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Andy McWain

Boston-born improvising pianist/composer Andy McWain has performed and/or recorded with such artists as Assif Tsahar, Karl Berger, Tiger Okoshi, Santi Debriano, Brian Melvin, Joe Giardullo, Royal Hartigan, John Dirac, Hafez Modirzadeh, Albey Balgochian, Laurence Cook, Dino Govoni, Luther Gray, Daniel Levin, David Bindman, Wes Brown, Jim Robitaille, Brooke Sofferman, Bruno Raberg, Dennis Warren's Full Metal Revolutionary Jazz Ensemble, and the Zen Bastards, among others. He studied at UMass and the New England Conservatory of Music (M.M., composition), and participated in artist residencies at Yaddo (NY), the Atlantic Center for the Arts (FL) with Butch Morris, and the Akiyoshidai International Art Village (JPN)

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By Andy McWain

Label: Fuller Street Music
Released: 2008

Starfish

By Andy McWain

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2003
Track listing: Periodic Stasis Amid Torrent, Duo Interlude, Thorn Tea Jar (I), As a Starfish, Pure Iris Chord (I), Wind Can May, Toxins (Parts I-III), Thorn Tea Jar (II), Pure Iris Chord (II), Another Dynamic Starfish Precursor

Andy McWain Quartet: Starfish

by Dan McClenaghan
February 13, 2003

The textures on Starfish have a tight weave, threads tinctured with the darker hues. And though the weave is a close one, the overall fabric has an elastic quality, allowing for the stretch of improvisation and a four way convergence of ideas.If they gave a Grammy for music that demands and rewards the listener's ...