PREMIERE

Sydney-based international pianist/composer Mike Nock has produced several great albums of solo piano over the past three decades on US, European, Australian and NZ labels, the last one being Touch (Birdland). He also has a history of duo recordings with drummers, including Open Door with NZ’s Frank Gibson and a recent duo recording in Oslo with Lawrence Pike. Last year Nock collaborated in a duo with drummer Allan Browne for the first time. Nock will perform a combination of solo piano and duo in the intimate setting of Bennetts Lane. Turning 75 later this year, his illustrious career (including almost 25 years in the U.S), has been documented in the biographical book, Serious Fun: The Life and Music of Mike Nock, by Norman Meehan (Victoria University Press).

“Two of the country’s most significant – and most beloved – jazz figures on stage (in) their first-ever duo encounter (produced) exquisite empathy. Spontaneous dialogues swung so soulfully, or were so gorgeously lyrical.” – Jessica Nicholas THE AGE, January 24, 2014