There are countless releases in this new age of jazz music. So why take a certain recording and put it on the top of your pile? Well, you can ask if there is a story, you can ask if there is that angle, but over all it is (or at least should be) about the music. Drummer, Composer Andrew Swift has put together what I can assure you will be one of 2012's big surprises. With a fantastic line up that includes some of todays best jazz musicians (George Cables, Wycliffe Gordon, Dwayne Burno, Yotam, Eric Alexander, Ryan Kisor, Sharel Cassity and Michael Dease)—Andrew Swift has amazing compositions being played by awe-inspiring musicians.
The recording done at Tedesco Studios in New Jersey provides a flawless sound to the release, and the liner notes from WBGO's Sheila Anderson give a perfect insight to the project, and to the question that one will undoubtly ask themselves at the conclusion of their first listen. Who is this Andrew Swift? One listen to the musicianship, the arrangements, the pure compositions and you will have to ask yourself as well. Who is this Andrew Swift? Now go to the pile and find out. You will love Swift Kick!
About Andrew Swift:
Chopsticks. Folks generally eat with them. Matter of fact, so does Andrew Swift. However, long before learning to eat with chopsticks, Andrew used them as makeshift drumsticks, playing on the family's pots and pans. Unfortunately the chopsticks couldn't stand his fervor and the lack of any other suitable drumming implements forced him into musical retirement as a small child. Fast forward to the Fifth Grade. Andrew began at a new school that had a band program. Imagine Andrew's delight when he discovered that playing in the school band occasionally meant missing academic class time. Never being one to adopt an irresolute attitude, he immediately spoke to the band director who said that the band could use another drummer. That was it. Andrew Swift was going to play the drums.
From that point on, Andrew participated in every musical activity possible. One day at a high school band concert, he happened to overhear an older drummer say something about a university jazz studies course. Early aspirations of a respectable career in architecture or accounting were abandoned as Andrew decided playing music would be an interesting way to make a living. Andrew completed undergraduate and graduate studies in music performance at the Australian National University. In 1998, he moved from his native Australia to New York. Since that time, he has been fortunate enough to share the stage with many people he admires such as George Cables, Wycliffe Gordon, Bob Stewart, Peter Bernstein, Sharel Cassity, and Michael Dease amongst many others. He is currently the drummer in the Sharel Cassity Quintet and the Matt Garrison Projection, and his drumming can be heard on nationally (USA) syndicated television commercials for Select Sector SPDRs.
In addition to playing, Andrew composes, arranges, and enjoys the production side of music—especially mixing. He also dabbles in CD cover artwork design. When he isn't doing all of that, he can be found teaching elementary school students about drums, music and technology. On Sundays he plays guitar and directs the band at his church, and during the week he enjoys cooking for his amazing wife and kids...and eating with chopsticks.
For More Information and tour dates on Andrew Swift go to: www.andrewswiftmusic.com
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The recording done at Tedesco Studios in New Jersey provides a flawless sound to the release, and the liner notes from WBGO's Sheila Anderson give a perfect insight to the project, and to the question that one will undoubtly ask themselves at the conclusion of their first listen. Who is this Andrew Swift? One listen to the musicianship, the arrangements, the pure compositions and you will have to ask yourself as well. Who is this Andrew Swift? Now go to the pile and find out. You will love Swift Kick!
About Andrew Swift:
Chopsticks. Folks generally eat with them. Matter of fact, so does Andrew Swift. However, long before learning to eat with chopsticks, Andrew used them as makeshift drumsticks, playing on the family's pots and pans. Unfortunately the chopsticks couldn't stand his fervor and the lack of any other suitable drumming implements forced him into musical retirement as a small child. Fast forward to the Fifth Grade. Andrew began at a new school that had a band program. Imagine Andrew's delight when he discovered that playing in the school band occasionally meant missing academic class time. Never being one to adopt an irresolute attitude, he immediately spoke to the band director who said that the band could use another drummer. That was it. Andrew Swift was going to play the drums.
From that point on, Andrew participated in every musical activity possible. One day at a high school band concert, he happened to overhear an older drummer say something about a university jazz studies course. Early aspirations of a respectable career in architecture or accounting were abandoned as Andrew decided playing music would be an interesting way to make a living. Andrew completed undergraduate and graduate studies in music performance at the Australian National University. In 1998, he moved from his native Australia to New York. Since that time, he has been fortunate enough to share the stage with many people he admires such as George Cables, Wycliffe Gordon, Bob Stewart, Peter Bernstein, Sharel Cassity, and Michael Dease amongst many others. He is currently the drummer in the Sharel Cassity Quintet and the Matt Garrison Projection, and his drumming can be heard on nationally (USA) syndicated television commercials for Select Sector SPDRs.
In addition to playing, Andrew composes, arranges, and enjoys the production side of music—especially mixing. He also dabbles in CD cover artwork design. When he isn't doing all of that, he can be found teaching elementary school students about drums, music and technology. On Sundays he plays guitar and directs the band at his church, and during the week he enjoys cooking for his amazing wife and kids...and eating with chopsticks.
For More Information and tour dates on Andrew Swift go to: www.andrewswiftmusic.com
