Joe Chindamo is the 2002 'MO' award winner for "Jazz Instrumental performer of the year". His CD (one of seven), Joy of Standards reached number one on the HMV jazz charts in Japan. He has toured the world twenty times with US drummer Billy Cobham and has played piano on over sixty film scores, including Man from Snowy River II, Pharlap and Babe. His talents as an accompanist are evident in his work on the recordings and performances of such singers as Nina Ferro (with whom he collaborated on the CD Tender is the Night),Vince Jones, Christine Sullivan, Marina Prior,Olivia Newton John, Debra Byrne, Anthony Warlow, Yvonne Kenny, Kiri Te Kanawa and Shirley Bassey.