WJF - Mark Lockett, Swings & Roundabouts

Powerhouse drummer or tasteful timekeeper, you decide. Top Kiwi drummer Mark Lockett release seventh album, ‘Swings and Roundabouts’. Recorded in New York, a chordless quartet also featuring top NY heavyweights David Binney, Duane Eubanks and Matt Penman. Masterful improvisations in a cutting-edge setting.

During lockdown Lockett penned nine original compositions inspired by his love of the past, jazz giant Ornette Coleman and drawing on the modern sound of his contemporaries.

Powerhouse drummer or tasteful timekeeper, you decide. Top Kiwi drummer Mark Lockett plays tunes from his seventh album, ‘Swings and Roundabouts’. Having assembled a smok’n quartet for this WJC pop-up jazz Club outing featuring saxophonist Roger Manins, and Lion-heart Lockett on drums. Trumpet guru Michael Castillo, and double bass extraordinaire Umar Zackaria.

So, “Lockett in” for this show, they promise it will be a night to remember!

WJC Popup Jazz Club is downstairs at 126 Cuba Street.