Biography
Andy Brown is a musician based in Chicago who specializes in what he calls “old-school jazz guitar.” Born in New York in 1975, he has played professionally for thirty years. He has had a varied performing career that has included stints in Cincinnati and New York City. He has been called a “superior mainstream guitarist” in Downbeat magazine.
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 September 2024]
Attention NYC area folks (or folks who are looking for a reason to visit): I'll be doing 5 gigs in NYC and New Jersey during the second week of October. On Tuesday, October 8th I'll be back at Mezzrow, my favorite club to play in NYC. I'll be doing two sets with bassist Neal Miner and drummer Ben Cliness, two stalwarts of the scene there. Ben and Neal will also be joining me at New York's newest and hippest cocktail lounge/jazz bar Midnight Blue on Wednesday, October 9th. I'll also be back at Midnight Blue on Saturday, October 12 with legendary saxophonist Harry Allen's quartet. Sunday, October 13 I'll be at Shanghai Jazz in Madison, New Jersey as part of fantastic vocalist Petra van Nuis' quartet. We'll have Harry Allen on saxophone and Neal Miner on bass. I finish up on Monday, October 14 as part of keyboardist Ehud Asherie's trio at Cellar Dog, Greenwich Village's super-jazzy pool hall/jazz spot.
I'm regularly posting new video to my YouTube page.
For booking info or to join Andy's monthly mailing list, please contact Andy at: andybrownguitar@yahoo.com or 773-396-1180
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