- Andy Milne
Born in
Toronto, Canada , Andy Milne is a jazz pianist/composer now based in New York. He studied Music at York University, Toronto, where he was tutored by Oscar Peterson. In 1990 Milne graduated with an Honours degree and was given a grant from theCanada Council to study at theBanff Centre for the Fine Arts. There he met saxophonistSteve Coleman , and subsequently joined Coleman's core band Five Elements. Andy Milne formed his bandDapp Theory in 1998, and has also toured and recorded withRavi Coltrane ,Gregoire Maret , andRalph Alessi. [cite web
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accessdate = 2008-07-11 ]Accomplishments
*Voted "Rising Star Keyboardist" in "Down Beat" Magazine in 2004
*Recipient of "New Works Commission" grant from "Chamber Music America"' in 2006
*Recipient of "French-America Jazz Exchange" grant from "Chamber Music America" in 2006Discography
*"Forward To Get Back" d'Note 1997
*"New Age Of Aquarius" Contrology Records 1999
*"Y'All Just Don't Know" Concord Records 2003
*"Scenarios" ObliqSound 2007
*"Dreams & False Alarms" SongLines 2007
*"Layers Of Chance" Contrology Records 2008References
* [http://www.andymilne.com Andy Milne Official Website]
* [http://www.obliqsound.com/artists/maret_milne.html Andy Milne and Gregoire Maret on ObliqSound]
* [http://www.dapptheory.com Official site of Andy Milne's bandDapp Theory ]
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