Nick Haywood
Encyclopedia
Nick Haywood is a prominent Australian jazz
double bass
player, composer
and music educator in Melbourne
.
He has worked with many of Australia's best known Australian jazz
musicians including Don Burrows
, Dale Barlow
, Paul Grabowsky
, Bernie McGann
, and James Morrison
, and with many international jazz artists including Nat Adderley
, Buddy Greco
, Kenny Kirkland
, Claire Martin
, Jack Parnell
, Mark Murphy
among many others. He has been featured on over 100 music CDs.
In his mid 20's he enrolled in a Diploma of Music course at the Victorian College of the Arts
and graduated in 1988.
: for Best Jazz recording for Sudden in a Shaft of Sunlight by Browne-Haywood-Stevens; and Best Adult Contemporary for Beat Club by The Black Sorrows
.
The Melbourne International Arts Festival
has provided several opportunities to showcase Nick Haywood's composing and performing talents. In 2001 he performed with his band Dodge in the famous Spiegeltent
.
An anniversary concert of John Sangster
’s Lord of the Rings at the Malvern Town Hall in 2003 also featured Nick Haywood, along with many of the original musicians.
Nick Haywood, along with Eugene Ball
and Andrea Keller, were the nucleus to the 11 piece group, the Bennetts Lane Big Band
which was formed in 2001 and has performed regularly to 2008. The band has been described by the National Library of Australia
as "Melbourne's premier large contemporary jazz ensemble" and " some of Australia's most celebrated improvisers and composers."
A grant from the Alan C. Rose Memorial Project in 2004 enabled Nick Haywood to study in New York City with world-renowned bassists Gary Peacock
and Rufus Reid
. Later that year he completed a Master of Music Performance degree at the Victorian College of the Arts
.
Nick is also performing and recording with Bennetts Lane Big Band
, Deborah Conway
, Tony Gould-Robert Burke Quartet, Allan Browne Trio, Joe Camilleri
and leading his own trio.
(NMIT) since 2001.
With the establishment of the Bachelor of Australian Popular Music course at NMIT in 2007, Nick became Head of Program/Senior Lecturer in the Department of Music at NMIT. He also teaches privately, and conducts master classes at festivals and institutions around Australia and internationally.
A 2005 agreement between NMIT and the Beijing Midi School of Music
, a private music school in Beijing focussing on modern music genres, resulted in Nick establishing a ten week music program and teaching the Advanced Diploma of Music Performance to students in Beijing, as well as the opportunity to perform in various Beijing Jazz clubs. He was one of the prominent performers at the 2005 Beijing Jazz Festival
.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
double bass
Double bass
The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
player, composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and music educator in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
.
He has worked with many of Australia's best known Australian jazz
Australian jazz
Jazz music has a long history in Australia. Over the years jazz has held a high profile at local clubs, festivals and other music venues and a vast number of recordings have been produced by Australian jazz musicians, many of whom have gone on to gain a high profile in the international jazz...
musicians including Don Burrows
Don Burrows
Donald Vernon Burrows, AO, MBE is an Australian jazz and swing musician, playing the clarinet, saxophone, and flute....
, Dale Barlow
Dale Barlow
Dale Barlow is an Australian jazz composer, multi-instrumentalist: especially tenor, alto saxophone, soprano saxophonist, baritone saxophone and flute....
, Paul Grabowsky
Paul Grabowsky
-Biography:Grabowsky was born on 27 September 1958 in Lae, Papua New Guinea; his father Alistair had lived in Papua New Guinea with his wife Charlotte since the 1930s working on oil rigs, building roads, flying planes and playing the drums...
, Bernie McGann
Bernie McGann
Bernie McGann is an Australian jazz alto saxophone player. He began his career in the late 1950s and is still active as a performer, composer and recording artist.- Biography :...
, and James Morrison
James Morrison (musician)
James Morrison AM is an Australian jazz musician who plays numerous instruments, but is best known for his trumpet playing...
, and with many international jazz artists including Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
Nathaniel Adderley was an American jazz cornet and trumpet player who played in the hard bop and soul jazz genres. He was the brother of saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley....
, Buddy Greco
Buddy Greco
-Biography:He was born Armando Greco in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Greco began playing piano at the age of four. His first professional work was playing with Benny Goodman's band. Most of Greco's work has been in the jazz and pop genres...
