Results for "Andrew Gutauskas"

Andrew Gutauskas is a Grammy Award winning saxophonist, film composer, music director, arranger and educator. He has recorded and performed on Broadway, television, film and live around the world with a variety of artists ranging from jazz to rock to hip-hop to Bollywood. He is music director, arranger and saxophonist for the protest band, Brass Against, and is a member of several projects including; Charlie Rosen’s Broadway Big Band & 8-Bit Big Band, the Dan Pugach Nonet, Kyle Saulnier’s Awakening Orchestra, Lucas Pino’s No-Net Nonet, Manuel Valera's New Cuban Express Big Band, Miho Hazama’s M_Unit, the Terraza Big Band, the Uptown Jazz Tentet, Tim & the Space Cadets, The Skivvies and many others.

In 2018, he composed and arranged music for the award winning short film, Baby Won't You Please Come Home, starring Michelle Hurst and Melanie Nicholls-King, written and directed by Christopher Piazza

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Volume II: To Call Her to a Higher Plan

By AWAKENING ORCHESTRA

Label: Biophilia Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Prelude & Fanfare: the Patriot; Burn; Throughout; I Can See My Country from Here (Free Labor, Free Land, Free Men / Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité / Ethos, Pathos, Logos / Epilogue); I Remember; To Call Her to a Higher Plain (On the Technicians of Power / First Cadenza / On the Acceptance of Things That We Can Not Change / Second Cadenza / On the Changing of Things That We Can Not Accept); The (desc/diss)ent; Lux Aurumque.

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Look Out!

By ANDREW GUTAUSKAS

Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: 1. Look Out! [5:01] 2. The Kingpin [5:51] 3. For the Throne* [6:24] 4. BHM [4:29] 5. Once Upon A Time [6:08] 6. Whistle Blower [5:08] 7. Willie's Willin' [5:42] 8. See You There! [5:30]

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What's Next

By UPTOWN JAZZ TENTET

Label: Irabbagast Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Uptown Bass Hit; What's Next; SKJ; Change; Bramblin'; Pursue; Mance's Dance; Infant Eyes; In a Sentimental Mood; Voyage.

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW November 20, 2020

Uptown Jazz Tentet: What's Next

By JACK BOWERS

A tentet is a rather strange bird; too large to be labeled a small group, yet too small to be counted as a big band, it resides somewhere near the edges, mapping out its own musical profile. Some may rate that an asset, while others may deem it a mere hybrid, unworthy of their consideration. Wiser ...

TRACK OF THE DAY November 18, 2020

The Kingpin

Album: Look Out!
By ANDREW GUTAUSKAS
Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2020
Duration: 05:54

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW November 13, 2020

Uptown Jazz Tentet: What's Next

By EDWARD BLANCO

New York-based trombonist Willie Applewhite birthed the idea of forming a new big band comprised of friends, and in 2016 The Uptown Jazz Tentet was established, co-led by trumpeter Brandon Lee and trombonist James Burton III. After playing to live audiences for several years, What's Next is the group's debut recording, and what an outing it ...

NEWS: RECORDING October 14, 2020

Saxophonist And Composer Andrew Gutauskas Calls For Audiences To Step Back And Give Their Attention To The Wonders Of Everyday Life With His Sophomore Album, 'Look Out!'

Saxophonist, composer, and GRAMMY Award-winner Andrew Gutauskas is an individual who has learned to see beauty in the everyday and wonder in the familiar Look Out!–Andrew’s sophomore album- stands both as a testament to his vision of the world, and as an invitation for listeners to become aware of that to which they give their attention. ...

TRACK OF THE DAY October 2, 2020