It's been 40 years in the waiting but judging by the deluge of entries to our first competition everyone is united in the view - it's been well worth the wait!
The living embodiment of swing, one of the most elegant and irresistible sounds that ever shook the westernworld, The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra is bringing their 80th Anniversary Tour to Hamilton and we are delighted to offer you a second chance to win a double pass to help celebrate this landmark occasion.
Directed by veteran trumpeter Scotty Barnhart, the big band 18-piece Count Basie Orchestra features a peerless array of instrumentalists with combined credentials that have topped the upper echelons of the international jazz world for decades.
From Billie Holiday to Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra to Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughan to Ella Fitzgerald, the Count Basie Orchestra has provided the supremely distinctive sound and swing behind some of the greatest singers of the modern age.
Special guest vocalist is the remarkable Carmen Bradford, who has performed with artists including Tony Bennett, James Brown, Wynton Marsalis, Frank Sinatra and George Benson. Count Basie heard Bradford sing in the early eighties and immediately hired her as vocalist for his Orchestra, a role she has continued in to this day.
Simply put, the Count Basie Orchestra is the real deal, a who's who of swing spanning generations maintaining the flame of one of the world's best-loved sounds. This 80th Anniversary Tour is a very special occasion and a rare chance for Waikato folk to witness a truly elite jazz ensemble staged in the iconic Founders Theatre.
Tickets from Ticketek.
To be in to win email your name, address and daytime telephone number to HNFTHcomps@gmail.com by 4pm, Friday, May 1.
