“This project had deep personal meaning to me; my great great uncle Martin was a jazz musician in the 40s and 50s, despite being deaf he taught himself how to play the saxaphone and clarinet, he could even play both at the same time. When I was 16 I grew an affinity for jazz; I used to smoke in my friends basement listening to his dads record collection for hours. This first introduced me to the world of jazz.”

For this project I created a 78 record slip cover that detailed the history of jazz in Aotearoa from the last 108 years. From when the ‘Livery Stable Blues’ recording landed on NZ shores to the artists today keeping the influence of jazz alive.