Occupation(s) Musician Role Guitarist Name Duane Andrews | Website duaneandrews.ca Instruments Guitar | |
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Born 1972 (age 42–43)
Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Albums Raindrops, Conception Bay, Crocus, duane andrews Awards Independent Music Award for Best Album - Jazz Genres Gypsy jazz, Roots revival, Instrumental People also search for Craig Young, Dwayne Cote, Sherry White Music director Relative Happiness, Crackie, The Pamplemousse, In The Same Boat, Spoiled | ||
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Duane Andrews (born November 30, 1972 in Carbonear) is a Canadian guitarist. He combines traditional Newfoundland folk music with Manouche gypsy jazz similar to the way that gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt infused jazz with Gypsy melody. He is also a composer for film and television.
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Biography
Born in Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Andrews grew up exposed to the island’s mélange of cultural influences – a mix of English, French, Irish, Scottish, Spanish and Portuguese - and his development as a guitarist reflects that. After graduating from the Jazz Studies program at St. Francis Xavier University with honours, Andrews spent several years studying contemporary music composition at the Conservatoire de Paris and at the Conservatoire National de Region in Marseille, France.
It was during his time in France that Reinhardt's music had a profound impact on Andrews. Upon returning to his home province of Newfoundland and Labrador, he began combining traditional Newfoundland music with Reinhardt's style and his own original compositions. This work resulted in the 2004 release of his debut solo CD, titled Duane Andrews, the 2006 release of the multiple award-winning Crocus, the 2008 release Raindrops which features a collaboration with the Atlantic String Quartet and two albums in collaboration with Cape Breton master fiddler Dwayne Côté, Dwayne Côté and Duane Andrews (2010) and The Empress (2012). His most recent collaboration is with bluegrass guitarist and singer-songwriter Craig Young with whom he has released 'Charlie's Boogie' (2013).
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