Effervescence is a jazz collaboration that brings you well-known jazz standards and original jazz compositions in fresh, sparkling and elegant interpretations.

Mike Murane on vocals is well known in the Auckland jazz scene having played with many of Auckland’s top line artists. He has a polished and swinging vocal style that’s ideal to the standards made popular by Sinatra and Bennett.

Niduk Wijetilleke on piano is a graduate from Berklee College of Music in USA and arrived in New Zealand in 2016. Since then he has widely performed as a solo pianist and with groups. His sophisticated approach to jazz makes him a much sought after performer.

Guy Halpe plays standard, fretless and upright basses. Guy’s background in violin and viola with orchestras overseas gives him a uniquely melodic and non-modal approach to bass playing.

Rick Roff (Trumpet and Flugelhorn) was born in New York City and moved to New Zealand when he was a teenager. In the 1980’s he established several restaurants that featured jazz bands and he would play along with them. In 2007 he moved back to the US and played regularly in New York City and New Orleans. He returned to Auckland in 2018 and since then has been a featured performer in many jazz bands in Auckland.

Jason Orme graduated from P.I.T at the Musicians Institute, Los Angeles in 1988 receiving an honours diploma. He is a highly sought after drummer who has worked with a number of popular Auckland bands and bandleaders such as Rodger Fox, Nairobi Trio, Phil Broadhurst & Julie Mason, Trudy Lile’s ‘Mojave Group’ & album and Nathan Haines.

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