Ozboppin'

New Zealand born Mike Nock is an established piano master who has developed his own distinguished style of rock-solid tunes, jagged lines, spare harmonies and ostinato patterns. His work with the likes of Coleman Hawkins, Sam Rivers, Yusef Lateef, John Handy, Tony Williams and his late '60s seminal jazz-rock group, The Fourth Way, has cemented his place in jazz history. He also holds a faculty position at the Sydney Conservatorium.