Welcome to a brief recap of Kokomo's small part in the mighty
2023 Port Of Tauranga 60th National Jazz Festival

60th Anniversary Gala - Baycourt Theatre - 8th April 2023

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THAT'S LIFE
TORCH SONGS
- intermission -
CAITRIONA FALLON
KOKOMO

Born To Bad Luck
I'm Going Fishing
Bars Gonna Close
Highway 29 Blues
Something Funny Going On
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Every Day I Have The Blues
The band played a 5-song set and were joined on stage by Liam Ryan (keyboards) and Damain Forlong (trombone). The evening finished with Kokomo leading members of the bands performing at the gala through Memphis Slim's "Every Day I Have The Blues"

Photos by Janice Holdem:
Here's a slightly weird one - after the concert Toni Proud took photos of the band (and Jeff Smith singer/keyboard player from That's Life - in the middle at the bottom). This is part of a project to picture musicians with mugs that feature an image of "The Last Supper", a 250kg sculpture created by Tauranga artist Franz Mens made from cement, rock, oak and copper. and "wired up with lighting" which failed to sell on TradeMe a few years back for $10,000,000. Exactly why Toni is doing this is a mystery to us but we wish her well!

Downtown Carnival - The Strand, Tauranga - April 9th 2023

Bars Gonna Close
Any Road Up
Fishing Blues
Workhorse Blues
I'm Going Fishing
Born To Bad Luck
Travel All Over The World
Highway 29 Blues
Don't Tempt Me
Something Funny Going On
Plastic Jesus
Freight Train
Artist Bernard Dobbie was on hand painting bands as they played. Here he is while Grant mixes it with the crowd. This painting was done during Kokomo's set.
Photos by Cheryle Everard and Janice Holdem:
We were lucky enough to have Mike Butler present, blues afficianado, harp player, video cameraman and photographer specialising in close-ups of live performers. He is responsible for this photo gallery and the 2 videos: 

BORN TO BAD LUCK (start missing)

WORKHORSE BLUES

SEE YOU AT THE 61ST NEXT YEAR!