Biography
Andy Brown is a guitarist based in Chicago. Born in New York City in 1975, he has played professionally for over twenty years. He has had a varied performing career that has included stints in Cincinnati and New York.
Since coming to Chicago in 2003, Andy has been fortunate to work at many of the area's finest jazz venues with his own bands, as well as playing his unique brand of solo jazz guitar. He has... read more →
Press
"Inspiring music-making isn't necessarily loud, aggressive, self-aggrandizing or heavily promoted. Consider what happens early every Wednesday night at Andy's Jazz Club, where the superb but serenely understated Chicago guitarist Andy Brown leads a quartet. Like him, his band mates speak softly but poetically. Brown's pastel tones, softly stated melody lines and delicately rolled chords conveyed remarkable intimacy and the guitarist's solo on "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" made a strong, soulful case for melodic simplicity... read more →
News [updated August 2018]
I posted a video on YouTube of a recent concert at Studio5 with my quartet that plays at Andy's every Wednesday. It's an hour long video, and it came out really nice!
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I'm lucky to have several great steady gigs at the moment:
Sundays - (every other Sunday) Trio at Winter's Jazz Club
-August 5 with fellow guitarist Kyle Asche and bassist Jake Vinsel. These guys are two old friends and fantastic musicians and I'm really looking forward to it.
-August 19 with two of my favorite musicians to play with, old friend Scott Burns on tenor saxophone and bassist Doug Hayes
-September 2 I'll be doing a special Labor Day Weekend/Chicago Jazz Festival night with a quartet featuring Russ Phillips-trombone, Dan DeLorenzo-bass and my oldest friend NYC swing drum master Kevin Dorn on drums.
Tuesdays - Solo guitar at Cellars Bar and Grill
Wednesdays - Andy Brown Quartet at Andy's Jazz Club
Thursdays - Solo guitar behind the bar at the Green Mill
All times, addresses, website info, phone numbers, as well as other gigs can be found on my schedule page.
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