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This coming Monday, we have a huge double bill of interstate and international artists, including New Zealand’s JAKE BAXENDALE with his project WAYPEOPLE!
Jake Baxendale - woodwinds Chelsea Prastiti - voice Jia Ling “Jessie” - guzheng Luke Sweeting - piano Maximilian Alduca - double bass Tim Geldens - drums
Wellington-based saxophonist and composer Jake Baxendale brings together a remarkable collective of Aotearoa and Australia’s leading jazz and contemporary musicians for Waypeople, a luminous new album inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin’s English-language version of the Tao Te Ching. Drawing from jazz, Chinese classical music and improvisation, the project fuses lyrical storytelling with meditative textures and powerful ensemble interplay.
Featuring Chelsea Prastiti (voice), Jia Ling “Jessie” (guzheng), Jake Baxendale (woodwinds), Luke Sweeting (piano), Maximillian Alduca (double bass) and Tim Geldens (drums), Waypeople transforms the timeless Taoist philosophy of harmony, balance, and paradox into sound. The result is a work of shimmering beauty — grounded in jazz but alive with the rhythm of ancient poetry and the pulse of contemporary life.
Jake Baxendale - woodwinds Chelsea Prastiti - voice Jia Ling “Jessie” - guzheng Luke Sweeting - piano Maximilian Alduca - double bass Tim Geldens - drums
Wellington-based saxophonist and composer Jake Baxendale brings together a remarkable collective of Aotearoa and Australia’s leading jazz and contemporary musicians for Waypeople, a luminous new album inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin’s English-language version of the Tao Te Ching. Drawing from jazz, Chinese classical music and improvisation, the project fuses lyrical storytelling with meditative textures and powerful ensemble interplay.
Featuring Chelsea Prastiti (voice), Jia Ling “Jessie” (guzheng), Jake Baxendale (woodwinds), Luke Sweeting (piano), Maximillian Alduca (double bass) and Tim Geldens (drums), Waypeople transforms the timeless Taoist philosophy of harmony, balance, and paradox into sound. The result is a work of shimmering beauty — grounded in jazz but alive with the rhythm of ancient poetry and the pulse of contemporary life.
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