Doug Caldwell
New Zealand jazz pianist and composer (1928–2022)
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Douglas George Caldwell MNZM (22 March 1928 – 10 May 2022), sometimes referred to as The Maestro, was a New Zealand jazz pianist, arranger, composer, music teacher, and author.
22 March 1928
Doug Caldwell | |
|---|---|
| Born | Douglas George Caldwell 22 March 1928 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Died | 10 May 2022 (aged 94) Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Instruments | Piano |
Biography
Caldwell was born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1928 and attended St Bede's College. He began working at Christchurch venue the Winter Garden in the 1940s and later co-founded a jazz club called the Jazz Inn in the 1950s. He studied musical arrangement and composition at Michigan State University in the United States.[1]
He taught music from 1977 to 1981 at Christchurch Boys' High School and then from 1983 to 1989 at Christ's College. In 1992 he became a tutor, and later lecturer, at the Christchurch Polytechnic Jazz School (now the Ara Institute of Canterbury Jazz School).[1] An auditorium at the school is named for him.[2] He was known as "The Maestro" in Christchurch.[1]
Caldwell became the first New Zealand jazz composer to be given full writer membership to Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).[3] In the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to jazz music.[4]
Discography
- The Doug Caldwell Trio (Kiwi Pacific,1990)[6]
- Off the Cuff (Kiwi Pacific, 1992)[7]
- Willows – Doug Caldwell live (Polyjazz, 1995)
- Legacy (Polyjazz, 2003)
- I Hear Music – with Susan de Jong (Polyjazz, 2005)
- Waiting at the Red Door (Polyjazz, 2009)
- Colette Jansen Meets Doug Caldwell (Colette Jansen, 2013)
Guest artist:
- Don Rader Down Under 'Collaboration' – (Polyjazz, 1994)
