obviously jazz is a performance degree and a lot of it is about combo, playing with other people.” Williamson handed over her thesis just as venues were looking to welcome musos and audiences back.
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Wellington Jazz Cooperative presents outstanding Kiwi jazz group The John Rae Trio.
Expatriate Scots drummer Rae, a top-flight composer, musician and bandleader, will join forces for the WJC concert with vaunted saxophonist, flautist, and composer Lucien Johnson and double bass player Patrick Bleakley. Rae, Johnson and Bleakley were leaders and composers of The Troubles, a premier Kiwi jazz nonet that initially had been an earlier incarnation of the present trio.
Rae recorded his first album at 16 alongside acclaimed saxophonist Tommy Smith and has since recorded over 80 albums as a leader and sideman, including the 2003 and 2004 BBC Jazz Album of the Year.
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