ESSAYS

This section includes essays on various jazz subjects, written by a number of writers. Contributions are welcome. Writers interested in contributing are welcome to contact the editor by filling out the form in the CONTACT tab. Photographs to illustrate those essays are welcome. Readers can click on the INDEX button for a list of articles in this folder.

CODY’S 10 x 10. INTERVIEW 4: NADJE NOORDHUIS

by Chris Cody

Loudmouth, Music Trust, October 31, 2021

Nadje Noordhuis is an Australian-born New York based trumpeter and composer. She is a member of the Maria Schneider Orchestra and Anat Cohen Tentet, and has released four albums of her own music on her own record label, Little Mystery Records. Her album with Luke Howard Ten Sails, was streamed over a million times on Spotify and Youtube. She is currently recording an album with her quintet with support from a Chamber Music America Performance Plus Grant…

CODY’S 10 x 10. INTERVIEW 5: LLOYD SWANTON

by Chris Cody

Loudmouth, Music Trust, December 2, 2021

Bassist, composer, producer, bandleader and radio presenter, 61-year-old Lloyd Swanton  was born and raised in Sydney. Apart from leading The catholics, and co-leading The Necks, he has performed with many of the cornerstones of Australian music and numerous top international names. He currently also performs with MARA!, the Alister Spence Trio, Chris Cody, Vazesh, and W.E.S.T…

CODY’S 10 x 10. INTERVIEW 6: KRISTIN BERARDI

by Chris Cody

Loudmouth, Music Trust, January 31, 2022

Kristin Berardi, and her music, have a strength and a directness from their honesty and vulnerability. Her willingness to be open is an invitation for others to feel something, remember something and imagine something. She has received national and international recognition for her singing and her albums, and she recently moved with her two kids to Switzerland to take a teaching role at the HSLU Jazz and Folk Musik department…