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Wed 02 Feb 2007Drawing parallels with jazzCanadian composer and pianist Jim McNeely finds inspiration in such places as the paintings of Paul Klee, he tells Ray Comiskey.In 2005, the critic Stuart Nicholson published a book provocatively called Is Jazz Dead? (or has it moved to a new address). There's no need to guess where he stood on the matter. The book quotes the New Zealand pianist, Mike Nock: this "child of the 20th century", he said, "has now left home".