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Will Anderson
Called a “virtuoso on clarinet and saxophone” (New York Times), Washington, D.C. native and Juilliard graduate Will Anderson serves as the lead saxophonist in the Grammy-Winning Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks. He's performed with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, David Ostwald’s Louis Armstrong Eternity Band, Wycliffe Gordon, Wynton Marsalis, and Cecile McLorin Salvant. Anderson can be heard and seen in the films and TV series Boardwalk Empire, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Killers of The Flower Moon, and Revolutionary Road. Along with his twin brother Peter, Will has headlined at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, The Blue Note, Birdland, The New Orleans Jazz Festival, and on Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion. The Washington Post called their music “imaginatively unfolding in ways that consistently bring a fresh perspective to classic jazz.” The Anderson brothers have created, produced, and starred in eight sold-out off-broadway productions at Manhattan's 59E59 Theaters. They raised over $25,000 to establish the Joe Temperley Juilliard Student Scholarship Fund and tribute album in honor of their late great saxophone mentor. To find out more, email please visit PeterAndWillAnderson.com
Awards
Bistro Award Winners, 2018
Drama Desk Award Nomination, Le Jazz Hot, 2014
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Jill McCarron Trio with Will Anderson: Jazz Motif
by Jack Bowers
Pianist Jill McCarron's latest recording, Jazz Motif, gets off to a flying start with Will Anderson's irrepressible alto saxophone setting the pace on a fiery rendition of “All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" and his radiant flute showcased on John Lewis' groovy “Concorde." Alas, Anderson isn't heard again until Tracks 7 (Clare Fischer's “Ontem a Noite") and 9 (Antonio Carlos Jobim's “Chovendo Na Roseira"), both on flute, and uncases the alto only one more time, on Horace Silver's buoyant “Cool Eyes." ...
Continue ReadingPeter And Will Anderson: Featuring Jimmy Cobb
by Edward Blanco
Grammy Award-winning saxophonists and identical twins, Peter and Will Anderson document another burner of a recording on their Featuring Jimmy Cobb album, released within days of the passing of the legendary drummer in May 2020. The last surviving member of the Miles Davis band that recorded the ground-breaking jazz album Kind of Blue (Columbia, 1959), Jimmy Cobb passed away at age 91. While not originally designed as a tribute project, this album may well be one of ...
Continue ReadingPianist-Composer Armen Donelian Debuts New Trio, With Jay Anderson & Dennis Mackrel, On 'Fresh Start,' Due April 1 From Sunnyside Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Pianist-composer Armen Donelian reemerges from the COVID-inspired shutdowns with a newly refined conception on both instrument and pen on Fresh Start, to be released April 1 on Sunnyside Records. The album is the recorded premiere of Donelian’s new trio featuring bassist Jay Anderson and drummer Dennis Mackrel. Sidelined like all musicians by the worldwide pandemic, Donelian was further removed from performing when a shoulder injury left him temporarily unable to play the piano. Ever resourceful, the 71-year-old simply wrote new ...
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Singapore Pianist Jeremy Monteiro Teams With Jay Anderson And Lewis Nash For 'Live At No Black Tie'
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Mouthpiece Music
Pianist Jeremy Monteiro considers himself a very fortunate man. Renowned as one of the premier jazz pianists in Singapore, he is presently entering the 45th year of a career spanning concerts, education, and music administration. He has played and recorded with many of the world’s greatest jazz artists, including James Moody, Benny Golson, Michael Brecker, Bobby McFerrin, Randy Brecker, Lee Ritenour, Herbie Mann, Paulinho DaCosta, Ernie Watts, Charlie Haden, Terumasa Hino, Al Foster, Carmen Bradford, and Toots Thielemans. In the ...
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Clifton Anderson's 'Been Down This Road Before' includes an All-Star Cast!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
"Been Down This Road Before" is the title track from Clifton Anderson’s new album, which shares the same name. It is a thought-provoking musical message, delivered at a time when racism, greed, injustice and a deadly pandemic are jeopardizing our ability to harmoniously exist with one another and with our planet. As always, Clifton’s music serves to challenge and strengthen our resolve to move forward and elevate. Release Date: December 4, 2020, on Ropeadope / What We Do Music. ...
