Building our
Jazz network
Help us create a national jazz database
ARTISTS
Are you a jazz musician or composer? Do other work but play jazz gigs on the side? Maybe you’re based overseas but still play in NZ or have your work performed here? If you’re a New Zealander creating jazz in Aotearoa, we want to hear from you!
View the formPRESENTERS
Do you represent a jazz club? Venue for hire? Bar, restaurant or cafe? Do you put jazz gigs on in your home? Run swing dances or other events with live jazz? If you’re involved in presenting jazz in Aotearoa, we want to hear from you!
View the formFESTIVALS
Does your festival feature jazz? If you ever present jazz performances at your festival, we want to hear from you!
View the formEDUCATORS
Are you involved in teaching jazz at a high school, tertiary institute, summer school, or community classes? If you are a part of an organisation or institute teaching jazz in Aotearoa, we want to hear from you!
View the formWe’re collecting a database of jazz activity in Aotearoa. This means finding out who is performing and writing the music; who is presenting it; and who is teaching it. In time, we'd also like to know who the audiences are, and whom in the media are interested in jazz.
Why is this important?
Funders want to know: with the right data, funding services can make better decisions on how jazz projects are funded, how much, and whether investment matches activity.
Artists want to know: where jazz is hosted and what assistance is available to them.
Venues and festivals want to know: who the artists are and how to get in touch.
What will we do with this information?
- Continue gathering data - we intend for this to be a "living database" that can adapt to changes in a shifting and dynamic scene
- Approach funders and services with aggregate data, showing the level of jazz activity and lobbying for better representation
- In consultation with artists, presenters etc, develop and adopt a method by which the data can be made available to interested parties. Our aim is for the database to serve everyone who is a part of it.
