(influential jazz artists)
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 Robert Glasper 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
(influential film composers)
Alan Silvestri
Thomas Newman
Randy Newman
James Horner
Danny Elfman
Hans Zimmer
Jerry Goldsmith
John Williams
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.
In 2007, Andy switched gears and ventured into the world of pop music, playing keyboards with the high-energy 6-piece band "ENVY". After a successful run at the top night/dinner club in Scottsdale, the band was signed to a lucrative 1-year contract with the Las Vegas Station Casinos. In addition to the world-famous Red Rock Resort, Andy performed at other venues on "The Strip", such as Mandalay Bay's Foundation Room, The Wynn, Paris, and The House of Blues.
Andy has recently emerged as a film composer. His first project (a full movie score), was a 22-minute piece of continual music to T.J. Zale’s silent film “Butcher Boys”, which premiered on August 1, 2009 at The Rialto Theatre in South Pasadena, CA. For his next project, Andy composed the instrumental song "Queen of Spades", tailor-made for Zachary Ryan-Block’s music video “Bucovina Card Game”. In addition, Andy’s original songs “Hot Air Balloon Ride”, “Skydiving”, “Ghost Memory”, "Sunken Ship", and “Infiniti” can be found in the films “Seven Ways” and “Fortune 500 Man” (currently in post-production).
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WANT ANDY TO SCORE YOUR FILM? SEND HIM A MESSAGE! pianoman31@aol.com
Saturday December 5th 2009 Viva La Tech & Project X LA invite you to attend: VIVA LA TECH TAKEOVER @ GIANT at Vanguard Hollywood 6021 Hollywood Blvd - 930PM-4AM - 21+
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
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