9 Oct 2022

Roger Fox: A homage to Hone Tuwhare

From Sunday Morning, 11:25 am on 9 October 2022

Roger Fox is synonymous with the Big Band scene in New Zealand. He is our foremost jazz trombonist, big band leader, jazz educator and producer.

He has performed in concert with some of the biggest names in the business, recorded 44 albums including live recordings at the Montreux Jazz Festival and at Bunker Studios in Brooklyn, New York.

In his latest project, The Rodger Fox Big Band pays homage to the poetry of the late Hone Tuwhare.

1312 2012 Photo Ross Giblin, copyright Dominion Post, Fairfax.
Jazz musician Rodger Fox with his trombone in his trusty old Toyota van.

Photo: Bigbandleader, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons