Dan Costa - Brazilian Jazz

Daniel Greco Costa was born in 1989 in London (UK) to an Italian and Portuguese family. 

During his studies, he attended workshops and classes given by artists such as Gary Burton, Kevin Hays, Scott Colley, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jorge Rossy, Chick Corea and César Camargo Mariano. He has co-directed musicals, performed with orchestras and big bands, and starred as both a pianist and composer in projects in countries such as the UK, France, Finland, Germany, Spain, Greece and the USA.

In January 2016, he recorded his debut album Suite Três Rios in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with musicians such as Jaques Morelenbaum, Ricardo Silveira, Teco Cardoso, Rafael Barata, Marcos Suzano and Leila Pinheiro. It peaked at #1 on the iTunes Jazz Chart and Top 10 across all genres in Portugal, prior to hitting the #1 slot on the CMJ Top Adds Chart in the USA and being top 10 for several weeks on Roots Music Report. One of the best albums of the year for Down Beat Magazine, it achieved rave reviews from countries such as the USA, Russia, Canada and Brazil.

In May 2018 he recorded his new album Skyness at Arte Suono in Italy, featuring Bossa Nova icon Roberto Menescal, Jorge Helder, Teco Cardoso, Custodio Castelo, Romero Lubambo, Nelson Faria and Seamus Blake, released at Blue Note Rio in November with Menescal and Faria. The track "Compelling" was featured by JAZZIZ Magazine on their Summer 2019 Album. He took his music to countries such as the USA, Italy, Malta, Greece, Turkey, Brazil, Armenia, Cyprus, Portugal, Spain, Lebanon and Egypt, where he was featured by Al Arab, which considered his music a message of love and intercultural communication. He also toured India, where he was interviewed by Rolling Stone Magazine and India Today. In 2020, he recorded the single Love Dance with Ivan Lins and released his first solo piano and live album Live in California, recorded during the final stage of his international tour. It came in second on Roots Music Report's Top Latin Jazz Album for the year of 2020 Chart and was praised by several critics.

In 2022 he released the single Iremia with Randy Brecker as a message of peace. He also recorded his new album Beams in Brooklyn, New York City, with Dave Liebman, John Patitucci, Mike Stern, Hermeto Pascoal, Dave Douglas, Teco Cardoso, Paulinho Vicente and Anne Boccato.