About Marc Hannaford
Marc Hannaford was a pianist.
Marc Hannaford is an Australian jazz pianist. He was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2011 and at the AIR Awards of 2011 for Shreveport Stomp in 2011.
He was part of The Antripodean Collective with whom he released three albums.
Hannaford won the 2013 Music Council of Australia's Freedman Fellowship, the 2013 Jazz “Bell” award for most original album (Sarcophile), and the 2013 Australian Performing Rights Association's Art Award for best work (“Anda Two”).
Hannaford completed a PhD in Music Theory at Columbia University in 2019, with a dissertation on the improviser, composer, and cofounder of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Muhal Richard Abrams. He is currently Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the University of Michigan.
He received the Society for Music Theory's Emerging Scholar Award for his article, “Fugitive music theory and George Russell's theory of tonal gravity” at the joint meeting of the American Musicological Society and the Society for Music Theory in 2023.
Discography + List of albums Title Details Parallels / LayersReleased: 2005 Label: Marc Hannaford Format: DD The Garden of Forking PathsReleased: 2007 Label: Extreme (XCD 061) Format: CD, DD Homage Released: March 2009 Label: Jazzhead (Head107) Format: CD, DD PolarReleased: June 2009 Label: Extreme (XCD 069) Format: CD, DD Shreveport Stomp Released: 2011 Label: Jazzhead Format: CD, DD Homage Released: June 2011 Label: Jazzhead Format: CD, DD SarcophileReleased: January 2012 Label: Marchon (003) Format: CD, DD Ordinary Madness Released: 2012 Label: Marchon (002) Format: CD, DD Faceless Dullard Released: August 2013 Label: Marchon (004) Format: CD, DD LiminalReleased: September 2013 Label: Marchon Format: DD Faceless Dullard Released: November 2013 Label: Marchon Format: DD The Vivificationists Released: February 2014 Label: Marchon Format: DD Can You See With Two Sets of Eyes?Released: December 2014 Label: Marchon Format: DD Monday Dates Released: 2018 Label: Marchon Format: DD
Awards and nominations AIR Awards The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector. 2011 Shreveport Stomp Best Independent Jazz Album
ARIA Music Awards The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by the Australian Recording Industry Association. 2011 Shreveport Stomp Best Jazz Album
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. They commenced in 2003. 2010 Homage – Sam Anning, Allan Browne, Marc Hannaford Best Australian Classic Jazz Album 2013 Sacrophile – Marc Hannaford Most Original Australian Jazz Album
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