Frank TALBOT

Growing up in Devonport, Frank quickly developed an aptitude for music at a young age, becoming the head of the Takapuna Grammar School Concert Band and Big Band and being one of the country’s top scholars in NCEA Music. At 17 he moved to Wellington to study at the New Zealand School of Music, where he soon became the lead tenor saxophonist of the university’s top big band. He was twice named Woodwind Player of the Year, twice made the Dean’s List, the Therle Drake award for being the top performer, and a finalist in the Concerto Competition.

Frank has had a vast and varied performance career, twice touring Eastern Europe with the JM Jazz World Orchestra, performing and recording in the USA with the Rodger Fox Big Band, first clarinet for the Royal New Zealand Air Force Band, lead tenor for the Air Force Jazz Orchestra, performing with the New Zealand String Quartet, playing, touring and recording with the Julie Lamb Outfit, playing lead tenor and clarinet (soloist) for the Queen City Big Band, and taking his own quartet on a number of successful tours around New Zealand. MUNDANE LIFE UPDATES is Frank's debut for Rattle.

L to R: Frank Talbot, Phoebe Johnson, Ayrton Foote, Hikurangi Schaverien-Kaa