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Sean Wayland

Sean Wayland was born in Sydney, Australia, and resides in New York now. He is well known and respected for his prolific writing, and unique harmony and rhythm.

Reviewers have said:

“Music Pours easily from Sean Wayland”: limelight CD review

“Superman plays for keeps”: Sydney Morning Herald CD review

“Sean Wayland has long been something of a legend among Sydney jazz circles”: Jazzgroove

“But if you took the names of Brad Mehldau, Larry Goldings or Joey Calderazzo, he (Sean) is a player of the same high caliber”-Mark F. Turner, AllAboutJazz

His was a musical family, his father's love of jazz enabled Sean to hear the music of Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea and others as a young child. His father's mother Muriel Cohen was a concert pianist and the first Australian to perform Olivier Messiaen's Catalogue D'Oiseax publicly. To this day Sean is still entranced by Debussy and Messiaen. Perhaps intimidated by living up to his family's talent, Sean chose to study the violin as a child. His interest in the piano increased and as a teenager he fooled around on the instrument. The fact that he was already an accomplished fiddler and had a busy schedule playing with school orchestras etc meant that he had little time to practise piano. In his final year of high school Sean met jazz pianist John Bostock —.

At the time in Australia it was difficult to find out about jazz and John hipped Sean to the music of Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and John Coltrane. After school Sean spent a couple of years at University studying Electrical Engineering, but the seed had been sown and he came to realise that his calling in life was to be a musician. Sean studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 1992 and 1993.

He has had numerous piano teachers including Mike Nock, Roger Frampton, Judy Bailey, and Paul Macnamara in Australia. In New York he has studied with Barry Harris, Kevin Hayes, Geoff Keezer, George Colligan, Sam Yahel and Bruce Barth. While at the Conservatorium he received the Jack Chrostowski piano award. In 1993 he was a finalist in the National Jazz Piano Awards at the Wangaratta Festival. In 1999 Sean received a grant from the Australia Council to study jazz piano in New York which helped him to relocate there.

Sean has worked for a number of internationally renowned musicians including: David Binney, Madeliene Peyroux, Keith Carlock, Tim Lefebvre, Adam Rogers Tim Miller, Ingrid Jensen, Jon Gordon, Dave Smith, Dan Pratt, Ike Sturm, Matt Geraghty, The Dangit -Bobbys, Moses Patrou, Cornell Dupree, Jesse Harris, Sheryl Bailey, Gerald Hayes, Dale Barlow, Justine Clark, Phil Slater, Jackie Orsascky, Steve Hunter, James Muller and Steve Mckenna.

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Sean Wayland: Expensive Habit

Read "Expensive Habit" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


From Sydney Australia, pianist/composer Sean Wayland delivers Expensive Habit, a crystalline view of his formidable skills. Unbeknownst to many, Wayland has been around the globe and studio for a number of years with numerous credits and a dozen recordings as a leader. But if you took the names of Brad Mehldau, Larry Goldings or Joey Calderazzo, he is a player of the same high caliber. Like many musicians persevering without label deals, Wayland has released his own ...

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Visionary Pianist & Composer Sean Wayland Releases His 23rd Album, Barrenjoey

Visionary Pianist & Composer Sean Wayland Releases His 23rd Album, Barrenjoey

Source: Glass Onyon PR - William James

New York, NY: Australian-born pianist, composer and keyboardist Sean Wayland has released the 23rd studio album of his prolific career, a magnificent and stylized take on jazz and funk with roots in Australian rock. In fact, this album, 'Barrenjoey', takes its name from Wayland’s homeland in Australia (not, as those familiar with the New York jazz scene might think, from famous local drummer Joey Baron). This album tells a different story, and one that’s highly personal to Wayland. “I was ...

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Pianist Sean Wayland Releases "Expensive Habit" on Seed Records

Pianist Sean Wayland Releases "Expensive Habit" on Seed Records

Source: All About Jazz

Download “Trane Plus Molly Equals Countdown“ (mp3) from Expensive Habit.

This new CD by Australian born Brooklyn resident Sean Wayland features 13 of his brilliant, engaging and original compositions played by a world class group of musicians. This is the 10th CD Wayland has released featuring his own unique composing style. The music is contemporary jazz, mostly acoustic and swinging with some experimental use of synthesizers and keyboards. Fiery solos by Wayland, Muller, McCaslin and Muller are a highlight. The ...

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Sean Wayland Solo CD

Sean Wayland Solo CD

Source: Abstract Logix

This is my first “ Solo “ CD. Most tracks where recorded “after hours" at Phil Punch's new Electric Ave studio in Sydney. The piano is a Yamaha C7. Most of the piano tuning was done by Michael Karlberg. I plugged an AKG C24 microphone straight into my motu828 audio card into my laptop. 2 tracks “five" and “rising" where composed more recently (2006) in New York and recorded at “The studio" in Brooklyn. The piano is a reasonably new ...

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Sean Wayland New CD 'Solo" Available Now

Sean Wayland New CD 'Solo"  Available Now

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services

Sean Wayland New CD Solo Available Now Click Here To Listen & Download: http://cdbaby.com/cd/wayland4

This is my first solo CD. Most tracks were recorded “after hours" at Phil Punch's new Electric Ave studio in Sydney. The piano is a Yamaha C7. Most of the piano tuning was done by Michael Karlberg. I plugged an AKG C24 microphone straight into my motu828 audio card into my laptop. 2 tracks, “Five" and “Rising," were composed more recently (2006) in New York and ...

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Buy Sean Wayland CDs here

Buy Sean Wayland CDs here

Source: All About Jazz


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Keyboardist Sean Wayland Self-Releases Australian Rhythm Changes

Keyboardist Sean Wayland Self-Releases Australian Rhythm Changes

Source: All About Jazz

It took quite some time to finish (over 2 years). I recorded it here in Sydney. I did a number of sessions in various studios here. 4 of the tracks feature the band of Chad Wackerman, James Muller and Brett Hirst. We recorded with engineer Guy Dickerson at Chad’s studio. Sadly Chad has returned back to L.A. I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with him here. He really is an unbelievable musician with an original approach. ...

"Sean Wayland has long been something of a legend among Sydney jazz circles." —Jazzgroove

"Music Pours easily from Sean Wayland" —Limelight CD reviews

"Superman plays for keeps" —Sydney Morning Herald CD review

Primary Instrument

Keyboards

Willing to teach

Beginner to advanced

Credentials/Background

For violin lessons, classical piano lessosn, jazz piano lessons, contemporary keyboard lessons. available during weekdays, evenings and weekends. Rate: $45/0.5 hour, $75/hour head teacher at the Australian Institute of Music for Keyboard harmony, and Piano for 2 years.

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Click Track Jazz 1

Seed Music
2012

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Pistachio

Point of Departure, WMPG-FM
2009

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Expensive Habit

Seed Music
2008

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