Chris Abrahams (born 1961 in New Zealand) is a Sydney-based pianist, best known for his jazz work. 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sydney Harbour looking south from the vicinity of the Sydney Harbour Bridge towards the CBD skyline; the Opera House is visible in the background on the left. ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... Jazz master Louis Armstrong was one of the best loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ...

Abrahams has been a member of the Benders, the Laughing Clowns, The Sparklers and The Necks. He has recorded several solo albums, as well as collaborations with Melanie Oxley from the Sparklers. He has also played with Peter Blakeley and The Resurrection, Jackie Orszaczky and The Godmothers, Mephisto Waltz (with Ed Kuepper), Midnight Oil, The Whitlams, Crow and Gondwanaland, and is an in-demand session musician in Sydney. The Benders were a Sydney jazz band who existed from 1983 to 1985. ... The Necks are an ambient jazz trio from Sydney, Australia, comprising Chris Abrahams on piano and Hammond organ, Tony Buck on drums and Lloyd Swanton on bass guitar and double bass. ... Melanie Oxley is an Australian musician, singer and teacher. ... Ed Kuepper is an Australian musician and a founding member of rock group The Saints. ... Midnight Oil were an Australian rock band known for their driving hard rock sound, superb live performances and their overt left-wing political activism. ... From left: Warwick Hornby, Jak Housden, Tim Freedman, and Terepai Richmond The Whitlams is an Australian band that formed in late 1992 in Newtown, Sydney, Australia. ... Session musicians are musicians available for hire, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical outfit or who have acquired fame in their own right. ...

Solo discography

• Piano (Hot HTLP1014, 1985)
• Walk (Hot HTLP1025, 1986)
• Glow (Vegetable/Vitamin VEGE001, 2001)

Discography with Melanie Oxley

• Resisting Calm (Spiral Scratch, 1990)
• Welcome To Violet (Remote/MDS, 1992)
• Coal (Remote/MDS, 1994)
• Jerusalem Bay (Remote, 1998)
• Blood Oranges (Vitamin, 2003)