Nick is a guitarist, teacher and session musician who has worked with artists as diverse as Dave Weckl, Tony Lindsay (Santana's singer), Dave Mathews, Dewayne Pate, Chris de Burgh, Ronan Keating, Delta Goodrem, Steve Smith, Mike Stern, Joey Defrancesco, Eric Marienthal, and Kurt Elling. As a bandleader, his groups regularly play around Wellington and at major jazz festivals at home and abroad. He is a founding member of the Wellington Jazz Orchestra, has released six CDs under his own name and played on countless film scores, television and radio programs and albums of New Zealand music. Nick currently teaches at the New Zealand School of Music but has also taught at the Goodtime Music Academy, Musicworks retail stores, Christchurch Jazz School (CPIT), Otago University, Auckland University and at jazz festivals all around NZ. Nick has performed around the world and recorded in the best studios including Kronos Recording, Capitol Studio A in Los Angeles, USA.
Nick has a masters degree with first-class honours in jazz performance from the University of Auckland.
