Creative Jazz Club: Dan Costa

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, Ivan Lins, Leila Pinheiro, Seamus Blake, Jaques Morelenbaum and Roberto Menescal.

Costa studied at the Académie de Musique Rainier III and 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 visits Aotearoa New Zealand for the first time, to perform his original music in a trio setting.

FEATURING
Dan Costa - piano
rhythm section TBC

ENTRY
$35 General Admission
$30 CJC Members
$20 Students
$15 CJC Student Members

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Doors: 7.30pm
Performance: 8-10pm with intermission