Andrew McCormack (born 24 March 1978) is a British

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pianist.

Biography

McCormack recorded his debut album ''Telescope'' in 2006 and was awarded

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Rising Star in the same year. The

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commissioned a piece from him for a Barbican Centre concert in 2009 as part of their Panufnik Young Composers Scheme. Since 2007, he has been a member of

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's quintet. McCormack's second album, ''Live in London'', was released by

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in 2012. McCormack has performed and recorded two albums with saxophonist

Jason Yarde Jason Yarde (born 1970) is an English jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, producer and music director. He has worked with a wide range of artists and music ensembles, including Denys Baptiste, The Blind Boys Of Alabama, McCoy Tyner, Andrew Hil ...

. In 2014, McCormack performed as the Andrew MacCormack Trio with drummer Colin Stranahan and bassist Sam Lasserson. Reviewing McCormack's 2020 album, ''Solo'',

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described him as "one of UK jazz's most imaginative graduates of the inspirational and inclusive

Tomorrow's Warriors Tomorrow's Warriors is a jazz music education and artist development organisation that was co-founded in 1991 by Janine Irons and Gary Crosby, committed to championing diversity, inclusion and equality across the arts through jazz, with a spe ...

education programme", saying that "McCormack's resourcefulness embraces a

McCoy Tyner Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938March 6, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet (from 1960 to 1965) and his long solo career afterwards. He was an NEA Jazz Master and five-time Gr ...

-like percussive power, a knack for giving familiar materials contemporary spins, and an inclination to fastmoving idiomatic scene-shifts within pieces – jazz-improv to baroque counterpoint, for instance."

Discography

* ''Telescope'' (Dune, 2005) * ''My Duo'' with Jason Yarde (Joy and Ears, 2009) * ''Places and Other Spaces'' with Jason Yarde (

, 2011) * ''Live in London'' (Edition, 2012) * ''First Light'' (Edition, 2014) * ''Graviton'' ( Jazz Village, 2017) * ''Graviton: The Calling'' (Ubuntu Music, 2019) * ''Solo'' (Ubuntu Music, 2020)

References

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