Hello and welcome to the website of pianist, composer and producer Chris Cody where you’ll find news and information about Chris, his various groups, his concerts and his CDs as well as reviews, photos, some video clips and audio. Enjoy the music, and please feel free to write to Chris if you have any queries or comments.
HOT NEWS! Chris Cody has two new albums out:
Under Ocean with Charlie Tait,
and Mountain To Sea with Lloyd Swanton, bass, Sandy Evans, tenor sax, and Tessie Overmyer alto sax.
https://chriscody.bandcamp.com/follow_me
Under Ocean uses solo piano, sound effects, electronics and other instruments to create large soundscapes. It combines jazz and classical with contemporary electronic music to create new sonic landscapes that are both lyrical and expansive, evoking a range of emotions and imagined places and moods.
“This is marvellous, but Chris Cody always delights. This excellent project with Charlie Tait is a new direction, but as with his previous albums, worlds unfold and entrance. One of my favourite musicians”. John Fenton, jazzlocal32
You can listen to Last World here:
Mountain To Sea features well known Australian musicians Lloyd Swanton (the Necks), Sandy Evans, tenor sax, and newcomer Tessie Overmyer alto sax. A quartet without drums, there is space for groove and lyricism. Cody’s compositions combine with solo improvisations to take the listener on a rich imaginative journey.
“This latest recording from the pianist/composer is engrossing music of the highest quality, a masterclass in how to be full of sound without necessarily being furious”. Barry O’Sullivan, Fine Music
You can have a listen to the opening track Stepping Out here:
Both albums now at bandcamp (link above)!