MP3 Inspire - JAZZ: Smooth Jazz

A present-day intermingle of jazz, r&b and Latin music, saxophonist Andrew Neu brings you a impertinent new sound

12 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Still Jazz, URBAN/R&B: R&B Pop Crossover

Inspire Songs


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An dynamic part of the Philadelphia music scene, ANDREW NEU
is in constant demand as a reed player, arranger, composer and recording artist. He has worked and toured with dozens of local bands as well as The Four Tops, The Temptations, Sister Sledge, Mel Torme, Rosemary Clooney, Englebert Humperdink, Debbie Boone, Steve Lawrence and Edyie Gorme, Manhattan Transfer, Shari Lewis and Lambchop, Ann Hampton Calloway,Randy Brecker, Nestor Torres, Bob Mintzer, Bill Watrous and John Pizzarelli. He has shared the stage with Tito Puente, Nick Brignola, Dan Brubeck, Kim Waters, Gerald Veasley and the Heads Up Super Band. Andrew has performed with the Philly Pops since 1996 and was a member of the Valley Forge Music Fair Orchestra until its close in 1997.

Performance highlights include The JVC Newport Jazz festival, The St. Croix Jazz Festival, The Lake George Jazz Festival, The Bethlehem Musikfest The Berks County Jazz Festival and The Mellon PSFS Jazz Festivals in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. He appeared at the 1997 Presidential Inauguration in Washington DC the 2000 Republican National Convention and was featured on the BET Jazz Showcase as well as numerous concerts for WJJZ, WRTI and WPEN radio. In 1999 Andrew performed twice at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC and twice in 2001, sharing the stage with Laura Bush.

In addition to leading his own jazz group Andrew is the featured tenor saxophone soloist with the Brian Pastor Big Band. His arrangements are mainstays of the band's repertoire. He also plays a tribute to Dave Brubeck with the Eric Mintel Quartet. In addition to the Philly Pops he
has performed as a classical saxophonist with The Princeton Chamber Symphony, The Haddonfield Symphony, Concerto Soloists and The Curtis Symphony Orchestra.

Andrew has recorded two CDs with The Al Raymond Big Band, one featuring jazz legend Buddy DeFranco. He has been the featured soloist on numerous Latin jazz and Gospel CDs, commercial jingles and the original cast recording of The New Moon. Andrew has recently recorded with Sister Sledge and is the founder of The Bright and Tight Horns, a top notch horn section that records and performs.

Andrew released his first solo present-day jazz CD INSPIRE in February 2000 to critical acclaim and is currently recording two new CDs for a 2004 release featuring Gerald Veasley and Doc Gibbs. He is a voting member of NARAS and the Grammy Awards and a graduate of Temple University's Esther Boyer College of Music.