Barney McAll may have a decades-deep résumé in jazz, but he works generously across genres, whether collaborating with Sia or jamming with James Brown's backing band. Based in New York, the Melbourne-born pianist has composed music for movies, operas, gospel choirs and other far-flung projects. His diverse jazz albums thrum with fluid mood shifts, enlisting ghostly choral stirrings and rippling classical piano alongside questing horn solos and bustling rhythms. While known for the liveliness of his compositions, McAll always maintains a measured hand—even when it's sprinkled with stardust.
