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jazz
Books & arts
Becoming Ella
Andrew Ford
8 July 2024
Despite her clean-living reputation, the great American singer was a risk taker
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 helped fuel 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