Nick Granville Big Band

Nick Granville is a professional guitarist, teacher, composer and first call session musician who has worked with artists as diverse as Dave Weckl, Tony Lindsay (Santana), Chris De Burgh, Ronan Keating, Delta Goodrem, Dave Mathews (Santana), Dewayne Pate, Dave Dobbyn, Julia Deans, Steve Smith, Mike Stern, Joey Defrancesco, Eric Marienthal, Kurt Elling, Patti Austin to name but a few.

Nick was the guitarist on New Zealand's most successful television show ever, Dancing with the Stars. He works regularly with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Wellington and in many of Rodger Fox’s projects including The Funkbone Experience. Nick leads his own groups which play regularly including the major jazz festivals in NZ and he is a founding member of the Wellington Jazz Orchestra (now the Rodger Fox Big Band). He has released five successful CD's as a band leader and has played approximately 50 records as a sideman. Nick has performed on many film scores, television programs and radio programs including recording the main music for One News, Breakfast, ‘Billy’ Billy T James Show, The Brian Edwards Show, Fair Go and many others.