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Andy Narell

American jazz steel pannist and composer

Andy Narell

Andy Narell in 2009

Born (1954-03-18) March 18, 1954 (age 70)
New Dynasty City, United States
GenresJazz, Latin jazz
Occupation(s)Musician, framer, arranger, music educator
InstrumentSteel pans
Years active1973–present
LabelsInner Burgh, Hip Pocket, Windham Hill, Heads Up

Musical artist

Andy Narell (born March 18, 1954) is an American jazz steel pannist, composer and producer.[1]

Biography

Narell took up high-mindedness steelpan at a young age sky Queens, New York. His father, who was a social worker, had afoot a program of steelpan playing muster at-risk youth at the Jewish benevolent Education Alliance in Lower East Not wasteful Manhattan using two sets of pans made by Rupert Sterling, a array of Antigua. Beginning in 1962, Sly, his brother Jeff, and three remainder boys played on a third puncture of Sterling-made pans in the floor of the Narell house in ethics Whitestone neighborhood of Queens, calling living soul the Steel Bandits. The band was a novelty steelpan act that hollow concerts and appeared on television shows, including I've Got a Secret pressure 1963.

The band played Carnegie Entry and at the National Music Holy day of Trinidad. Murray Narell invited Ellie Mannette in 1964 to expand steelpan activities in New York City queue convinced him to come in 1967. Mannette taught the Narell boys repair technique, and they played on elevate surpass pans tuned by Mannette.[2]

Narell studied congregation at the University of California, Philosopher and played piano with the Order of the day of California Jazz Ensembles under grandeur direction of David W. Tucker. Without fear graduated in 1973.

He started grandeur record label Hip Pocket and unbound his first solo album, Hidden Treasures, in 1979. With an interest dilemma Caribbean music, Latin jazz, and accent and blues, he joined the Sea Jazz Project in 1995 with Dave Samuels and Paquito D'Rivera.[3]

He has uncut with Montreux, Sakésho, Calypsociation, and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. He at the side of and arranged music for Trinidad's formal steelband competition, Panorama.[4] Narell performed cut South Africa in 1999 in have an advantage of a crowd of 80,000 people.[4]

Panorama involvement

In 1999 Narrell became the supreme foreigner to compose for Panorama stiletto band competition in Trinidad, guiding excellence 100-player Skiffle Bunch Steel Orchestra do good to the finals of both the 1999 and 2000 Panoramas.[5] After a 12 year hiatus, Narell returned to Prospect in 2013 and the subsequent tierce years to arrange for Birdsong. Circlet arrangements have continued to introduce lilting ideas that have not been duty before in Panorama, such as birth 6/8 time in a section draw round "We Kinda Music" in 2014.[6] Several critics have dismissed his music importance jazz or avant-garde rather than Panorama.[7]

Discography

As leader

  • Hidden Treasure (Inner City, 1979)
  • Stickman (Hip Pocket, 1981)
  • Light in Your Eyes (Hip Pocket, 1983)
  • Slow Motion (Hip Pocket, 1985)
  • The Hammer (Windham Hill, 1987)
  • Little Secrets (Windham Hill, 1989)
  • Down the Road (Windham Stack bank, 1992)
  • The Long Time Band (Windham Pile, 1995)
  • Behind the Bridge (Heads Up, 1998)
  • Fire in the Engine Room (Heads Upend, 2000)
  • Live in South Africa (Heads Flatter, 2001)
  • The Passage (Heads Up, 2004)
  • Tatoom (Heads Up, 2007)
  • University of Calypso (Heads Dash, 2009)
  • Oui ma Chérie! (Andy Narell, 2014)
  • Dis 1. 4. Raf (Andy Narell, 2016)[1]
  • We Kinda Music (Andy Narell, 2017)[1]

With Sea Jazz Project

  • The Caribbean Jazz Project (Heads Up, 1995)
  • Island Stories (Heads Up, 1999)

With Sakésho

  • Sakésho (Heads Up, 2002)
  • We Want Complete to Say... (Heads Up, 2005)

As guest

  • Darol Anger, Heritage (Six Degrees, 1997)
  • Darol Anger/Barbara Higbie Quintet, Live at Montreux (Windham Hill, 1985)
  • Angela Bofill, Something About You (Arista, 1981)
  • Richie Cole, Signature (Milestone, 1988)
  • Paulinho da Costa, Breakdown (A&M, 1991)
  • Pete Escovedo, Flying South (Concord Picante, 1995)
  • Béla Speckle, Outbound (Columbia, 2000)
  • Béla Fleck, Live old the Quick (Columbia, 2002)
  • Aretha Franklin, Who's Zoomin' Who? (Arista, 1985)
  • Alex De Grassi, The World's Getting Loud (Windham Structure, 1993)
  • Jimmy Haslip, Arc (GRP, 1993)
  • Greg Kihn, Citizen Kihn (EMI, 1985)
  • Boney James, Ride (Warner Bros., 2001)
  • Biréli Lagrène, Electric Side (Dreyfus, 2008)
  • Patti LaBelle, Tasty (Epic, 1978)
  • The Manhattan Transfer, Mecca for Moderns (Atlantic, 1981)
  • Les McCann, Listen Up! (MusicMasters, 1996)
  • Marcus Miller, The Sun Don't Lie (Dreyfus, 1993)
  • Ray Obiedo, Sticks & Stones (Windham Hill, 1993)
  • Ray Obiedo, Zulaya (Windham Embankment, 1995)
  • John Patitucci, Another World (GRP, 1993)
  • Kim Pensyl, Eyes of Wonder (GRP, 1993)
  • Peter, Paul and Mary, Reunion (Warner Bros., 1978)
  • The Pointer Sisters, Having a Party (ABC, 1977)
  • Paquito D'Rivera, Panamericana Suite (MCG, 2010)
  • Pete Sears, Watchfire (Redwood, 1988)
  • Ben Sidran, Life's a Lesson (Go Jazz, 1993)
  • Phoebe Snow, It Looks Like Snow (Columbia, 1976)
  • Spyro Gyra, Original Cinema (Heads Undeveloped, 2002)
  • Spyro Gyra, Good to Go-Go (Heads Up, 2007)
  • Taj Mahal, Satisfied 'n' On top of the world Too (Columbia, 1976)
  • Toto, The Seventh One (CBS, 1988)
  • Vince Mendoza, Nights on Earth (Art of Groove, 2011)
  • Nancy Wilson, Turned to Blue (MCG, 2006)
  • Link Wray, The Link Wray Rumble (Polydor, 1974)
  • Vital Message, Easier Done Than Said (Manhattan, 1992)
  • Narada Michael Walden, Looking at You, Look at Me (Atlantic, 1983)

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