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Gerard Masters's High 5
Gerard Masters's High 5 New Zealander Gerard Masters moved to Sydney in 1999. He performs regularly at Sydney's top music venues and has also performed…
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New Zealander Gerard Masters moved to Sydney in 1999. He performs regularly at Sydney’s top music venues and has also performed at the Australian International Jazz Festival, The Sydney Festival, the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, The Wangaratta National Jazz Festival, the St Kilda Festival, The Tauranga National Jazz Festival and the Christchurch Arts Festival. Gerard has studied extensively with Doug Caldwell and Mike Nock, two of New Zealand’s most well known jazz pianists. In September of 2001 Gerard competed in the Jazz Hoeilaart Competition in Belgium and gained third place as part of the Willow Neilson Quartet. He has released three trio albums as leader most recently ‘Pendulum’ on the Jazzgroove Record label with Cameron Undy on bass and Evan Mannell on drums.
”…Masters has formed a trio of exciting soloists and exciting collaborators. He is an imaginative deconstructionist . the room was electrified by the sense that anything could happen…”
- John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald
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1. CROWDED HOUSE – Hagley Park Christchurch 1993
A band at the peak of their powers; they had conquered the world and had come home to play a free concert in our park. I was glued to every note.
2. CAMERON UNDY & NICK MCBRIDE – Manifesto Wine Bar, Auckland 1997
This was a regular Sunday night gig and I happened to be in town when Cameron Undy and Nick McBride were playing. It was the first time I heard these guys and I knew then that I had to practice really hard so I could play with them one day.
3. MIKE NOCK TRIO - Various
Any Mike Nock trio gig. Mike is still the king of piano and blows me away every time. I would not be doing what I do today if I hadn’t picked up Mike’s record ‘Ondas’ in a second hand shop back in 1996
4. HERBIE HANCOCK, Civic Theatre 2007
What can I say? This guy has been one of the hippest voices in music for more than five decades. To see him play live was awesome.
5. GERARD MASTERS TRIO, The Basement May 2008
I was so proud of the way my band played that night, the trio had turned into something really special, and I knew that night that we will be playing together for many years to come.
