Maya Stake, Bill Martin and Ethan Burton

Maya Satake, Bill Martin & Ethan Burton

Fresh from her sell-out concert performing the repertoire of Ella Fitzgerald, singing sensation Maya Satake returns to the stage at the Dunedin Jazz Club for a “Pop-Up” gig at Moons. Accompanied by club director and pianist Bill Martin, this intimate setting will provide the opportunity for Satake to perform old and new repertoire in a more flexible format, with Martin’s walking bass lines and atmospheric chords providing a platform for  young American alto saxophonist Ethan Burton to show his improvisational skills.

Satake joined the Dunedin Youth Jazz Orchestra in 2025 after winning a range of awards at a secondary level and is now quickly gaining a reputation as a confident soloist with a sensitive appreciation of the history of jazz. She has performed Big Band arrangements of standards by Ella Fitgerald (“Deed I Do”, “Shiny Stockings”), Harry Connick Jr (“All of Me”) and…