In 1999 Haywood was nominated for two
ARIA Music Awards: for Best Jazz Recording for
Sudden in a Shaft of Sunlight by Browne-Haywood-Stevens and Best Adult Contemporary for
Beat Club by
The Black Sorrows. The band has been described by the
National Library of Australia as "Melbourne's premier large contemporary jazz ensemble" and " some of Australia's most celebrated improvisers and composers."' A grant from the Alan C. Rose Memorial Project in 2004 enabled Haywood to study in New York City with American jazz bassists
Gary Peacock and
Rufus Reid. Later that year he completed a Master of Music Performance degree at the
Victorian College of the Arts. ==Discography==