Jazz Articles about Andy Milne

Andy Milne / Benoit Delbecq: Where is Pannonica?

by George Kanzler
July 12, 2009

Occasioned by a commission from Chamber Music America's French-America Jazz Exchange and realized during a three-week composing/recording residency at the Banff Centre in Canada in 2008, this is a fascinating project, pushing the boundaries of the piano duo format. Using Steinway D grands that were often--mostly in Benoit Delbecq's case--altered with prepared devices (objects on strings) and alternative playing techniques (strumming or hitting strings inside the piano), plus manipulating sounds with five-channel effects, the subtle use of electronics and a ...

Andy Milne and Benoit Delbecq: Where is Pannonica?

by Matt Marshall
June 28, 2009

At times while listening to pianists Andy Milne and Benoit Delbecq's Where is Pannonica? you may find yourself asking, “where is the piano?" Which isn't to say that traditional piano tones are ever completely silenced on the record, but that they are rarely the only tones. On three tunes, Delbecq is cited as using Dlooper, an audio application that, according to the pianist, is “a multi-track looper that can superimpose eight stereo channels, and output them on eight different channels." ...

Andy Milne: Dreams and False Alarms

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 19, 2008

L'M-Base Collective e Steve Coleman avevano dato a Andy Milne una grande chance: l’approccio innovativo all’improvvisazione (M-Base sta per Macro - Basic array of structured extemporizations). E Milne non si era fatto sfuggire l’occasione. Subito metteva in evidenza il suo talento creativo e in poco tempo si imponeva come uno dei più talentuosi pianisti in circolazione. Base funky, ritmi imprevedibili, intervalli insoliti e approccio atonale erano i condimenti dello stile del collettivo. Nel mentre Milne pubblica Layers of Chance con ...

Andy Milne: Dreams and False Alarms

by Martin Gladu
July 27, 2007

Andy Milne, solo piano? The announcement may bring mixed feelings of astonishment and surprise, but also wonder and curiosity. How will he make this fly sans Dapp Theory? Of course, Milne's talent is unequivocal--he was saxophonist Steve Coleman's pianist of choice for many years--so a solo session is an understandable and exciting new challenge for the gregarious former pupil of Canada's northern stars Oscar Peterson and Don Thompson.Recorded during a residency at the University of British Columbia, Dreams ...

Andy Milne: Scenarios and Dreams & False Alarms

by Tom Greenland
July 8, 2007

Andy Milne/Grégoire Maret Scenarios Obliqsound 2007 Andy Milne Dreams & False Alarms Songlines 2007

Coming from a land-up-over (Canada), pianist Andy Milne sheds a uniquely northern light on current jazz trends. Having paid dues in Steve Coleman's Five Elements Band, absorbing the additive rhythms and intervallic orthodoxy championed by the M-Base ...

Andy Milne: M-Base & Dapp Theory Radical Unplugged

by Mark Corroto
June 29, 2007

Pianist Andy Milne first caught the attention of jazz listeners with his work in Steve Coleman's Five Elements, with whom he recorded a dozen albums. There were gigs and partnerships too with M-Base collaborators singer Cassandra Wilson and saxophonists Ravi Coltrane and Greg Osby. Milne's immersion into M-Base theory and all things Brooklyn occupied him until 1997. In 1998 he formed Dapp Theory, a true fusion band combining contemporary funk, groove and hip-hop with jazz.

Like many jazz ...

Andy Milne's Music for the Human Condition - A Little Dapp'll do Y'All

by Phil DiPietro
October 6, 2003

Pianist and composer Andy Milne's music emphasizes badass groove-power that's grown from his roots as one of Steve Coleman 's Five Elements, specializing in some rhythmatic arithmetic that easily grabs more booty than some other M-BASE analogues. He draws inspiration from all types of music and from sociology, philosophy, and science fiction. While noted for sparse harmonic ideas and chord voicings that add texture to his compositions, he's also capable of seemingly effortlessly tossing off choruses full of musical sophistication ...