Dan Papirany

Dan Papirany is a Jazz pianist and composer. He is based in Bundaberg, Australia. While living in New Zealand Dan studied drums for two years with Roger Sellers and then changed his major to Piano studying with Leigh Jackson. In 1999 Dan graduated from Massey University in Wellington with a bachelor of music performance. While studying jazz piano at Massey University Dan formed his first trio and played in local venues and mainly at “Bar Bodega”. In 2002 while studying post graduate musicology at Victoria University Dan took the position of Music HOD at Hato Petera College on Auckland’s North Shore, working with Maori students teaching a curriculum based on jazz

Dan Papirany is a Jazz pianist and composer. He is based in Bundaberg, Australia. While living in New Zealand Dan studied drums for two years with Roger Sellers and then changed his major to Piano studying with Leigh Jackson. In 1999 Dan graduated from Massey University in Wellington with a bachelor of music performance. While studying jazz piano at Massey University Dan formed his first trio and played in local venues and mainly at “Bar Bodega”. In 2002 while studying post graduate musicology at Victoria University Dan took the position of Music HOD at Hato Petera College on Auckland’s North Shore, working with Maori students teaching a curriculum based on jazz. In late 2002 Dan formed his Auckland trio with Pete McGregor on bass and Owen Kneebone on drums, the trio recorded their first album titled Session one on March 2, 2004, this album comprises standard tunes and was nominated for New Zealand music awards and was released by Ode Records. The second album titled Session Two — Originals, recorded on April 27, 2004 comprises original tunes only. The third, fourth and fifth albums are live albums recorded with Frank Gibson, Jr. on drums and McGregor on bass at their residency venue The “MLC Café & Bar”. Dan Recorded his 6th album titled “2011” in 2011, and has released his latest album titled “2014” which includes the original tune “Bargara” which won 2nd place in the Australia Jazz Convention Original tunes competition December 2011