Lockie Bennett Trio

The Autumn Season at Hanover Hall in 2026 kicks off with the appearance of virtuoso guitarist Lockie Bennett, who will perform his bebop inflected music with an All Star band as part of his upcoming Australasian tour. Lockie is a Wellington based musician who has just released a self-titled album of jazz standards with alto saxophonist Alex Trask and double bassist Elijah Mulheron. For this concert, Bennett will perform tunes from that album, as well as a selection of jazz standards composed and recorded by the greats of the bebop tradition, such as Charlie Parker, Bud Powell and Tadd Dameron.

Since graduating from the New Zealand School of Music in 2021, Lockie has performed and recorded regularly as both a leader and a side man and has become one of the most in-demand straight-ahead jazz guitarists in the country. In 2023, Lockie started a weekly trio residency at The Undercurrent…