# Judy Bailey (pianist)

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

## Music career

Bailey was born in Auckland and raised in Whangārei, 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, spending most of her time in Sydney. She has performed on TV, music venues such as the El Rocco and on many recordings.
Bailey is a senior lecturer in jazz composition and jazz piano at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music of which she commenced in 1973 and is also musical director of the Sydney Youth Jazz Ensemble (Jazz Connection).
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.
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" on the album Rather You Than Me.
Bailey is a represented artist of the Australian Music Centre.

## Discography
### Albums

List of albums, with selected details :
| Title | Details |
| The Wind (The Errol Buddle Quartet featuring Judy Bailey) | Released: 1962 Format: LP Label: His Master's Voice (OCLP 7594) |
| You & The Night & The Music | Released: 1964 Format: LP Label: CBS (BP233126) |
| My Favourite Things | Released: 1965 Format: LP Label: CBS (BP233263) |
| One Moment | Released: 1973 Format: LP |
| Colours | Released: 1976 Format: LP |
| Solo | Released: 1978 Format: LP Label: Eureka (E-107) |
| Notwithstanding | Released: 1992 Format: CD |
| Sundial | Released: 1993 Format: CD |
| The Spritely Ones | Released: September 2001 Format: CD Label: Tall Poppies (TP159) |
| Speakeasy | Released: 2001 Format: CD Label: Judy Bailey |
| Jazz Legends: Judy Bailey | Released: 2011 Format: 4×CD Label: ABC Jazz (476 4515) |
| Another Journey | Released: August 2018 Format: 2×CD, digital Label: Sydney Conservatorium Of Music |

## Awards and honours

* 2004: Order of Australia Medal for services to Music and Education.
* 2008: Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music at the Annual Classical Music Awards.
* 2017: Awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Sydney
* 2022: Australia Council Don Banks Music Award

### ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards are an annual awards ceremony which recognises excellence, innovation and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
| 1993 | Notwithstanding | Best Jazz Album | Nominated | |
| 1994 | Sundial | Best Jazz Album | Nominated | |

### Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award

The Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award is given to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to music in Australia.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | Judy Bailey | Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award | awarded | |

### Australian Jazz Bell Awards

The Australian Jazz Bell Awards, also known as the Bell Awards or The Bells, are annual music awards for the jazz music genre in Australia.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result (wins only) |
| 2014 | 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 recognised achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Bailey won one award in that time.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result (wins only) |
| 1991 | Judy Bailey | Jazz Performer of the Year (Female) | Won |