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Nick Haywood is an Australian jazz double bassist, composer, and music educator in Melbourne.

Early life
Born in 1961, Haywood first started playing an electric bass guitar at eight years of age but did not consider undertaking a career as a professional musician. In 1976 he started playing double bass. After finishing school he worked in a brewery and a tin mine. In his mid 20s he enrolled in a Diploma of Music course at the Victorian College of the Arts and graduated in 1988. ==Music career==
Music career
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==
Discography
Albums ==Awards and nominations==
Awards and nominations
ARIA Music Awards The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987. ==References==
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