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Chris Cody is an Australian pianist, born in Melbourne Australia December 20, 1964.

He began his musical career as a classical pianist in Australia, after being a finalist in the Roger Woodward Piano Scholarship at the age of 14. He gained a Bachelor’s Degree in music from the University of Sydney, and the Licentiate of Trinity College, London, with high distinction, for classical piano performance. He performed solo and chamber music at venues including the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Town Hall.

His musical versatility found expression in a wide variety of work situations, and he began to play with some of Australia’s leading jazz musicians such as James Morrison and Don Burrows. He played and composed for numerous musical productions in Sydney, worked with conductor Simone Young, and also wrote and directed the jazz cabaret 31 Celestial Flavors. He formed his own jazz quartet Chris Cody Coalition playing in local clubs, festivals and for Australian television and radio.

After gaining the Diploma in Jazz Studies at the Sydney Conservatorium and the Jazz Action Society Award for Best Jazz Composition in 1989, he left Australia to perform and tour in the USA and throughout Europe with international stars including Roy Hargrove, Antonio Hart, Sunny Murray, Herb Geller, Stephano di Battista, Frank Lacey, Graham Haynes, Rhoda Scott, Marcel Azzola and Yves Robert. Cody recorded with numerous artists before forming his own group in Paris and recorded his debut album in 1996.

He has since performed at venues around the world, including the USA, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Chris Cody has also taught at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in the Bachelor of Music program, the Australian Institute of Music, as well as giving masterclasses at the University of Sydney, and the University of Western Sydney. He also co-founded and directed the Sydney School of Piano.

His music has been selected for the in-flight jazz programs of several international airlines including Qantas.

Chris Cody also writes music for theatre and cinema and appeared performing in the film Dr Jazz at the Sydney Film Festival. He hosted his own jazz radio program in Sydney, from 1997 to 2000, called Dr. Cody‘s Hip Transplants.

As composer, he was commissioned to compose and perform a suite of pieces for the inauguration of the Australian Music Centre in Paris and also composed and recorded the music for the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Moliere’s Don Juan at the Sydney Opera House. He wrote the music for the French film Mephisto, and co-produced a documentary on music in Paris, Paris, Une Ville Musicale for national television in Australia, and in 2011, he created and performed music for the American Academy of Dance Paris. He has also worked as a regular collaborator with the psycho-acoustic research team at IRCAM, Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics and Music. Chris Cody most recently received a US Department of State Federal Award to tour Algeria

Selective Discography

• Paddy Sherlock, Electric Chop Shop
• Tuesday Warren Luminescence Quartet: One Drop of Water
• Tuesday Warren Luminescence Quartet: Si Seulement
• Jocelyn Moen, La Rouge Qui Bouge(Roadsign)
• Wendy Lee Taylor, Compilation, Jewel, (Smoove Records, Japan)
• Chris Cody Coalition, Conscript (CHC001, Nocturne, France)
• Wendy Taylor: Lets Do It (Crystal CDM 16)
• Freyja: This Girl
• Chris Cody Coalition with Glenn Ferris: Midnight Tide (Cristal/Harmonia Mundi)
• On The Corner: Four (Amrap)
• Chris Cody Coalition: Music for Don Juan (STC 501)
• Elisabeth Green, Biodiversity, (UWS BD02)
• Chris Cody Coalition: Oasis (Naxos 86018-2)
• The Many Faces of Naxos Jazz (Naxos 86040)
• Chris Cody Coalition (Quoi de Neuf Docteur 032)
• Skander Guetari : Jamila
• Gervais Koffe: The African Diaspora
• Caroline Lynn: The Shaman’s Kiss (Newmarket 3113.2)
• Paddy Sherlock and the Jump Jive Five: The Louis Jordan Show
• Paddy Sherlock and the Swingin Lovers
• Jeff Hoffman: Good Thing (MDM 101)
• Beigel Daisy Toasts (Virgin France)
• Stefan Hugye: Sympathisers (Xopf 020)