Michael Houstoun – Rodger Fox Big Band

Special Guest Erna Ferry

Mozart, Beethoven, Gino Vannelli?

You won’t find Gino Vannelli next to van Beethoven in an alphabetical order of immortal composers but you should. New Zealand’s foremost classical pianist, Michael Houstoun loves him. “I love the tunes, the harmonies, the driving rhythms, the jazz-rock feel,” Houstoun says.

Fox and Houstoun have both performed before, for this concert instead of playing jazz adaptations of classical pieces, Michael will present two of Gino’s most enduring numbers, especially written for him by international acclaimed arranger Bill Cunliffe.

The concert also includes Warriors, a Bill Cunliffe original, and feature on piano in a rhythm/vocal version of Charles Trenet’s I Wish You Love, sung by supremo blues vocalist, Erna Ferry.

And that’s not all. The Big Band will present material from their New York studio recording of New Zealand original compositions and special guest vocalist Erna Ferry will perform a unique version of Peggy Lees “I Love Being Here With You”, a stellar version of George Gershwin’s “Summertime” and a big band version of The Rolling Stones “Honky Tonk Woman”.