Dan Costa and the Bill Martin Big Band

The Dunedin Jazz Club and Christchurch Big Band Festival present a unique collaboration between international Latin jazz pianist Dan Costa and Dunedin based musical director Bill Martin, as Costa performs Big Band versions of six compositions from his critically acclaimed Suite Três Rios album. Building on the success of Costa's 2024 Chamber Music New Zealand tour of Aotearoa, Costa and Martin will further develop their creative partnership through performances of six compositions from Costa's critically acclaimed album Suite Três Rios, arranged for big band by Martin. As part of his New Zealand Tour, Costa will be presenting workshops at the University of Otago and The School of Music at Ara Institute to offer local musicians the opportunity to understand and play Latin Jazz rhythms in a Big Band context.

The programme will feature newly commissioned big band arrangements by Martin of the movements Alba, Samba, Bossa Nova, Baião, Modinha and Aria, which…