The freshest faces we’ve ever presented at CJC, the Aotearoa Jazz Collective brings together some of the rising stars of the next generation from around New Zealand.

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Polish-born pianist Michal Martyniuk returns to CJC, with a new album, plus more new tunes, with his local collaborators Ben Turua & Ron Samsom. Contemporary sounds that groove!

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A new quartet featuring Roger Manins on saxophone and two rising stars of NZ jazz - Mason Johnstone on the drums and Lenny Hoskin on the bass, both award winners at the 2026 National Jazz Festival youth competition

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Guitarist Alex Pipes returns to CJC with new unreleased tunes and his stellar group: Andrew Isdale, Miles Boermans, Wil Goodinson and Elijah Whyte.

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GRG67 is back! Mutated into a new form, with Roger Manins, Michael Howell, Tristan Deck, and a new limb, Wil Goodinson!

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Cameron Kelso presents a lovingly adventurous exploration of the music of saxophone great Joe Henderson, through the medium of graphic scores. Absolutely unique in concept and execution. Don’t miss this feast for the ears and eyes.

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Acclaimed pianist & composer Jonathan Crayford presents new music in an electric trio, with Wil Goodinson & Max Crook. Always exciting, don’t miss out!

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Acclaimed New York-based guitarist Rory Stuart visits Aotearoa for the first time, performing his original music with Alan Brown & Ron Samsom.

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Experimental music for three bands at once! LCR (Left, Centre, Right) is a madcap ensemble from the mind of saxophonist and composer Callum Passells, featuring three sax/bass/drums 'trios' playing together - sometimes in beautiful harmony, sometimes in intense musical combat.

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Wellington saxophonist Jake Baxendale brings together a remarkable collective of Aotearoa’s leading jazz and contemporary musicians for Waypeople, a luminous new album inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin’s English-language version of the Tao Te Ching. Drawing from jazz, Chinese classical music and improvisation, the project fuses lyrical storytelling with meditative textures and powerful ensemble interplay.

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Junglefowl bring a clucking funky bunch of tunes from the mind of Mostyn Cole, with Dixon Nacey, Alan Brown & Elijah Whyte, blending blend their talents to create a musical concoction of edgy guitar hooks and quirky organ lines with crispy poultry goodness.

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We’re back! In a great new space! And we’re kicking off with hard-swinging, New Caledonian organist extraordinaire Michel Benebig, along with Roger Manins, Finn Scholes, Michael Howell, and Ron Samsom. Be there for the beginning of our next chapter!

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Friends, collaborators, and mainstays of the New York jazz scene, Matt Penman and Aaron Goldberg present original music in a piano trio format, in Auckland for one night only! Do not miss out!

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Always anticipated, UNWIND returns to CJC on their 2026 NZ tour. Saxophonist Hayden Chisholm visits home from Europe, reuniting with Norman Meehan and Paul Dyne, for a one-off Auckland concert at Lewis Eady piano showroom in Epsom.

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Join us for a special live recording event at Kenneth Myers Centre. Olivier Holland’s GJAZZ5 Algeria/India Fusion brings together jazz and world music masters: special guest Djamel Laroussi on guitar/vocals meets Indian tabla from Manjit Singh, and drummer Stephen Thomas, for a unique collaboration of some of the rhythmically richest musical cultures on the planet.

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Three-time GRAMMY nominated saxophonist and composer Troy Roberts is one of the most in-demand musicians on the New York jazz scene. After a sell-out performance in 2022, he returns for a special one-off CJC event!

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Alan Brown brings back his organ-driven funk trio, with Dixon Nacey and Elijah Whyte, for a special CJC event! Don’t miss them!

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Ben Lerner, Nick Jansen and George Greenhill’s trio has become a mainstay of the Sydney jazz scene. Having studied in New York, and with several members relocating there, this may be your first and only chance to hear this great band, as they tour Australia & NZ to promote their debut album “Play Trio” Don’t miss out!

$40/$30 LIMITED DOOR SALES TONIGHT!

Grammy-winning bassist and Prince collaborator brings his eclectic funk/R&B sound to NZ!

$65 General Admission | Use offer code CJC for $10 off!

Aussie saxophone titan Tim O’Dwyer, and drummer Darren Moore, present Love Cry - Ecstatic Ballads for Broken Hearts, with locals Jeff Henderson, Tashi Stewart, Sean Martin-Buss and Eamon Edmundson-Wells, with opening act DAFT HORNS.

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Acclaimed saxophonist takes you on a journey through the jazz of Southern Africa.

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Internationally acclaimed clarinetist Adrian Cox, presents “Makin’ Runs” - delving into alternative ragtime repertoire from the early jazz era, aiming to capture and express the timeless essence of the music, with “Honey” Boulton on guitar, and bassist Alex Gilson.

Don’t miss a rare opportunity to hear a master of this style!

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Drummer Maximillian Crook presents House of Green Branches - original folk-inspired music with a sense of place and nods to ECM, ambient, & avant-garde - with a hotshot band of Lukas Fritsch, Joe Kaptein, Robin Baek & Tyler Diprose.

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Inspired by Herbie Hancock's 90s album The New Standard, guitarist Keith Price brings arrangements of re-imagined popular tunes, with Na'amah Cheiban, Francesca Parussini , Michael Nash, Tyler Diprose, and Maximilian Crook.

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Auckland saxophonist Felix Hayes-Tourelle brings a new group of exceptional musicians together.

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We’re breaking our own rules and inviting Jonathan Crayford back to preview music from his forthcoming album, recorded in New York with Ari Hoenig and Fima Ephron. Those large rhythm section shoes will be amply-filled by local Toms: Thomas Friggens and Tom Dennison, for this special encore performance.

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Sorry, due to some last minute challenges, there is no CJC on 19 March. We’re back next week!

Two masters together, performing recently composed and recorded music.

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Manjit Singh’s Indian/Jazz fusion group Takadimi returns to CJC, with special guest Shalu Garg on Sitar.

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