Steven Barry - piano / keyboard
Roger Manins - tenor saxophone
Tom Dennison - acoustic bass
Chris Dawson - drums
Highly passionate and interactive
Steven Barry on a break from Australia, performs two sets of highly interactive original compositons for CJC. Since leaving for Sydney several years ago, Steven is a fast becoming a force in both the Australian and New Zealand jazz scenes with a strong, passionately creative, improvisational style with compositions to match.
Steven started playing piano at age 5, and has been gigging professionally since age 15. He has received the Most Outstanding Musician, Best Pianist, Best Keyboardist, Best Composition and Band of the Festival Awards from the Tauranga International Jazz Festival Youth Competition.
For the last few years before leaving for Australia Steven held a Friday night residency at Aucklands ‘London Bar’ with a quintet featuring Roger Manins, Peter Barwick and Frank Gibson. Now 20, he has been largely active on the Sydney jazz scene for the past year and also recently toured in New Caledonia with Dale Barlow and George Coleman Jr, son of legendary jazz saxophonist George Coleman.
CJC Membership
By joining the Creative Jazz Club one is joining a proactive community of musicians and jazz fans (non-musicians) alike, who are committed to furthering the development of quality, improvised music in NZ. As a CJC member, one gets the chance to support and be a part of the community’s growth, and the opportunity to perform as part of its creative program.
Other Member benefits include a discounted entrance fee on the door and a loyalty program at One2One Cafe throughout the week, including a 30% discount on drinks and food on CJC club nights, and the chance to go into the draw for a weekly prize of new jazz CDs. When available, Members will also have the opportunity to win jazz concert tickets.
Membership is $40 a year. CJC is a non profit organisation and revenue goes back into CJC.
