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Mike Nock / Frank Gibson: Open Door
by John Kelman
Sometimes you have to follow your heart. After a quarter of a century in the US, during which time he co-founded the seminal fusion group The Fourth Way and released a series of superb albums including In Out and Around (Timeless, 1978) and Ondas (ECM, 1981), pianist Mike Nock returned to Australia, where he's lived since ...
Mike Nock's Bigsmallband: Live
by John Kelman
With relatively few recordings as a leader over a career that is now in its fifth decade, any new release from New Zealand pianist Mike Nock is an event. After living in the US for twenty years where, amongst other things, he was a member of the early fusion group Fourth Way, Nock returned to Australia. ...
Mike Nock - Marty Ehrlich: The Waiting Game
by Glenn Astarita
The Waiting Game is all about two top-flight jazz professionals uniting for a series of duets consisting of original compositions and a few standards along with arrangements of traditional songs. Multi-reedman Marty Ehrlich is an important figure in modern jazz, as few will argue that notion. Along with the skillful and ever-resourceful pianist Mike Nock (who ...
Mike Nock and Marty Ehrlich: The Waiting Game
by C. Michael Bailey
Duo. The Waiting Game probably has more in common with Mark Ramsden and Steve Lodder ( Above The Clouds, Naxos Jazz 84041-2) than Buddy DeFranco and Dave McKenna or George Cables and Art Pepper. This disc is almost completely improvisatory in nature, Nock and Ehrlich working from simple motifs with a fair share of famous Nock ...
Mike Nock Quintet: Ozboppin'
by C. Michael Bailey
A Man for All Seasons. Since Naxos Jazz released its first discs, one name continually pops up both as a performer, producer and executive producer: New Zealander Mike Nock. Nock has already performed on two Naxos Jazz discs: The angular Mike Nock Trio Not We But One (86006-2) and the rollicking New York Jazz Collective’s I ...
