Bryce Rohde


Bryce Benno Rohde was an Australian jazz pianist and composer.

Early life

Rohde was born in Hobart, Tasmania. He played jazz in Adelaide early in his career, then moved to Canada in 1953.

Career

In 1954 he and two other expatriates plus an American formed the Australian Jazz Quartet/Quintet. The group recorded several albums and toured widely in the United States, then broke up in 1958 following a tour of Australia itself. Rohde led his own quartets in Australia until 1964, and moved to California in 1965. After then he based himself out of San Francisco, leading his own ensembles at times. Among those Australian musicians with whom he worked extensively are Bruce Cale and Charlie Munro.
He was strongly influenced by George Russell's musical conceptions.

Death

Bryce Rohde died on 26 January 2016.

Discography