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Andrew McCormack
Award winning Pianist Composer
About Me
Andrew McCormack launched his solo career in April 2006 with his
debut album, 'Telescope'. The album garnered great critical acclaim and
led to him receiving the BBC Jazz Award for ‘Rising Star’ in July 2006.
Presenting the award was Courtney Pine OBE who spoke of Andrew’s
exceptional musical talent and his pleasure in watching his development
as an artist.
Since then Andrew has continued to perform throughout the world with
various groups including his own and as a pivotal member of the Kyle
(son of Clint) Eastwood Band which this year included appearances at
Juan Les Pins, Marciac Jazz Festival and on Manu Katché’s TV show,
‘One Shot Not’. Andrew was heavily involved with writing and performing
on the the 2011 Eastwood release, 'Songs From The Chateau'.
In 2007 he opened the Young Artist Series in Newbury Spring Festival
with an eclectic solo piano recital and in 2008 Andrew's trio opened the
main stage at the Barbican for Branford Marsalis' Quartet.
In 2009 Andrew launched his ongoing Chamber-Jazz project with
Saxophonist/ Composer Jason Yarde, the McCormack & Yarde Duo.
Their first album, M Y DUO was described by John Fordham in the
London Guardian as “..a wonderful jazz conversation.” and by Kevin Le
Gendre in Jazzwise as “an album of very mature performances and
tight narrative focus that presents jazz composition and improvisation as
infinitely fluid entities...” .
The duo's follow-up CD release in October 2011 is on Edition Records.
Andrew has recently been taking private composition lessons with
Mark- Anthony Turnage and in 2009 recieved a major commission from
the London Symphony Orchestra as part of their Panufnik Young
Composers Scheme for a performance at the Barbican in December
that year. Andrew has also contributed to the score and orchestrations,
as well as performing on parts of the soundtrack for Clint Eastwood's
film 'Flags Of Our Fathers' and its companion movie, 'Letters from Iwo
Jima' with the latter movie picking up the Golden Globe award for Best
Foreign Language Film and Academy award nomination for best picture.
He has since been invited back to to do orchestrations and additional
music for Mr Eastwood in 'Changeling' and for the John
Cussack/Harvey Weinstein movie, 'Grace Is Gone', which received a
Golden Globe nomination for best original score. He was also invited to
perform alongside Kyle Eastwood at a special award ceremony for Clint
at the Lyon Film festival in Oct 09.
