Jazz Articles about Andrew Beals

Peter Furlan Project: Live at Maureen's Jazz Cellar

by Jack Bowers
January 20, 2026

The third album by the Peter Furlan Project, the New York-born and based saxophonist's splendid nonet, was recorded Live at Maureen's Jazz Cellar in Nyack, NY, on June 20-21, 2025. The concert's nine numbers, all written and arranged by Furlan, travel along a conventional straight-ahead path whose sunny melodic and harmonic byways allow ample room for close group interaction and one or more resourceful solos by every member of the ensemble. While that may be enough ...

Andrew Beals: Gravy Train

by Elliott Simon
April 19, 2008

Andrew Beals Gravy Train NASMusic 2008

For half a century, saxophonists have gravitated toward Hammond B3-led bands to hone their chops. The demands of the “chitlin' circuit" combined with those burnin' B3 lines create the perfect musical training ground. Consequently, some of the sagest advice for an aspiring musician is simply, “If you want to really learn your instrument go play with a B3."

One of the best to play ...