Chris Cody Coalition - Oasis

Oasis, produced by Chris’ friend, former teacher and eminent pianist and composer Mike Nock, assembles some of Australia’s most renowned jazz musicians: James Greening, trombone, Lloyd Swanton, double bass, John Bartram, drums, Jon Pease, guitar, and Fabian Hevia, percussion.

Oasis is a multicultural journey in jazz inspired by the motifs and rhythms that influenced Chris during the seven years he was based in Paris in the 1990s working in Europe and North Africa.

Jazzwise, U.K:

    Cody deploys his forces with great skill, and the result is a splendidly rich and varied album.

Jazz Around, Belgium:

    Compositions that showcase the technical prowess of the leader, as well as his extroverted personality

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia:

    The material sparkles whether the mood is buoyant swing, darker funk, or walks on the wild side of improvisation… Cody’s breadth of endeavour as a composer is as impressive as his playing. A welcome return.

Rolling Stone:

    Chris Cody’s second album is something of a musical photo album, summing up the seven years he spent in France, and the diverse range of sounds to which he was exposed. Returning to Sydney, the pianist teamed up with a group of players who shared his vision of jazz as an infinitely adaptable art form. This eclecticism can be most obviously heard on “El Bahdja”, with its Middle Eastern motif, and the bouncing melodic line which runs through “African Dance”. A European sensibility with a nod to Debussy, informs “Green’s Peace”, an understated composition infused with an appealing lyricism, while “Monk’s Mood”, the only non-original, is played with humour and a rolling gait.