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Andy Milne (born 1969) is a Canadian jazz pianist, who records and performs both as a solo artist and as the leader of the ensemble Dapp Theory. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and raised in Kincardine and Toronto. One of ten siblings, he studied music at York University, where he was a student of Oscar Peterson.

Andy Milne
Background information
Born	1969 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Piano
Labels	Contrology, Songlines, ObliqSound, Whirlwind
Website	www.andymilne.com

In 1990 Milne graduated and received a grant from the Canada Council to study at the Banff Centre for the Fine Arts. He met saxophonist Steve Coleman and later joined Coleman's band, Five Elements. In 1998, Milne formed the band Cosmic Dapp Theory.[1]

He has toured and recorded with Ravi Coltrane, Grégoire Maret, Sean Rickman, and Ralph Alessi.[2]

His 2018 album The Seasons of Being won the Juno Award for Jazz Album of the Year – Group at the Juno Awards of 2019.[3]

Awards and honors

• Voted Rising Star Keyboardist, Down Beat magazine, 2004
• New Works Commission grant and French-America Jazz Exchange grant, Chamber Music America, 2006

Discography

Year	Album	Artist	Label
1997	Forward to Get Back	Andy Milne	d'Note
1999	New Age of Aquarius	Andy Milne's Cosmic Dapp Theory	Contrology
2003	Y'All Just Don't Know	Dapp Theory	Concord
2007	Dreams & False Alarms	Andy Milne	SongLines
2007	Scenarios	Andy Milne & Grégoire Maret	ObliqSound
2008	Layers of Chance	Dapp Theory	Contrology/ObliqSound
2009	Where Is Pannonica?	Andy Milne & Benoît Delbecq	SongLines
2012	From the Bridge (O.S.T. for The Captains)	Andy Milne	Contrology
2014	Forward in All Directions	Dapp Theory	Contrology
2018	The Seasons of Being	Dapp Theory	Sunnyside

With Ralph Alessi

• Look (Between the Lines, 2006)
• Cognitive Dissonance (CAM Jazz, 2010)
• Wiry Strong (Clean Feed, 2011)
• Imaginary Friends (ECM, 2019)

With Bruce Cockburn

• You've Never Seen Everything (True North/Rounder, 2003)

With Steve Coleman

• Drop Kick (Novus, 1992)
• The Tao of Mad Phat (Novus, 1993)
• A Tale of 3 Cities (Novus, 1994)
• Curves of Life (BMG France, 1995)
• Def Trance Beat (Modalities of Rhythm) (BMG France, 1995)
• Myths, Modes and Means (BMG France, 1995)
• The Way of the Cipher (BMG France, 1995)
• The Sign and the Seal (BMG France, 1996)
• Genesis / The Opening of the Way (BMG France/RCA Victor, 1997)
• Resistance Is Futile (Label Bleu, 2001)

With Ravi Coltrane

• From the Round Box (BMG France, 2000)
• Mad 6 (Eighty-Eight's/Columbia, 2002)

With Carla Cook

• It's All About Love (Maxjazz, 1999)

With Ranee Lee

• Jazz on Broadway (Justin Time, 1992)

With Hugh Marsh

• Hugmars (Cool Papa, 2007)

With M-Base Collective

• Anatomy of a Groove (DIW, 1992)

With Diederik Rijpstra

• The Living City (TryTone, 2013)

With Carlos Ward

• Set for 2 Dons – Vol. 1 (Peull, 1999)

With Jeremy Warren

• I Can Do All Things

References

External links

• Official Website
• Official site of Andy Milne's band Dapp Theory

На других языках

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[de] Andy Milne

Andy Milne (* 29. Januar 1967 in Hamilton (Ontario)) ist ein kanadischer Pianist und Keyboarder des Modern Jazz.

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