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Kevin Field

Composer, Jazz Composer, Performer

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Biography Works 40 Recordings 7 Resources 1 Performances 2

Biography

Pianist and composer Kevin Field has collaborated with some of the top international names in jazz including guitarist Nir Felder, bassist Matt Penman and drummer Obed Calvaire, who all feature on his New York album The A List (Warner Music 2015). He has performed concerts in the UK, USA, Australia and New Zealand and features on over 30 albums by such artists as Nathan Haines, Whirimako Black, Caitlin Smith and The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. In addition, Kevin has released several of his own albums including the celebrated Field of Vision, also on the Warner Music label.

At the age of 8, Kevin began his musical career with piano lessons introducing him to the world of classical music. After considerable success at competitions and examinations, he started playing in a jazz band at age 17 where he discovered a passion for jazz. Kevin’s distinctive approach to jazz harmony is probably the most recognizable element to his playing and compositions. “From a very young age, it was the harmony in music that moved me and the emotions that could be attached to chords or a chord sequence.”

Kevin is a dynamic and experienced live performer having lead a number of his own bands and is known for the respect and affinity he garners from his fellow musicians. He is also a Senior Lecturer in Jazz Studies at The University of Auckland.

Composed (40)

Amongst Thieves

for jazz quintet, 12m

As One

for jazz ensemble

Backslider

for jazz ensemble

Bootcamp

for jazz ensemble

Breadwinner

for jazz ensemble

Closed Book

for jazz ensemble, 5m 3s

Continuance

for jazz quartet

Cousin Morphine

for jazz ensemble

Dangerous to Know

for jazz ensemble

Dealbreaker

for jazz ensemble, 5m 9s

Ditto

for jazz ensemble

Drea

for jazz ensemble

Good Friday

for jazz ensemble

High Crane Drifter

for jazz quintet, 9m 30s

Icebreaker

for jazz quartet

Imaginary Friend

for jazz ensemble

Ironing

for jazz ensemble

Le Grand

for jazz ensemble

Leftfield

for jazz ensemble, 6m 33s

Madame Butterfly

for jazz ensemble

Mahi Tahi

for jazz ensemble, 9m 30s

Modus Operandi

for jazz ensemble, 5m 13s

Mr Latin

for jazz ensemble

Music of the Gods

for jazz ensemble, 4m 12s

Need You

for jazz ensemble

Number 2

by Olivier Holland

Offering

for jazz ensemble

One Way Traffic

for jazz ensemble, 7m 59s

Overture

for jazz ensemble, 9m 30s

People Factory

for jazz quartet

Perfect Disco

for jazz ensemble, 5m 27s

Protean Sketch

for jazz ensemble, 8m 29s

Quintus Maximus

for jazz ensemble, 7m 30s

Realisation

for jazz ensemble

Road to Damascus

for jazz quartet

See Happen

for jazz ensemble

Shatneresque

for jazz ensemble, 4m 25s

Te Ūkaipō o te Pūoro Tautito

for jazz ensemble, 11m

The A List

for jazz ensemble, 6m 54s

Tūrangawaewae

for jazz ensemble, 12m

Recordings (7)

Dog | No Dogs Allowed - downloadable MP3 ALBUM

Audio/visual

Eve de Castro-Robinson | The Gristle of Knuckles - downloadable MP3 ALBUM

Audio/visual

Kevin Field: A Field of Vision - CD

Audio/visual

Kevin Field: The A List - CD

Audio/visual

Nathan Haines: The Poet's Embrace - CD

Audio/visual

The FSH Trio | Irony - CD

Audio/visual

The FSH Trio | Irony - downloadable MP3 ALBUM

Audio/visual

Resources (1)

Eve de Castro-Robinson | The Gristle of Knuckles - CD

Audio/visual

Performances (2)

DOG - Jazz Staff Concert

The University of Auckland School of Music’s jazz staff ensemble DOG returns to the School of Mus...

CANCELLED: Auckland Arts Festival | Dixon Nacey & Friends

__Auckland Arts Festival/Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki (AAF) was sadly unable to open Thursday 4 March a...