(in their contribution towards my performing style as a jazz pianist)
Brad Mehldau, Keith Jarrett, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Gene Harris, Bill Evans, Vince Guaraldi, Chick Corea, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Michel Petrucciani, Ahmad Jamal, Dave Brubeck, George Gershwin, John Taylor, Eldar, The Bad Plus, Avishai Cohen, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Nick Drake, Radiohead, Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, Dave Weckl, Joshua Redman, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Pat Metheney, John Scofield, Medeski Martin & Wood
(some film composers & their works I admire)
Alan Silvestri – Back to the Future / Forest Gump
Thomas Newman – American Beauty / Shawshank Redemption
Randy Newman – Toy Story / The Natural
James Horner – Field of Dreams / Titanic / A Beautiful Mind
Danny Elfman – Big Fish / Edward Scissorhands
Hans Zimmer - The Lion King / Gladiator
John Williams - Star Wars / Jurassic Park / Hook / Saving Private Ryan
Born & raised in Northbrook, IL, Andy Margolis found a true gift in his ability to play the piano at age 5. He began taking standard lessons for his age, but abruptly took off, bursting into Mozart by age 7. The charming elements of Vince Guaraldi and Oscar Peterson captivated Andy and by age 9, he had switched over to JAZZ - for good. Lessons with legendary Alan Swain in Evanston, IL gave Andy the fundamentals to start gigging around town.
By age 13 Andy had discovered the true art form within jazz: improvisation. Over the next several years, Andy was a transcribing machine, focusing on not only the works of history's great pianists, but other instrumentalists and some of their finest solos. His hard work earned his trio the highest rating in the history of a National High School jazz competition - and earned himself a full scholarship to Arizona State University's Jazz Studies Program.
In Arizona, Andy quickly jumped in as the "young lion" in the local jazz scene. He was selected to perform at the 2003 IAJE Conference (International Association for Jazz Education) in Toronto. Andy was honored to host the jam session of the highly acclaimed Sedona Jazz on the Rocks Festival in 2004 & 2005. In the following years, the Andy Margolis Trio would be featured on "Good Morning Arizona", "The Mid-Day Show", and "Your Life A-Z", as well as being voted "Best Piano Trio in Arizona" by KJZZ 91.5 FM.
Lately, Andy been focusing on electronic music and film scoring while also continuing to compose and arrange for his jazz trio.
Here's hoping you won't be missing the party!
The Energy Trio and the Sugarthieves
Wednesday, April 22. 9PM - 2AM
@ Sail Inn - 1st St and Farmer in Tempe
Hope you can come down and help us blow the roof off this one! Be sure to message me, Rani, or Dave so we can hook you up with free entry. Let me know if you wanna grab some drinks with us beforehand, too.
We are definately planning on coming to watch you at Redrock on Thursday night. I'll probably be there around 9ish...if you can meet for a drink before the show! Let me know.
Hey! We hope you've had a happy new year so far! Hopefully you can make it out this week, as we have a couple interesting shows coming up...
See you soon! -The Energy Trio
Hi honey.....I'll be in Vegas....For New Year's Eve...we're coming to see you guys...Jeremy is keeping me posted as to where you'll be playing...I can't wait...I miss all of you. Tell everyone hi for me. xo
The Energy Trio and the Sugarthieves
