Allan Zavod

Allan Zavod OAM (16 October 1945 – 29 November 2016) was an Australian pianist, composer, jazz musician and occasional conductor whose career was mainly in America.

[citation needed] The University of Melbourne awarded Zavod the Degree of Doctor of Music in recognition of his international achievements as a composer.

[4] Zavod wrote "Time Can't Keep Us Apart" which represented Australia at the 1987 ABU Popular Song Contest.

[5] Zavod was classically trained at University of Melbourne Conservatorium after being awarded the prestigious full Ormond scholarship.

[2] In the late 1960s he was discovered by Duke Ellington, who arranged for him to further his jazz studies at famed Berklee College of Music, Boston, where Zavod taught.