, Kenny Kirkland
Kenny Kirkland
Kenneth David “Kenny” Kirkland was an American pianist/keyboardist. He is most often associated with Sting, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, and Kenny Garrett....
, Claire Martin
Claire Martin (singer)
Claire Martin, OBE is an English jazz singer, born in Wimbledon, South London, England.Claire Martin grew up in a house "full of music", and claims to have learned all of Judy Garland´s songs by the time she was 12...
, Jack Parnell
Jack Parnell
John Russell Parnell was an English bandleader and musician.-Biography:Parnell was born into a theatrical family in London....
, Mark Murphy
Mark Murphy (singer)
Mark Murphy is an American jazz singer based in New York. He is most noted for his definitive and unique vocalese and vocal improvisations with both melody and lyrics...
among many others. He has been featured on over 100 music CDs.
Early life
Born in 1961, Nick first started playing an electric bass guitar at eight years of age but did not consider undertaking a career as a professional musician. In 1976 he started playing the Double bass. After finishing school he worked in a brewery and a tin mine.In his mid 20's he enrolled in a Diploma of Music course at the Victorian College of the Arts
Victorian College of the Arts
The Faculty of the VCA and Music is a faculty of the University of Melbourne, in Victoria . VCAM is located near the Melbourne central business district, on two campuses, one - the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music - on the Parkville campus of the University of Melbourne, and the other - the...
and graduated in 1988.
Music career
In 1999 Nick Haywood was nominated for two ARIA Music AwardsARIA Music Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association...
: for Best Jazz recording for Sudden in a Shaft of Sunlight by Browne-Haywood-Stevens; and Best Adult Contemporary for Beat Club by The Black Sorrows
The Black Sorrows
The Black Sorrows are an Australian band founded by Joe Camilleri, the group's only constant member. Founded in 1983, The Black Sorrows are still active today, and are best remembered for their top 40 Australian hits of the late 1980s and early 1990s, including "Hold On To Me", "Chained To The...
.
The Melbourne International Arts Festival
Melbourne International Arts Festival
Melbourne Festival is a celebration of dance, theatre, music, visual arts, multimedia, outdoor and free events held for 17 days each October in a number of venues across Melbourne, Australia.-History:...
has provided several opportunities to showcase Nick Haywood's composing and performing talents. In 2001 he performed with his band Dodge in the famous Spiegeltent
Spiegeltent
A Spiegeltent is a large travelling tent, constructed in wood and canvas and decorated with mirrors and stained glass, intended as an entertainment venue...
.
An anniversary concert of John Sangster
John Sangster
John Sangster was an Australian jazz composer, arranger, drummer, cornettist and Vibraphonist born in Melbourne, most well known as a composer though also a gifted multi-instrumentalist...
’s Lord of the Rings at the Malvern Town Hall in 2003 also featured Nick Haywood, along with many of the original musicians.
Nick Haywood, along with Eugene Ball
Eugene Ball
Eugene Ball is an Australian jazz music composer and acclaimed trumpeter who won the best Australian jazz composition award for Fool Poet's Portion in 2008....
and Andrea Keller, were the nucleus to the 11 piece group, the Bennetts Lane Big Band
Bennetts Lane Big Band
The Bennetts Lane Big Band is an Australian large ensemble band playing jazz compositions and improvisations that was formed in 2001 to provide an avenue for original new work....
which was formed in 2001 and has performed regularly to 2008. The band has been described by the National Library of Australia
National Library of Australia
The National Library of Australia is the largest reference library of Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the...
as "Melbourne's premier large contemporary jazz ensemble" and " some of Australia's most celebrated improvisers and composers."
A grant from the Alan C. Rose Memorial Project in 2004 enabled Nick Haywood to study in New York City with world-renowned bassists Gary Peacock
Gary Peacock
Gary Peacock is an American jazz double-bassist.-Biography:After military service in Germany, in the early sixties he worked on the west coast with Barney Kessel, Bud Shank, Paul Bley and Art Pepper, then moved to New York. He worked there with Bley, the Bill Evans trio , and Albert Ayler's trio...
and Rufus Reid
Rufus Reid
Rufus Reid is an American jazz bassist, educator, and composer. He lives in Teaneck, New Jersey.-Personal history:...
