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 and GALLERY for weekly concert photos.

($10 members/$25 non-members - cash only - includes raffle draw for bottle of wine.)

Non-member contact registration required at time of entry.

Restaurant (downstairs) open 5 - 8.30pm. Full bar services.


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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KEITH PRICE TRIO

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

Keith Price - guitar,
Naamah Cheiban - vocal
Cameron McArthur - bass
Ron Samsom - drums

Keith Price is a Canadian-born guitarist/composer now based in Auckland (NZ) where he serves as a Lecturer in Jazz at Auckland University. He first learned chords from his Grandfather on a dark-red hollow-bodied guitar, but after hearing the intensity and rawness of John Coltrane at the age of fifteen, he was irrevocably drawn into the world of jazz.

Keith studied at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and the University of Manitoba before completing undergraduate and graduate degrees in jazz at Brandon University, where he studied with internationally recognized pianist and composer, Michael Cain. His omnivorous listening habits are the foundation of his expressive musical style, which combines old jazz, new jazz, folk, noise, and funk. His sound is a mixture of colours, textures, and flavours from a range of genres and influences, filtered on stage through the process of improvisation. Whether performing with a double-quartet, a trio, or as a solo guitarist, Keith’s musical focus is on openness, imagination, and the search for a shared connection with fellow musicians and audiences alike.

‘The notes and chords he uses weaves a dream-like atmosphere … he doesn’t seem to be afraid of silence, and he knows how to use space, the result being that the atmosphere [remains] even though he doesn’t play constantly.’ –TicketMOMster

Keith has released seven albums; Trio Antipodes: Upside Downwards (2019), Double Quartet (2017), Live at 101.5 UMFM (2015), The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (2015), Solo Guitar (2013), Gaia/Goya (2011), and Breakfast of Champions (2009). Performance highlights include: The Montreal International Jazz Festival; CBC Canada Live; The Yardbird Suite (Edmonton); The Rainbow Trout Music Festival; Jazz on the Rooftop at the Winnipeg Art Gallery; and he has had the honour and pleasure of opening shows for Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper, and The Bad Plus.

Members - $10 cash
Non-members - $25 cash
Non-member contact registration required at time of entry.

Earlier Event: March 21
LACHY HAMILTON TRIO
Later Event: April 4
EVAN SILVA and SILVA SERVICE BAND