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Clifton Anderson: Road Taken
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The trombone's personality shares much in common with a scatting singer. To play the instrument effectively, you need to sing through it. Not literally, of course, but you do have to make the trombone sound as if it's functioning as a wordless vocalist. Clifton Anderson is among my favorite trombonists for this very reason. When he plays, he's channeling the sound of singing. Clifton's new album is Been Down This Road Before, out December 4. It's a spiritual work, as ...
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Vibraphonist Steve Shapiro, Bassist Dave Anderson, And Drummer Tyger MacNeal Team Up For Progressive Electric Trio Album 'Tri/O: Try The Veal.' Available October 16, 2020
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Solidtone Recordings
Solidtone Recordings is pleased to announce the October 16th release of Try the Veal by TRi/O, a collaborative groove-based contemporary jazz & funk outing from three New York musicians: Steve Shapiro on vibraphone and mallet keyboards, virtuoso 5-string bassist Dave Anderson and drummer Tyger MacNeal. A unique concept and original repertoire sets the group apart in the genres of jazz, percussion, and electronic music—especially through experimentation with customized live-loops and the electronic mallet controller, allowing the band to explore progressive ...
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Ivie Anderson: Early Jazz Voice
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Like Mildred Bailey, Ivie Anderson was an early female vocalist who pioneered the jazz idiom in dance bands. She joined Duke Ellington's orchestra in 1931and for the next 12 years she toured and recorded with the band. Anderson's voice was more pointed and huskier than Bailey's and featured a mild tremolo. She also had a slinkier quality, especially on mid-tempo numbers such as I'm Satisfied and Did Anyone Ever Tell You. One can hear a quite a bit of Anderson ...
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Saxophonist/Composer Dave Anderson To Release New CD By His World-Jazz Band Melting Pot on September 14
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Melting Pot, the new CD by saxophonist Dave Anderson’s like-named world-jazz ensemble, provides a joyous musical antidote to the wave of xenophobia washing over the West today. Formed in 2017, the multicultural band reflects the vitality and diversity of New York City’s international creative music community. Melting Pot will be released on September 14 by LABEL 1 Records. “American culture has started to resist something that’s always been one of its strengths: bringing in people and their influences, seeing what ...
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The Matt Anderson Quartet Release "Rambling" On Jellymould Jazz
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Dynamic Agency
Innovative saxophonist and composer Matt Anderson and his quartet release their brand new album Rambling in May 2018 on pioneering UK label Jellymould Jazz, ahead of an extensive national tour. Rambling fuses together a range of distinct musical influences, exploring the common ground between contemporary jazz and folk music, reminiscent of Anderson’s rural upbringing in the North Yorkshire moors. Subtle strains of blues and country can also be detected within the music, as well as echoes of Scandinavian jazz and ...
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Marcus Anderson And Special Guest JJ Sansaverino Up Close And Personal Smooth Jazz Affair
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Helen Taylor
ACT Jams Productions presents an Up Close and Personal Smooth Jazz Affair featuring Billboard Artists Marcus Anderson and JJ Sansaverino on Friday, November 10 in the Palace Theater Orchestra Lobby located at 100 East Main Street. The artists are joined by band members Steve Clarke (bass), Dexter Pettaway Sr. (drums), and Sean Uliasz (keys). The show is followed by an Old School Dance Party. Hosted by Al Taylor of ACT Jams Productions. Tickets are $40 and it's a limited seating ...
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Yes Legend Jon Anderson To Receive Prog God Award From Progressive Music Awards
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Music legend Jon Anderson will be presented with the Prog God award at this year's Progressive Music Awards, in association with currencies.co.uk, which will be held at London’s Underglobe on September 1, 2016! This very special honor is awarded to musical innovators within the world of progressive rock music and sees Anderson joining such music luminaries as Rick Wakeman, Ian Anderson, Peter Gabriel and Tony Banks, in collecting the prestigious award. Says Jon “After all these years, it’s just wonderful ...
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"Will Anderson possesses Bobby Darin’s effortless charisma and boyish charm besides having a crafty and highly expressive way to perform. His originality shone through" - Stage and Cinema
“Peter and Will Anderson have established one of the more overwhelmingly successful sibling jazz ensembles of our time. They are equally comfortable in all the jazz styles from New Orleans to bebop and beyond.” - Will Friedwald, New York Sun
