Jake Amy

Jake Amy (born Melbourne, Australia, 1998) is a multidisciplinary artist, working as a jazz. and classical pianist, composer, producer, studio engineer, record label founder and magazine editor. Amy is an active member in over 20 musical projects, including The Mamas, Emma Volard, Jesse Valach & The Testaments and Bumpy. Amy has performed with musical luminaries such as Ambrose Akinmusire, Tony Moreno, Julie O'Hara, John Rees and American jazz pianist Jon Weber, and has played on over 30 recordings. Amy completed a Bachelor of Music at Monash University in Clayton and New York University in Manhattan, studying with pianists Barney McAll and Sam Keevers, drummer Tony Moreno and saxophonist Robert Burke.
In 2020, Amy founded Attaboi, a volunteer-led online magazine with a mission to promote inclusivity and diversity within the music scene of "so-called Australia". Attaboi quickly became synonymous with social justice within the Australian music scene and aimed to question unjust ideologies imposed on minority groups. As part of this project, Amy interviewed musical artists such as Katie Noonan, Danielle Ponder, Greta Ray, Scott Tinkler, DRMNGNOW on topics such as systemic discrimination, social/political responsibilities of artists, Indigenous sovereignty, racial equality, gender equality, cancel culture, sexual assault allegations, the effects of colonialism on the Australian music scene, white beauty standards, eating disorders and body dysmorphia. In 2021, Amy was commissioned by Dingo Australian Jazz Journal to write an article entitled "What Is Australian Jazz". The article featured interviews with Australian jazz musicians Deline Briscoe, Tony Gould and Daniel Wilfred and is available in newsagents across Australia.
In 2014, Amy received the Senior Jazz Encouragement Award from the Phillip Island Jazz Festival, and in 2017 received the Bass Coast Community Foundation’s Performance Award
Early life
Amy grew up in regional Victoria and started learning organ from his great grandmother at age 5. Amy's compositional style was encouraged by classical pianists Michael Kieran Harvey and Hoang Pham.
Selected discography
Leader
* 2015 - Jake Amy - Nostalgia
* 2016 - Jake Amy - Chasing Heads
* 2019 - Jake Amy - Angst - Static Records
* 2020 - Attaboi X Emma Volard - Petrichor
* 2021 - Jake Amy - Mill Studio
* 2021 - Jake Amy - Reflections
Collaborator
* 2015 - The Rubric Duo - Innovation
* 2017 - Silicon Valley - Bad Habits
* 2018 - Silicon Valley - Poison Ivy
* 2020 - Malla - Live at the Gracement '19
* 2021 - Little Songs of the Mutilated - A possessive mountain elucidates slowly to the...
Sideperson
* 2018 - Felix Meredith - The Escapist
* 2018 - Nick Carver and the Mean Street Butchers - The River
* 2018 - The Mamas - Juicy
* 2019 - Clap For Alaska - Don't You Think
* 2019 - Bailey Judd - Goodbye Brown Eyes
* 2019 - Emma Volard - Max
* 2020 - Bailey Judd - Black Mould
* 2020 - Christopher Engel - Summer Nights
* 2020 - Emma Volard - Arachne (Replay)
* 2020 - Emma Volard - Femininity
* 2020 - Half The Andes - Subtleties
* 2020 - Jess Tyler X Thom Swain - Rich
* 2020 - Kala Gare - Oom Da
* 2020 - Malla - Uproot
* 2020 - Miss Emilia - Woman With Needs
* 2020 - Nick Carver and the Mean Street Butchers - Hide It Away
* 2020 - The Mamas - Dancefloor
* 2020 - Thorne - Do You Wanna
* 2021 - Bailey Judd - Can't Quite
* 2021 - Bailey Judd - Irene + Reynard 2020 Songdump
* 2021 - Felix Meredith - Beloved
* 2021 - Nick Carver and the Mean Street Butchers - Pony
* 2021 - Tahnee Ollerton - I Hear Music
Producer
* 2015 - The Rubric Duo - Innovation
* 2020 - Attaboi X Emma Volard - Petrichor
* 2020 - Christopher Engel - Summer Nights
* 2020 - Half The Andes - Subtleties
* 2019 - Emma Volard - Max
* 2019 - Jess Tyler - Self Love Club
* 2020 - Attaboi X Emma Volard - Petrichor
* 2020 - Georgia Bancroft - Golden Light
* 2020 - Half The Andes - Nice Room
* 2020 - The Mamas - Dancefloor
* 2021 - Jake Amy - Reflections

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