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. Both available at bandcamp: 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". “beautiful deep grooves…the resultant cross-fertilisation of jazz, classical, and ambient electronic music is fascinating" 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 “Freedom and suppleness…brilliant effect…ultra hip groove…rousing”. Des Cowley, Rhythms Magazine “an intimate and fluid performance that combines masterful skills and musicality…delightfully upbeat”. Dingo magazine "A beautiful, joyous celebration of positive human experience”. Gavin Franklin, for Loudmouth magazine "One helluva an album”. Knox Lovell 4ZZZ radio "His lines and voicings convey an instinctive lyricism, an organic sound that has always defined him...an elegiac anthem for the natural world" John Fenton, Jazzblog32 New Zealand You can have a listen to the opening track Stepping Out here: Both albums now at bandcamp (link above)!