Philip Douglas Broadhurst (26 June 1949 – 24 April 2020) was a New Zealand composer, jazz pianist, music lecturer and radio presenter.

Education

Broadhurst has a master's degree from

Massey University Massey University ( mi, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa) is a university based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, with significant campuses in Albany and Wellington. Massey University has approximately 30,883 students, 13,796 of whom are extramural or ...

, completed in 2007. His thesis examined the music of French jazz pianist Michel Petrucciani.

Career

Broadhurst hosted the ''Art of Jazz'' programme on

Radio New Zealand Radio New Zealand ( mi, Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa), commonly known as Radio NZ or simply RNZ, is a New Zealand public-service radio broadcaster and Crown entity that was established under the Radio New Zealand Act 1995. It operates news and c ...

for more than 20 years. From 2000 until 2016, Broadhurst was Head of Jazz Studies at the New Zealand School of Music at

's Albany campus in Auckland. The 2011 album ''Delayed Reaction'' was a tribute to Michel Petrucciani and was reviewed favourably in the '' JazzTimes''.

Honours and awards

In the

2001 Queen's Birthday Honours The Queen's Birthday Honours 2001 was announced on 16 June 2001 for the United Kingdom (including Northern Ireland), New Zealand (4 June), Australia (11 June), Barbados, Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Sai ...

, Broadhurst was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for service to jazz music. At the

NZ Music Awards The Aotearoa Music Awards (previously called the New Zealand Music Awards), conferred annually by Recorded Music NZ, honour outstanding artistic and technical achievements in the recording industry. The awards are among the most significant that ...

in 2016, Broadhurst won ''Jazz Tui'' for the third album ''Panacea'' from his Dedication trilogy.

Personal life

Broadhurst lived in Auckland with his wife Julie Mason. He died on 24 April 2020, aged 70.

Discography

* ''Sustenance'', 1982 * ''Iris'', 1985 * ''Sustenance 3'', 1987 * ''Live at The London Bar'', 1993 * ''Delayed Reaction'', 2011 * ''Flaubert’s Dance'', 2013 * ''Panacea'', 2015

References

External links

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Phil Broadhurst Quartet
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