Today kicks off Aotearoa New Zealand's biggest international jazz festival, the Wellington Jazz Festival.
Music commentator Dave Wilson says it's a thrilling week for music lovers for the expansive range of musical styles under the broadest umbrella jazz can encapsulate.
He looks at the mutual impact international artists and Kiwi audiences and musicians can have on each other, and features work from one artist at this year's festival and two from previous years.
Jazz artists (left to right): Melissa Aldana, Ambrose Akinmusire and Gretchen Parlato. Photo: Wikipedia
