Powerhouse drummer/composer and bandleader Mark Lockett presents a brand new quartet for this special Wellington Jazz Club concert. Drawing on his love for the music of innovator/pianist Thelonious Monk, Lockett has chosen a suite of tunes for quartet. The music promises to be both joyful and allows musicians freedom to improvise not bound by complex harmonies. The quartet will also be taking some requests in the second set. Originally from Wellington Lockett has been a mainstay on the jazz scene both local and internationally for the last three decades and having spent 16 years abroad living in both New York City and Melbourne. With six albums under his own name Mark has performed internationally with Jazz giants George Garzone, Joe Cohn, Joel Frahm, Will Vinson, Danny Walsh, Jamie Oehlers, Orlando le Fleming, Matt Penman and many more. He has studied with some of the most influential drummers on the global scene today including Ari Hoenig, Joe Morello, Jim Black and John Riley to name a few.