Andy Schumm

Bio:

I grew up in Milwaukee playing classical piano. I started playing trumpet around the age of 5 by sitting down at the piano and plunking out notes! I began to take an interest in jazz in high school, listening to some of the swing bands of the 1930s, such as Benny Goodman's ensemble. I begun studying with Mike Plog, a fantastic Milwaukee-based jazz trumpet player. My first contact with 20s jazz was at Organ Piper Pizza in West Allis, WI, where I met musicians such as Bill Davison, John Knurr, Jimmy Christiansen, Bruce Yeo, Ron Reseigh, and the living legend Joe Aaron. While continuing on with modern jazz, I began to pick up other instruments such as clarinet, banjo, sax, and trombone. I now attend school at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where I continue to write and perform regularly in both modern and traditional styles of jazz.

Member Since:

April 30, 2006

Influences:

Bix Beiderbecke, Frankie Trumbauer, Louis Armstrong, Jabbo Smith, Bill Rank, Miff Mole, Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Dodds, Omer Simeon, Paul Whiteman, Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang, Django Reinhardt, Stefan Grapelli, Rex Stewart, Coleman Hawkins, Chauncey Morehouse, Adrian Rollini, Vic Moore, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Frank Signorelli, King Oliver, Joe Tarto, Baby Dodds, Earl Hines, Fats Waller, Thomas Morris, Jean Goldkette, Vince Giordano, Art Tatum, Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Andy Stein, Clark Terry, Barney Bigard, Harry Carney, Dickie Wells, "Tricky" Sam Nanton, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan, Kenny Dorham, Blue Mitchell, Lester Young, Stan Getz, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Red Nichols, Abe Lyman, Andy Kirk, Lee Morgan, J.J. Johnson, Bennie Moten, Clarence Williams, Jimmie Noone, Punch Miller, Eddie Condon, Tom Harrell, Freddie Hubbard, Freddie Keppard, Emmett Hardy, Paul Mares, Leon Roppolo

Sounds Like:

Dusty 78s

Record Label:

OKeh, Gennett, Victor