Steve Barry

Steve Barry is a New Zealand born jazz pianist and composer. He is the Program Leader for Jazz at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music at the University of Sydney. His album In the Waves with USA drummer Eric Harland received favourable coverage in the UK jazz magazine Jazzwise where Barry's music was described as "steeped in the harmonic rigours and free-flowing discipline of well-executed contemporary narrative jazz". He has also received positive notice at Australianjazz.net and in the Sydney Morning Herald, which praised In the Waves as “...the finest instalment to date of the pianist’s bristling musical intelligence, rhythmic mutability, melodic flair and compositional gifts.”

Discography Title Details Self-titledReleased: 2012 Orbiturtle: SakuraReleased: 2015 Blueprints & VignettesReleased: 2018 HatchReleased: 2018 Orbiturtle: JoganjiReleased: 2018 Polyglot: Talk, Vol. 1Released: 2020 Green ThumbsReleased: 2021 In the WavesReleased: 2023

Awards and nominations Australian Jazz Bell Awards The Australian Jazz Bell Awards acknowledge excellence in Australian Jazz. Year CategoryResult 2013 Bell Award for Young Australian Jazz Artist of the Year

APRA Professional Development Award The APRA Professional Development Awards provide support to emerging songwriters and composers. Year CategoryResult 2021 Jazz/Improvised Music