Hi I'm Andrew Bruce, aJazz Pianist living in Wellington, New Zealand. If you are interested in music for your function or event you can contact me via the Contact page. Thanks for stopping by!

-Andrew Bruce

NEWS

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24/8/08:

Andrew's combo "Chimp" are winners of the Ken Avery Memorial New Zealand School of Music Jazz Competition. Andrew Bruce, Jimmy Garden and Chris Wratt also won prizes from Music Works for Outstanding Musicianship.

The Combo:

Andrew Bruce - Piano
Jimmy Garden - Tenor Sax
Christian Bringzen- Guitar
Chris Wratt - Drums
Leon Phillipsen - Bass

 

28/6/08:

"Groove Generation" - Winners of the Wellington Regional Final of the Smokefreerockquest

After much rehearsal, Groove Generation battled it out against Wellington bands at the Wellington Heats of the competition held on Sunday the 15th of June. The band received the highest mark of the heats, progressing to the Wellington Finals held one week later. Competing against 14 other bands selected for the final, Groove Generation won first place.

Groove Generation are a Funk/Soul Collective from Wellington, New Zealand. With powerhouse drumming, tight grooves and funky jams, Groove Generation are bound to get you up and dancing. Singer Wallace Gollan has been described as having a mature sultry tone, and she is backed by a band of tight musicians, featuring screaming saxophone and wailing guitar. The band has been playing together since 2006 in various incarnations and members of the band have played at the New Plymouth ‘Festival of the lights’ and the botanical gardens ‘ASB Gardens Magic’ series. With a sound similar to a mix of Sly and the Family Stone, The New Power Generation and Jamiroquai, Groove Generation is a band with a versatile, exciting new sound.

www.myspace.com/groovegenerationnz

23/3/08:

"Combo Room 2A wins 6 awards at National Jazz Festival"

Most Outstanding Pianist: Andrew Bruce
Most Outstanding Saxophone Player: Jimmy Garden
Best Arrangement: Jimmy Garden
Most Oustanding Drummer: Chris Wratt
Most Outstanding Bassist: Ben Shepherd
Best Musician: Wallace Gollan

Australian saxophonist Jamie Oehlers was there as well as the Tom Warrington trio, with Larry Koonse and Joe Labarbera, who were judges for the youth band competition.

 

23/2/08:

Work on Ben Shepherd's Album Is now complete!

Ben Shepherd's Jazz/Fusion crossover project is a work featuring his originals displaying virtuosity in a wide range of genre's. The album features:

Ben Shepherd: Acoustic and Electric Bass
Matt Mulholland: Trumpet and Flugel
Andrew Bruce: Piano and Fender Rhodes
Chris Sylvester: Drums and Percussion

The project also features special guests Leigh Jackson and Lorenzo Pradel.

The album will be released at a release party, on the 23rd of February at Tawa College. This is also to farewell Ben as he leaves New Zealand to study at the California institute of the Arts.

The album will be available in stores, as well as online at Itunes and Cdbaby.com

To contact Ben about album sales etc, you can reach him through his website, www.yatrarecords.com