Andy Gravish Bio

	ANDY GRAVISH bio
	EDUCATION: Summa Cum Laude graduate from Berklee School of Music, Boston Presented with Lennie Johnson and Art Farmer Jazz Performance Awards.Named outstanding jazz soloist (college level) by Downbeat Magazine.
	TOURS and APPEARANCES: Buddy Rich, Artie Shaw, Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughn, Frank Sinatra, Cab Calloway, Mel Torme, Makoto Ozone, Paolo Nonnis, Paquito de Rivera, Danny D Imperio, Roland Vasquez, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Machito Latin Jazz Orchestra, Jay Brandford Septet, Bill Mobley Jazz Orchestra, Jim Cifelli New York Nonette, Ken Schaphorst Jazz Orchestra, Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra with Lew Tabackin, Rob Scheps coretet, Bill Kirchner nonette, Gary Morgan Pan American Big Band, Wayne Andre Big Band, Nick Levanofsky Big Band, and own jazz quartet/quintet.
	APPEARANCES AT : San Francisco Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl, Jacksonville Jazz Festival (Florida), JVC Jazz Festival (New York) , Boston Globe Jazz Festival, Ottawa Jazz Festival (Canada), Toronto Jazz Festival (Canada), Berlin Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival Sardegna, Vienne Jazz Festival (France), North Sea Jazz Festival (Netherlands), Istanbul Jazz Festival, Sitges Jazz Festival (Spain), Fujitsu Concord Jazz Festival (Japan and Korea), Fukuoka and Osaka Blue Note Jazz Clubs (Japan), New York Blue Note Jazz Club, Birdland (New York), Knitting Factory (New York), Smalls (N.Y.), Visiones (N.Y.), Village Gate (N.Y.), Village Vanguard (N.Y.), Torrione Jazz Club (Ferrara - Italy), Hotel Lauren Jazz Club (Bolzano - Italy), Gregory\rquote s (Rome, Italy), Alexanderplatz (Rome, Italy), Chet Baker Club (Bologna, Italy), Caveta Jazz Club (Marburg - Germany), Various Jazz Clubs in Sardinia - Italy.\par Extensive touring / concerts throughout the United States as well as Europe, Japan, Korea, Chile, Brasil and the Carribean.
	RECORDINGS: Buddy Rich Big Band - The Magic of Buddy Ric (HMC Records) Artie Shaw - to be released Jay Brandford Septet - Seven Point Perspective (Accurate Records) Orange Then Blue - Funkallero (GM Records) Where were you (GM Records) Gunther Schuller - Jumping in the Future (GM Records) Matt Gordy Quintet - Matt Gordy Quintet(Independent) Makoto Ozone - Makoto Ozone Big Band at Blue Note in Osaka (Japan) Chaka Khan - Miles Blowing for Motion Picture Film Sugar Hill Terrence Trent Darby - Blanket on the Ground (Sony Colombia Records) Grover Washington, Jr. - Soulful Strut John Pizzarelli - Naturally The Hi-Tops - Journal Square(Stop Time Records) Danny D Imperio - The Outlaw (Sackville Records) To be released (Sackville Records)\par Bill Mobley Jazz Orchestra - Live at Smalls - Vol. 1 (Space Time Records) Live at Smalls - Vol. 2 (Space Time Records) New Light (Space Time Records) Ken Schaphorst Jazz Orchestra - Making Lunch (JCA Records) Purple (Naxos Jazz records) Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra and Lew Tabackin - Four Seasons of Morita Village (BMG Rec) Monopoly Game (BMG Records) Tribute to Duke Ellington (BMG Records) Jim Cifelli New York Nonette- Bullet Trane (Short Notice Records) So You Say (A Records) Tunnel Visione (Short Notice Records) Nick Levanofsky Big Band - Listen Up! (NLO Records) From This Moment On (NLO Records) Kimiko Ito - Kimiko (Video Arts Records) Neshama Carlebach - Ani Shelach(NDS Records) Big Eric & the Budget Crunch Band - Big Time John McNeil - Trumpet Method Book with CD - The Art of Jazz Trumpet Freelance work in New York City area.