Wellington Jazz Festival 2017: Black String & The Jac
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Live: The Jac and Black String at the 2017 Wellington Jazz Festival
4:00 PM.The Jac are joined by South Korea's Black String in the culmination of a year-long collaboration, recorded at the 2017 Wellington Jazz Festival by RNZ Read more Audio
Black String Photo: Supplied
Members:
Black String Quartet: Yoon Jeung Heo (geomungo/Korean zither), Aram Lee (daegeum/bamboo flute), Jean Oh (electric guitar) and Min Wang Hwang (janggu/Korean drum);
The Jac: Lex French (trumpet), Jake Baxendale (alto saxophone), Chris Buckland (tenor saxophone), Matthew Allison (trombone), Callum Allardice (guitar), Nick Tipping (bass), Daniel Millward (piano) and Shaun Anderson (drums)
Recorded at the Opera House, Wellington by RNZ Concert