Judy Bailey (pianist)

Dr Judith Mary Bailey OAM (born 3 October 1935[1]) is a New Zealand-born pianist, jazz musician and composer who has lived in Australia since 1960.

Judy Bailey
Birth nameJudith Mary Bailey
Born (1935-10-03) 3 October 1935
Auckland, New Zealand
GenresJazz, soundtrack, children's music, third stream
Occupation(s)Musician, Composer, Arranger, Director and Lecturer
InstrumentsPiano
WebsiteOfficial website

Music career

Bailey was born in Auckland and raised in Whangarei, a town in the north of New Zealand. As a young child she learned ballet, followed by piano and theory when she was 10 years old. She graduated from Trinity College London when she was 16.

Bailey moved to Australia in 1960,[2] spending most of her time in Sydney.[3] She performed live on TV, live music venues such as the legendary El Rocco and on many recordings.[2]

Bailey is a senior lecturer in jazz composition and jazz piano at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music[2] of which she commenced in 1973 and is also musical director of the Sydney Youth Jazz Ensemble (Jazz Connection).[4]

In 1973, Bailey became the pianist on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation children's radio show Kindergarten, which often featured presenters from Play School, notably Barbara Frawley, Alister Smart, Don Spencer and Geoff Ayling.[5]

In 2017, rapper Rick Ross with producer Bink sampled Bailey's Colour of My Dreams from the Judy Bailey Quartet album Colours. The sample was used on Ross' track Santorini Greece from the album Rather You Than Me.[6]

Judy Bailey is a represented artist of the Australian Music Centre.[7]

Awards and honours

Jazz Bell Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result (wins only)
2014[8] Judy Bailey Hall of Fame inducted

Mo Awards

The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Bailey won one awards in that time.[11]

Year Nominee / work Award Result (wins only)
1991 Judy Bailey Jazz Performer of the Year (Female) Won

Discography
  • 1964 You & The Night & The Music
  • 1965 My Favourite Things
  • 1973 One Moment
  • 1976 Colours
  • 1978 Solo
  • 1991 Notwithstanding
  • 1993 Sundial
  • 2005 The Spritely Ones
  • 2011 Jazz Legends: Judy Bailey[12]

Works

Selected works[13] include:

  • Rag number 2 (1976) for flexible instrumentation
  • Sunday sequence (1998) for solo piano
  • The Spritely ones (1998) for solo piano
  • Four reasons (2000) for jazz soloist and orchestra
  • You can take it anywhere (2000) for flexible instrumentation
  • Unity (2002) for orchestra and soloists
  • Two minds, one music (2005) for symphony orchestra and jazz orchestra
  • New Orleans Second Line (2008) for big band[14]
  • So many rivers (2010) for piano trio
  • Another Journey (2012) for jazz orchestra and string orchestra[14]
  • Contrasts (2013) for big band

References
  1. Chadbourne, Eugene. "Judy Bailey | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  2. "Judy Bailey : Represented Artist Profile : Australian Music Centre". Australian Music Centre. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. Chadbourne, Eugene. "Judy Bailey | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  4. "SOUNZ - NZ composer - Judy Bailey". Sounz. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  5. "Judy Bailey". ABC. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  6. "Home Cooked". Jazz. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  7. "Judy Bailey : Represented Artist Profile : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  8. "Judy Bailey Graeme Bell Hall of Fame Jazz Australia". Jazz Australia. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  9. "Staff Detail". music.sydney.edu.au. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  10. "Judy Bailey honoured with the Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award". The Melbourne Newsroom. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  11. "MO Award Winners". Mo Awards. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  12. "Jazz Legends: Judy Bailey". ABC Music. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  13. "Search : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  14. "Staff Profile". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
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