Unwind-Daylight Tour @ Porridge Watson

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Hayden Chisholm might be a native of Taranaki, but he has made his home in Europe for 30
years. Since moving to Germany in 1993 to study at the Cologne College of Music, he has
performed in Europe, Asia, the Americas, Africa and of course—when the chance
arises—around Aotearoa. That opportunity has arisen again this summer when he will
perform around New Zealand with his local group Unwind. Joined by sympathetic New
Zealand musicians Paul Dyne (bassist with Malcolm McNeill, Rodger Fox, Sustenance) and
Julien Dyne (drums with Fat Freddy’s Drop, Ladi6) along with pianist/composer Norman
Meehan, Hayden will be performing original music that might know about jazz, but also
dances with Indian raga, chamber music, and folk traditions.
Although he has purposely kept a low profile in the last few years, preferring to spend time
with his family in Belgrade where he now lives—the pandemic may have been a factor,
too—he has built a reputation as one of the most individual and outstanding voices on his
instrument worldwide and has gathered a collection of important prizes and accolades. He
has also been active as a producer and festival director and worked hard in promoting
young talent throughout Europe. His yearly masterclasses in Greece and Germany have
come to attract some the world’s best young saxophone talents from across the globe. 
While Hayden may have lived away from Aotearoa for a long while, he still feels his music is
connected to the country. He said ‘A good half of my life I have been based in Europe, but I
still feel very much like a New Zealander. You carry that with you wherever you go. I think
the strongest underlying current you take with you, as a New Zealander, is the feeling of the
land you get growing up here: being bare-foot on the grass; the colours and the smells. That
connection to the land is a very powerful thing, and while that will not necessarily pull you
back here, it will define you in a strong way.’
The group perform around New Zealand this February in a tour supporting their new
album Daylight, released by Rattle Records. At the conclusion of the tour Hayden will
perform a new setting of the Eucharist Service at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul on
February 26. 

Footage of the band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCBwAdxlvKs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_gDjizFWIM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY3oYLzovTA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1uq86n_0yY
Hayden Chisholm
http://www.haydenchisholm.net/#welcome_to_hayden_chisholm
Tour Itinerary
http://normanmeehan.co.nz/upcoming-performances/

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