VARIOUS WORK
Albums
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Dark light – Trio with Ben Street, Dan Weiss (nominated Best Jazz Album)
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East West Moon – Trio with Ben Street, Dan Weiss (won Best Jazz Album)
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Rita's Blue River Stone - Improvised solo concert in Barcelona
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Concierto en la Iglesia - Improvised solo concert, Spain
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Duel Pianos - Piano duets (co led with Terry Crayford)
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Jonathan Crayford plays Monk! - Solo piano
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Decision - Trio with Patrick Bleakley, Chris O'connore
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BigFoot - Multi-instrumental with Riki Gooch, Ema Paki, Lisa Tomlins, strings
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Solo Piano Improvisations Paris - Jonathan Crayford improvising in Paris
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Jonathan Crayford plays Terry Crayford - Trio with Pat O'Leary, Clifford Barboro
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Jazz at the St James - Quartet with Bruno Lawrence, Bernie McGann, Larry Gales
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Donde la Luz y el Agua se Juntan - Quartet with Dave Binney, Max Stowers, Chris O'connor
Film Scores
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TV series Panthers produced by Tom Hern, Halaifanua Finau
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Feature documentary Garden of Evil - directed by Nigel Stitchbury
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Feature film Lowdown Dirty Criminals - directed by Paul Murphy
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Feature film Pork Pie - directed by Matt Murphy
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Feature film Spooked - directed by Geoff Murphy
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Feature film Pallet on the Floor - directed by Lynton Butler
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Feature film Mr Wrong - directed by Gaylene Preston (nomination best original music)
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Feature film Dangerous Orphans - directed by John Laing
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Feature film Ruby & Rata - directed by Gaylene Preston (won best original music)
Solo work
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Solo piano tour – 22 concerts across New Zealand
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Solo concerts Berlin, Barcelona, Paris
Projects
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Adagio –Arranged reinterpretations of the works of Mahler, Albinoni, Satie, Barber, Ravel and others
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Gospel project with Nathan Haines
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Commission to compose orchestral work for Passenellas in Catalonia, Spain
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El Diablo De Cadaqués - a film/opera (in development)
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Lockdown compositions - April-May 2020 solo piano lockdown project
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Project Sunrise ( Te Whitinga o Te Rā) - participation in Songbroker's lockdown project
Collaborations
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Concerts with Flamenco dancer Isabel Riveira Cuenca (Spain and New Zealand)
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Arranged and assisted David Murray for various world projects including Questlove’s Afro Picks feat. Questlove, Macy Gray, Tony Allen, Amp Fiddler, Mamani Keita
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Duo concerts with Nathan Haines
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Piano duo with Terry Crayford
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Word Piano - improvisations to poetry readings by Bill Direen in Paris
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Concert Exhibition - improvised works to the pictures of Rita Nowak in Vienna
Other work
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Presented Latin Afro-Cuban show for Weta Digital 2018
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Arranged and performed music for the NZ APRA Silver Scroll Awards 2019
Appearing on
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Teal - Julien Dyne
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Mambo Macoco - w/ Jay Collins, Donald Nicks, Eddie Bobé, Jose Deleon, Gene Golden, Chris Albert
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West of the sun - Lucien Johnson
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Sola Rosa - Chasing the Sun
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Trinity Roots - True
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Cornerstone Roots - various
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Recloose - various
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Olmecha Supreme - various