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PG Music Soloist Set A.L. Mainstream Jazz
Andy
Laverne
Jazz pianist, composer, and arranger Andy LaVerne studied at
Juilliard, Berklee, and the New England Conservatory, and took
private lessons from pianist Bill Evans. The list of musicians
with whom Andy has worked reads like a Who's Who in jazz: Frank
Sinatra, Stan Getz, Woody Herman, Dizzy Gillespie, Chick Corea,
Lionel Hampton, Michael Brecker, Elvin Jones & numerous others.
A prolific recording artist, his projects as a leader number
40+, among the most recent is a quartet recording featuring
trumpeter Randy Brecker, bassist George Mraz, and drummer Al
Foster, Four Miles (Polygram), which reached the top ten on the
Gavin Jazz Chart.
"Timeline" (SteepleChase), LaVerne's latest CD, is a collection
of ballads. He is also a prominent jazz educator, having
released a series of instructional videos, Guide to Modern Jazz
Piano, Vols. 1 & 2, and Jazz Piano Standards (Home- spun Tapes),
featuring the Yamaha Disklavier, as well as the video, In
Concert (Homespun), with John Abercrombie. He is the author of
Handbook of Chord Substitutions, Tons of Runs (Ekay), The Music
Of Andy LaVerne (SteepleChase Publications), and 19 Solo Piano
Arrangements of Compositions by Bill Evans (Hal Leonard).
Countdown To Giant Steps (Aebersold Jazz) is a two CD
play-a-long with companion book, of which LaVerne served as
player/producer & writer. Tunes You Thought You Knew (Aebersold
Jazz) is a LaVerne play-a-long CD/book set. Secret of the Andes
is a new Aebersold playalong which is a collection of Andy
LaVerne compositions.
Andy is the recipient of five Jazz Fellowships from the National
Endowment for the Arts, and winner of the 2000 John Lennon
Songwriting contest for his tune Shania. He has appeared at
concerts, festivals, and clubs throughout the world, and has
also given clinics at universities, colleges, and conservatories
around the world. LaVerne is professor of Jazz Piano at The
Hartt School, The University of Hartford. He has recently been
recording and touring with legendary singer/songwriter Neil
Sedaka.
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