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jazz
Essays & Reportage
Blessed life
John Edwards
4 October 2023
With a new album just released and seventy years of playing under his belt, jazz pianist Mike Nock continues to perform, compose and mentor
Books & Arts
Meeting standards
Andrew Ford
7 September 2022
Pianist and composer Tim Stevens eventually returned to the jazz standards, and we have the pandemic to thank
Books & Arts
Now he sang, now he sobbed
Andrew Ford
19 February 2021
Chick Corea’s remarkable musical output emerged from a welter of seeming contradictions
From the archive
Trusting the music
Andrew Ford
10 January 2019
Judy Bailey’s long and distinguished career has contributed to an explosion in Australian jazz talent
Books & Arts
More Melbourne Recital Centre than Bird’s Basement
Andrew Ford
13 February 2018
Music
| Pianist Andrea Keller’s new work might or might not be jazz, but it’s certainly poetic
Books & Arts
Letting go
Andrew Ford
25 September 2017
Music
| “Improvise” and “embellish” can be alarming words for a classically trained composer
Books & Arts
Raising the standards
Andrew Ford
6 April 2016
Music
| The jazz standard ain’t what it used to be, writes
Andrew Ford
. In the case of Bill Frisell’s new album, that’s definitely a good thing
Books & Arts
Monique diMattina in New Orleans
Andrew Ford
12 June 2013
Andrew Ford
is a fan. But of whom, exactly?
Books & Arts
Tim Stevens’s undertow
Andrew Ford
12 April 2012
Andrew Ford
reviews a captivating new recording of improvised jazz piano
Books & Arts
Keith Jarrett and his archetypal standards
Andrew Ford
5 February 2009
Like his trio music, Keith Jarrett’s solo concerts draw on enduring music forms, writes
Andrew Ford