20 new songs by Andy Fite, Jazz Comic Philosopher: a deep thinker with a wild sense of humor and a lot of empathy, and a virtuoso guitarist, with jazz at the root, but rock and folk and classical sounds in the mix as well.

20 MP3 Songs in this album (65:52) !
Related styles: Jazz: Jazz Vocals, Spoken Word: Comedy, Featuring Guitar

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Details:
When the year started out, I wasnât sure I had any more songs in me. It had been a while. And I thought, ok. Maybe I have enough now. But at last they started coming, and in November, singing through them all, I realized that for me they form a suite.
So here it is, my year as a songwriter: all the songs I wrote, in nearly the order I got them.
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"How do you explain Andy Fite?...The first time I heard Andy Fite my head spun around on my shoulders six times. ... [S]omewhere along the line heâs learned how to divide his mind perfectly and play such divergent counterpoint with himself that if you werenât looking directly at him youâd think there were two people! His lines are going one direction while his chords go another. Eddie Lang would have loved it.... And Andy sings & scats as well. And itâs all musical, totally. Perfectly wonderful."
Mark Weber, September, 2009
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â¦âThe surprise of the evening for me was Andy Fite⦠he sang and blew me away with his singing and improvising. I was really shocked... and am still in shock....a killer...â
Sheila Jordan, March 11, 2006


" Andy can put a song together in a few hours, I can assure you, you will pee your pants. First time he played I was hooked.... Laughed all the way home! Love it! Check out his site-- you will love him!"
--Taralynne Maclean (from the 55 Bar, NYC, March 2010)


âJoy is an emotion too often missing from jazz recordings.... Fite is positively ebullient.... His improvisations never end up where you anticipate....â âHe doesnât play any notes that donât countâ¦. His improvisationsâ¦display utter confidence in his own mastery of the instrumentâ¦. Fite deserves far more credit than he receives.â
David Dupont, Cadence, 1992 and 1997


âAndy Fite turned out to be a happy guy who spread both music and warmthâ¦and words of wisdom about life and relationships, in his own very enjoyable way.â
Bengt Valentinsson, Gotlands Tidningar,
Visby, Sweden, March 3, 2006


âWonderful funny songs⦠terrific singing!â
Rigmor Gustafsson, jazz singer, Stockholm, 2003


âI played your CD in one workshop in Finland and we all had the same opinion:
your music is something that should be listened to every day.â
Helin-Mari Arder, jazz singer, Tallinn, Estonia, 2005


âWith the very first song, he has us. Andy Fite gets right to everybody! Alone with his guitar he sits onstage with a smile on his lips. He has, by the way, a very pleasant voiceâ¦. Andy Fite is a crooning comedian with a guitar. A good one!â
Mia Uhlin,
Ålandstidningen, Mariehamn, Finland, Feb. 2004


â....A whole different way to play the guitar, and itâs funky, and itâs for real, and itâs fresh.... Itâs totally original. On the same six strings.... Beautiful.â
Red Mitchell, 1992


âShort bursts of concentrated Andy Fite are always a highly effective treatment.â
Christiana Drapkin, jazz singer, New York City, July 2006


âBetter than a hot bath!â
Andreas Linderman, Stockholm, Sweden, 2006


âAndy Fite is a great entertainer. For those of us in Sweden who have been to see him play, his performances are always uplifting and enjoyable.â
Håkan Mauritzon, Smålands Posten,
Kalmar, Sweden, Sept. 2002


âItâs always a pleasure to play with you, Andy.â
Kenny Clarke, 1978


âHe has a very pleasant way of presenting himself. Always a gleam in the eye, with a touch of melancholyâ¦. Itâs charming and deeply serious.â
Lena Svensson, Östra Småland,
Kalmar, Sweden, Aug. 1998


âDense, harmonically exciting, often dizzying melodic lines.... A red-hot temperament drives the music forward.... Itâs strong-willed, rebellious and outspoken.... In Fiteâs hands, the guitar is a multi-instrument: zither, string bass, the inside of a piano.... What other guitar player gets you thinking of John Cage? Youâll never get tired of this CD.â
Agneta Westerberg, Orkester Journalen, Stockholm, Feb. 1996, on Andy Fite: Whirlwind

âAndy Fite plays the guitar like nobody else. Long, logical lines and an unerring time feeling, but above all a fresh stream from an unmistakably original melodic source. Itâs a fantastic adventure to hear Andyâ.... âFite seems entirely aware of his mastery and this instinct deepens his playing even further..... World class, all categories!â
Bjarne Moelv, Folket, Eskilstuna, Sweden
May 21 and July 23, 1992


âSounds good. Maybe in a hundred years itâll be a big seller.â
Billy Bauer, guitarist, on Whirlwind


âThank you very much for your beatiful album C variations 2006. I found
this music great! Thank you.â
Ulf Åkerhielm, bassist and composer
May 16, 2006


âEverybody loves Andy Fite!â
Anar Tagi-Zade, jazz singer, 2004

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