Auckland Jazz and Blues Club

Welcome to the home of jazz in Auckland

Birkenhead RSA, Recreation Drive, Birkenhead.

Please see EVENTS section for weekly concert details.

($10 members/$25 non-members - cash only)


The club was formed around 1992 to further the interests of jazz & blues music in Auckland.

The club has a membership of around 250 and has regular club nights every Tuesday evening at the Birkenhead RSA.

Concerts start at 7.30pm and finish at 9.30pm with a break at half time. Meals are available before the concert. Full bar service.

Ample off-street parking. Come early to secure your seating.

Each night features a different local or out of town band.. Sometimes an International star makes an appearance.

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DAN COSTA

  • Pt Chevalier RSA 1136 Great North Road Auckland, Auckland, 1022 New Zealand (map)

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Praised for melodic sensibility by DownBeat Magazine, Dan Costa is a jazz/ world music pianist, composer and producer who has collaborated with artists such as Randy Brecker, John Patitucci, Mike Stern, Hermeto Pascoal, Dave Douglas, Ivan Lins, Leila Pinheiro, Seamus Blake, Jaques Morelenbaum and Roberto Menescal.

Costa studied classical and jazz piano at the Académie de Musique Rainier III and popular music at Paul McCartney’s LIPA. He graduated in jazz piano at ESMAE with a Rotary Club award for outstanding achievement and studied Brazilian music at UNICAMP in São Paulo as part of an exchange programme. He later pursued further studies at Berklee College of Music with a merit-based scholarship. He released his first album Suite Três Rios in 2016, considered one of the best albums of the year by Down Beat Magazine. His second album Skyness was deemed “rare and luxurious” by All About Jazz, while Live in California, his solo piano album released in 2020 was praised for “profound expression” by Jazziz Magazine. He also recorded two singles – the well-known standard Love Dance with one of its creators, Ivan Lins, and Iremia, with Randy Brecker, as a message of peace.

He teams up with Ron Samson and Olivier Holland to present his original output.

Members $5 cash
Non-members $20 cash
(Guest registration required at time of entry.)

Earlier Event: August 30
JENNY B
Later Event: September 13
GOLDSMITH & BAYNES