Kevin Downing's 101 Lab Band with Carl Verheyen: Manawatu Jazz and Blues Festival 2025

The 101 Lab Band is a 17-piece guitar orchestra run by internationally recognised guitar education specialist Kevin Downing and has been running for over 30 years. The band plays a mixture of jazz, blues, funk, rock and has a reputation for backing some of the world’s greatest guitar players and singers in those genres. Some of the tunes being played in this show are also written by Grammy-nominated artists, especially for the band.

Carl Verheyen
The current lead guitarist of the smash hit British rock group Supertramp, Carl is a critically acclaimed musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, producer and educator and is the ‘go-to’ session guitarist in L.A. Carl has performed and/or recorded with: Christina Aguilera, Bee Gees, Cher, Belinda Carlisle, Little Richard, Dolly Parton, B.B. King, Leanne Rimes, Miley Cyrus, to name but a few.