New Zealand born pianist/composer Mike Nock is one of the acknowledged masters of jazz in Australasia. Read more about Mike >

HEAR  and  KNOW  wins  BEST JAZZ  ALBUM at  the 2012 Australian Independent Music Awards  ( AIR )

Here’s  a link to  a  recent HD  video  with   Laurence and  myself  at  the  ABC  studios.

ENJOY!

Two  generations  of  Australian  music  come together in  the music  of Mike Nock and Laurence Pike  as  heard  on KINDRED  the  latest  release  from FWM  records. Ethereal, inventive, humorous,  and atmospheric: these are  postcards  from a shared  journey between  two distinct voices in Australian music. KINDRED documents some of Nock’s most vital and inventive playing to date, delicately underpinned by Pike’s  singular  approach to  the  drum  kit.

To  read what  John Kelman  at  allaboutjazz ( US ) had  to  say visit http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=42885

 

AllAboutJazz  has just  posted a new profile on Mike which you  can see at

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=42273

I’d  like   to   let  you  know  about   this  new   film  by  choreographer/cinematographer  Sue  Healey  which  features  a  wide  range of  my  music.  Sue  and  I   met  in  NYC  many years ago  and  we   have since worked  on  many  projects  together.  This  current  film  is  the  culmination  of  our work  and  for  me  is  a  very special  project.  You can  find  out more about it by  going  to the following  link  http://www.sponsume.com/project/virtuosi-film-sue-healey

Dynamic  American  saxophonist /  composer  Howie Smith is making a special trip to Sydney in April to record a  duo CD with Mike at TrackDown Studios, April 10th and  20th. His  first visit to  Australia  was  from  January 1973  to June  1976,  during which time  he  made a  huge  impact  on the  local  jazz scene  through  his  virtuosic and   probing  performances  including work  with  the  legendary  Jazz  Co-op  among others,  and  founding  the  Sydney  Conservatorium  Jazz Studies  course.

“An  electrifying and  versatile  soloist” New York Times

 

Visit Howie Smith’s website >

 

Review by John Kelman on AllAboutJazz.com

Hear and Know reunites Nock’s trio from An Accumulation of Subtleties (FWM, 2010), capitalizing on the same chemistry that has been evolving since Nock first met the Waples brothers a decade earlier at the Sydney Conservatorium. Expanded to include a saxophone/trumpet frontline, Hear and Know is an even stronger set, featuring some of the pianist’s best writing, with all but one track making a first appearance here.

Read the full review >>>>

About Hear and Know

Released in December 2011, Hear and Know is the latest recording from Mike Nock’s Mike Nock Trio Plus

Mike Nock, Sydney, November 2011

Ben, James and I have been making music together since we met at Sydney Conservatorium’s jazz studies program some ten years ago. A couple of years ago we began playing quartet gigs with Karl and in January this year we invited Ken to join us. With the trio touring Japan in mid September and Ken winning the James Morrison “Generations in Jazz Scholarship” in August we decided it was time to go into the studio. Its been a real pleasure making music with this awesomely talented group of young musicians and I hope you’ll get a sense of that while listening to the album …

Hear and Know !

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John McBeath in The Australian - Jan 7 2012

‘This  is  a  stellar  quintet  of  four  younger players led  by  a  grand  old master  whose  compositions  and  arrangements  here  are  like  a 21st-century  re-invention  of  the  legendary  works of  Gil  Evans  for  Miles  Davis’s  famous  quintet  of  1963 to 1965.’

5  stars

Phil Sandford on jazz-planet.com

‘…highlights Nock’s continuing development as a player and composer and the vibrancy and strength of some of the younger players on the Australian jazz scene.’ Read more >>>>

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Listen…

‘After Satie’ from the CD, featuring Gerard Anderson‘s photo slideshow of the recording session

Track listing

1. Hear and Know 7.54
2. The Sibylline Fragrance 7.22
3. Colours 5.22
4. After Satie 5.30
5. Komodo Dragon 7.40
6. If Truth Be Known 11.14
7. Slow News Day 8.51

Along  with  the  imminent  release  of   HEAR  &  KNOW  the  new  TRIO-PLUS  CD  in December,  two  long  out  of  print  FOURTH WAY  albums  are  scheduled  for   release  in  December  through   EMI  Japan – THE   FOURTH  WAY  and  WERWOLF. The  trio’s  first  release  on  FWM  records,  the  award  winning  AN  ACCUMULATION  OF  SUBTLETIES,   continues  to  attract  strong  reviews, the most  recent   being  from  the  Oct-Nov-Dec issue  of  CADENCE ( US  )

“An  Accumulation  of  Subtleties confirms  Nock’s  restless  creativity and command  of the  piano.”  Bill  Donaldson – Cadence.

The TRIO  was  in   Japan Sept  1 – 12  where  they  recorded  a  program  for  NHK  radio  to  be  broadcast  in Japan  Oct  9th, performed   two  concerts for TOKYO  JAZZ  (  one with guest  artist trumpeter Terumasa  Hino )  and  did  a  5  concert  tour  with  Sadao  Watanabe. Sept  25th  the TRIO    played  a  concert  in  Christchurch NZ  and  Sept 29th  were  in  the  studio,  recording as TRIO-PLUS with  Karl  Laskowski  tenor  and  Ken Allars  tpt,  for  their  upcoming  CD  on  FWM  records.