JAZZ PIANO   
     

Andy has been an enthusiastic jazz performer for over 30 years, and has played with some of the UK's leading jazz musicians such as Stan Sulzmann, Don Lusher, Guy Barker, Steve Sidwell, John Patrick, Roy Williams and many more, as well as appearing as a soloist at numerous concert venues and jazz festivals.

A review of my most recent performance at Cadogan Hall has just appeared in the Pianist Magazine:

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'The music was the jazz standard Tiger rag. The pianist a virtuoso, who one evening last November held a capacity crowd at London’s Cadogan Hall spellbound. He went on to give electrifying performances of two more jazz pieces, and was cheered to the rafters. But this was a performance and a concert with a difference. No surprise in the repertoire: Cadogan Hall gladly hosts jazz concerts as well as being the London home of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The surprise was the pianist, Andy Quin. For Quin is not a professional pianist at all, but a man who makes his living writing music for films, television and advertising. 

Quin’s set had everything: casually but expertly executed Art Tatum-esque runs up and down the keyboard, a fascinating version of a Coltrane tune with sustained passages of perpetuum mobile, and a Gershwin finale in which he astonished the audience by doubling an already nippy tempo and then doubling it again.’

‘Here are a few quotes from Some of Andy's other concerts:

'Scintillating! Standing ovation last year!'    (Staffordshire jazz festival, Gatehouse Theatre)
'One of the UK's finest pianists'       (Arts Depot, Finchley) 
' A wizard at piano and organ'      (Halstead Empire)

Andy's Jazz music has featured on TV and film productions all over the world from Hollywood movies to famous commercials and well known programmes such as Coronation Street and Neighbours. Here are a couple of clips, the first is the After Eight advertisement where Liberace is miming to Andy's piano playing! The second is a jazz band miming to Andy's track Eldiderap in a scene from the feature film 'A Fathers Betrayal' starring Brian Dennehy. Andy's production music classic jazz album 'Four Minus One' has become highly sought after with collectors paying up to £50 for a good condition vinyl copy.

Andy has also made a number of CDs with his friend and well known jazz personality Eric 'Busker' Newton including: 'Streets Ahead'  and  'Summertime'

Ghost jazz piano video clip.

Despite appearances I am actually playing the track all the way through. When Central Television wanted to record a jazz version of a theme tune I had written for them, they came to a pub where I played regularly which had a recording 'player' piano. I performed the track which was recorded on the piano and then played back later whilst they filmed. Cool effect!

Live Recordings Autumn Leaves Someone To Watch Over Me Chatanooga Choo Choo Wish upon a Star Studio Recordings : Solo Piano Boogie Brothers Planet Rock Decorum Arty Stride Studio Recordings : Small Group AWOL Snaps So Easy Sugar Reef	Video clip of 'Tiger Rag' ( composed by the ODJB) arranged and performed by Andy in his studio