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Curtis Andrews

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Curtis Andrews is a Canadian-based musician with global persuasions. A percussionist/composer/teacher who creates music that is informed by his many years of experience with West African, South Indian and jazz traditions yet transcends categorization. As a performer/collaborator, he has toured and recorded nationally and internationally with dozens of artists from across Canada in a myriad of styles, on drumset, mridangam, mbira, and percussion. His debut album The Offering of Curtis Andrews (2008) was an award-winning effort and his music has been described as “engaging, uplifting and warmly human” (Exclaim! Magazine), “a rich multicultural buffet” (The Wholenote), and “an eclectic, jazzy and rich international music palette” (Percussive Notes)

Album

Speaking Hands

Label: Independent
Released: 2021
Track listing: Tom TaTom TaKaTom TaKiTaTom Tight Rope, Short Walk 30 for -32- in 25 The Rainmaker Locomotion A Frayed Knot The Speaking Hand Kobla The Shapeshifter Chapu Tala Malika

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Frank Sinatra, Branford Marsalis & Anaïs Reno

Read "Frank Sinatra, Branford Marsalis & Anaïs Reno" reviewed by Joe Dimino


Representing the youth movement in jazz in 2021 we kick off the 716th Episode of Neon Jazz with vocalist Anaïs Reno's “Daydream." She is followed by her hero Frank Sinatra and good line-up of jazz. It picks up with guitarist Dan Wilson, vocalist Bill Kwan and German Pianist Kilian Kemmer. We also hear the pipes of ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

A Selection Of New Releases

Read "A Selection Of New Releases" reviewed by Bob Osborne


2021 is proving to be the gift that keeps giving for new jazz releases. Curtis Andrews returns after a long break from releasing music to deliver an album which is rich in rhythmic exploration, modal and raga-based melodies, and some truly virtuosic performances. There's also the debut from Martin Frieberg, Dennis González Ataraxia Trio's second offering, ...

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Song of the Day

Tight Rope, Short Walk

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Label: Independent
Released: 2021
Duration: 06:52

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Curtis Andrews

Read "Take Five With Curtis Andrews" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Curtis Andrews: Drummer/percussionist/composer Curtis Andrews strives to create, assemble, mix and discover. Schooled in the jazz tradition, he prefers to take his music beyond that and has studied intensely, the music of Ghana and India. As a result, his debut album The Offering of Curtis Andrews is unlike anything you may have heard.Instrument(s): ...


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