Auckland Jazz and Blues Club

Club Management

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.

($15 AJBC members & RSA members. $25 non-members - cash only - includes raffle draw for bottle of wine.)

Optional $2 raffle - $60 cash prize. (supports young jazz students)

Non-member contact registration required at time of entry.

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


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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Neon Quaver

  • Pt Chevalier RSA 1136 Great North Road (map)

Neon Quaver was created in the very early 1980’s by two Levin boys David Lines (Piano) and Richard Ghent (Flute, Flugel Horn and Vocals). David and Richard did a few gigs at the historic Melba Restaurant and were eventually joined by Richard Adams on violin. 

It is with great pleasure, Neon Quaver a regular performer in the Corner Bar at the Gluepot during the 80’s; announce the performance premier of their recently recorded album, Human Time Ocean Spirit, to the Auckland Jazz and Blues Club community.

The album is new and older Quaver originals recorded at Roundhead Studios and is described as Contemporary Acoustic Jazz. David Lines sways through the piano, Nigel Gavin displays the entire range of his unique seven string semi acoustic guitar, Richard Adams vibrantly explores his violin mix of acoustic and electric enhancements with Richard Ghent colouring with Flute, Flugel Horn and three vocal tracks, one of which is Rickie Lee Jone’s Saturday Afternoons in ’63, the only cover on the CD. The compositions are melodic and flow in a manner that is cruising and pleasurable to the ear. There is no bass and drums, the absence of the rhythm section is not noticed as the dexterity of David’s piano left hand and Nigel’s seventh string low end anchor and ground the sound perfectly.

 

Earlier Event: October 13
The June Hayes Set
Later Event: October 27
Bridge City Jazzmen