Over the course of his 25+ year career in music, guitarist Aleister James Campbell has been on a mission to bring together seemingly disparate styles of music, seeking out common threads and tying them together in unique ways.

A graduate of The New Zealand School of Music, his thirst for musical knowledge has been never-ending, and it has led him to collaborate with . kaleidoscope of different musicians and artists from other disciplines. Notable collaborators have included members of Australian international acts The Cat Empire, and Hiatus Koyote, The Black Seeds, along with NZ jazz legends Paul Dyne, Roger Sellers and Jeff Henderson.

While the centre of his musical universe is jazz (which he discovered early on after a three year obsession with rock and metal) with it’s endless potential for self expression and improvisation, he has an ever widening appreciation and feel for different styles including blues, classical, flamenco, hip-hop, electronic and experimental music.

As a leader he has performed several sell-out shows at the Wellington International Jazz Festival. And as a sideman in the Melbourne Jazz Festival, as well as many other festivals across Australian and New Zealand. He has also toured New Zealand in rock band Odessa, and Australia as a solo act and with Brazilian singer Alda Rezende.

Aleister is presently living back in Wellington (after a long sojourn in Melbourne) where he continues illuminate audiences with his deep connection to his music, which has been described as ‘expressing the joy of living’.