. Later that year he completed a Master of Music Performance degree at the Victorian College of the Arts
Victorian College of the Arts
The Faculty of the VCA and Music is a faculty of the University of Melbourne, in Victoria . VCAM is located near the Melbourne central business district, on two campuses, one - the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music - on the Parkville campus of the University of Melbourne, and the other - the...
.
Nick is also performing and recording with Bennetts Lane Big Band
Bennetts Lane Big Band
The Bennetts Lane Big Band is an Australian large ensemble band playing jazz compositions and improvisations that was formed in 2001 to provide an avenue for original new work....
, Deborah Conway
Deborah Conway
Deborah Ann Conway, is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, and had a career as a model and actor. She was a founding member of the 1980s rock band Do-Ré-Mi with their surprise top 5 hit "Man Overboard"....
, Tony Gould-Robert Burke Quartet, Allan Browne Trio, Joe Camilleri
Joe Camilleri
Joseph Vincent "Joe" Camilleri, aka Jo Jo Zep or Joey Vincent, is an Australian vocalist, songwriter and saxophonist. Camilleri has recorded as a solo artist and as a member of Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons and The Black Sorrows...
and leading his own trio.
Music Education Career
Nick Haywood has been a music lecturer in the Performing Arts Department at Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFENorthern Melbourne Institute of TAFE
Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE is a TAFE institute located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It has six city campuses located at Preston, Collingwood, Epping, Fairfield, Greensborough, Heidelberg, a country campus at Ararat, and country training facilities at Eden...
(NMIT) since 2001.
With the establishment of the Bachelor of Australian Popular Music course at NMIT in 2007, Nick became Head of Program/Senior Lecturer in the Department of Music at NMIT. He also teaches privately, and conducts master classes at festivals and institutions around Australia and internationally.
A 2005 agreement between NMIT and the Beijing Midi School of Music
Beijing Midi School of Music
The Beijing Midi School of Music is a music school in Beijing, China, established in 1993. It is the first music school in China whose curriculum focuses on such modern musical genres as rock, jazz, blues, pop, Latin, country, funk, and fusion.The school's mission is "to promote an artistic and...
, a private music school in Beijing focussing on modern music genres, resulted in Nick establishing a ten week music program and teaching the Advanced Diploma of Music Performance to students in Beijing, as well as the opportunity to perform in various Beijing Jazz clubs. He was one of the prominent performers at the 2005 Beijing Jazz Festival
Beijing Jazz Festival
The Beijing Jazz Festival is China's first and largest jazz festival. It was founded in 1993 by Udo Hoffmann, a German national living in China....
.
Selected discography
- Browne Haywood Stevens - King, Dude, Dunce (Newmarket, 1996)
- Browne Haywood Stevens - Sudden in a Shaft of Sunlight (Newmarket, 1998)
- The Black Sorrows - New Craze (Mushroom Records, 1997)
- The Black Sorrows - Beat Club (Mushroom Records, 1998)
- Peter Petrucci Trio - Message from the Past (Move, 1998)
- Tiddas - Tiddas (Mushroom Records, 1997)
- Lewis and Young Quartet - Desert Storm (Mushroom Records, 1992)
- Hayden Jones - Whisper Not (Newmarket, 1997)
- The York Quintet - A Prayer for the Workin’ Cats (Out to Lunch, 1993)
- Jane Clifton - Incommusicado (Mushroom Records, 1995)
- Martin Breeze - Strangers (Newmarket, 1999)
- Dodge - Offline (Jazzhead, 2000)
- Blow - Live at Bennett’s Lane ( Newmarket, 2002)
- Bennets Lane Big Band - The Snip (ABC Jazz, 2002)
- Robert Burke Quartet - Wide Eyed (Jazzhead, 2003)
- Robert Burke Quartet - The Edge of Today (Jazzhead, 2005)
- Allan Browne - Collected Works ( Newmarket, 2002)
- Allan Browne Quintet - Cyclosporin (Jazzhead, 2004)
- Mark Lockett - About Time (Move, 2004)
External links
- Nick Haywood at the 2005 Beijing Jazz Festival - Photos by Antonis Shen on Flickr.com