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ANDY McWAIN, pianist - improviser - composer
My latest project Andy McWain Ensemble: RESEMBLANCE (fuller street music, fsm 3146 is NOW AVAILABLE from Apple iTunes
and as a complete mp3 album from CD baby, and will be available soon from a number of other digital download sites (emusic, rhapsody, napster). This project features music from two separate recording sessions: one with Assif Tsahar (tenor sax/bass cl), Albey Balgochian (elec upright bass), and Chris Poudrier (dr/perc) with me on acoustic piano; and another session with Sofia Koutsovitis (voc), Rick Britto (sax). Jeremy Udden (sax), David Landoni (acoustic bass), and Chris Poudrier (dr/perc) with me on elec piano...) VERY Soon! Recorded, Mixed and mastered at three studios around Massachusetts, this will be a digital distribution/digital download-only project.
Sounds, etc. also at http://www.myspace.com/andymcwainensemble
Welcome to my website where you can check out my news, gig calendar, and some sound samples.
The new CD by the Kevin Frenette 4: Connections [fuller street music 1781-2] (featuring Kevin Frenette, gtr; Andy McWain, pno; Todd Keating, bs; and Tatsuya Nakatani, dr) is AVAILABLE now... at your favorite retailer (DMG, JazzMart, etc) or online, or both!!! It's been getting some airplay at WNUR-FM (Chicago) and on Taran's Free Jazz Hour (Euro radio 101.3fm Nantes), among other places!
Also you can read about my most recent recording McWain/Balgochian/Cook: VIGIL, which has received positive reviews from Signal to Noise magazine (summer 2006, issue #42), Downtown Music Gallery, Vital Weekly (Netherlands), KZSU-FM's Music Director, allaboutjazz.com, and jazzreview.com, and has been getting recent radio airplay across the U.S. on WNUR 89.3FM (Evanston/Chicago, IL), KGNU 88.5FM (Boulder, CO), KVRX 91.7FM (Austin, TX), WREK 91.1FM (Atlanta, GA), WAIF 88.3FM (Cincinnati, OH), KBGA 89.9FM (Missoula, MT), KFAI 90.3FM (Minneapolis, MN), KZSU 90.1FM (Stanford, CA), WFMU 91.1FM (Jersey City, NJ), WXHD 90.1FM (Hudson Valley, NY), and free103point9 (Online Radio). [...and while I'm at it, my tune "Resemblance" (and the only track I play on) on Marcus Monteiro's MM4 release has gotten some spin on WGBH 89.7FM (Boston, MA). Thanks Marcus!]
(Also check out the new website for the Audible Think Improvised Music Series held twice monthly at Gallery X in New Bedford, MA.)
My first two cd's, STARFISH and VIGIL are available online, at live gigs, and for digital download at Apple iTunes, Rhapsody, and many other sites. Check back here for updates.
website updated: 20080312