Douglas George Caldwell MNZM (22 March 1928 – 10 May 2022), sometimes referred to as The Maestro, was a New Zealand jazz pianist, arranger, composer, music teacher, and author.
Caldwell was born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1928 and attended St Bede's College.
[1] He taught music from 1977 to 1981 at Christchurch Boys' High School and then from 1983 to 1989 at Christ's College.
[1] Caldwell became the first New Zealand jazz composer to be given full writer membership to Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).
[3] In the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to jazz music.