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| Musical Director. Piano Tutor. Composition
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Andrea Vicari was born
in Miami Florida, educated at Cardiff University and The Guildhall
in London where she formed her first important group with
Julian Arguelles (sax) & Stuart Hall on bass. She has
released four CDs in her own name, "Suburban Gorillas","Lunar
Spell"; "Tryptych" and "Mango Tango";
and worked with the creme of the UK jazz scene including Phil
Bent, David Jean Baptiste, Don Weller, Dick Pearce, Mornington
Lockett, Tim Whitehead, Tim Garland etc. plus USA trumpet
legend Art Farmer and American sax guru Eddie Harris. She
began teaching when still at school and her experience and
training includes work with adults and children
at all levels of ability. Currently she holds a position as
Senior Lecturer and Professor of Jazz Piano at Trinity
College of Music, one of Europe's leading conservatoires.
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| 2000 -'08 Professor of Jazz Piano Trinity College of Music,
London.
1997 -’08 Member of Jazz Services education advisory
panel.
1990 -’08 Head of Jazz piano; Pimlico School Special
Music Course, London.
1998 -’05 Piano tutor Essex Jazz Summer School.(adult)
1995 -’03 Head of Jazz education at James Allen’s
Girls School, London.
2000 - '02 Arranger, Jazz Examination set pieces Associated
Board of RSM.
1999 -’02 Visiting Examiner in Jazz Piano, Associated
Board of RSM.
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Mango Tango Band
with Pete Wareham - sax, Steve Waterman - trumpet, Dorian
Lockett - bass, James Maddren drums
(CD "MANGO
TANGO" 33Records 33JAZZ163 )
Andrea Vicari Trio
with Sebastian
Rochford - drums, Dorian Lockett - bass
(CD "TRYPTYCH"
33Records 33JAZZO99 )
Vortex
Foundation Big Band
with Annie Whitehead - tbn, Diane McLaughlin - sax,
Deirdre Cartwright -guitar, Alison Rayner - Bass, Carol
Grimes - vox, Kay Charlton & Barbara Snow - tpt, Josephina
Cupido -drums
( CD
"Charybdis" released on BABEL)
Andrea
Vicari Qrt/Qnt,
with Mornington Lockett -sax, Phil Robson - guitar,
Dorian Lockett - bass, Tristan Mailliot - drums
(CD
“Lunar Spell” 33Records 33026CD)
Clare Hirst Quartet
(with Seb Rochford -drms, Ben Hazleton - bass )
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Sister Sadie
with Barbara Snow -trumpet, Clare Hirst -saxophone,
Julie Walkington -Bass
New Perspectives project with Jaqui Dankworth
(CD “New Perspectives” SpotliteSPJCD559)
Art Farmer Qrt. (1995)
Suburban
Gorillas, polycultural big-band project
(CD “Suburban Gorillas” 33Records
33016CD)
David Jean-Baptiste Band,
(CD “Freedom in the Groove” BMG)
Philip Bent Group, GRP recording artist
Eddie Harris Band, US jazz legend.
Plus work with: Dick Pearce, Alan Barnes, Tim Garland, Jim Mullen,
Don Weller, Dave O’Higgins, Tim Whitehead, Denys
Baptiste, Mark Nightingale, Christine Tobin, Alan Skidmore,
Ingrid Laubrock, Steve Rubie, Patrick Clahar, Bryan Spring,
Kathy Stobart, Julian Arguëlles, Dill Katz, Gill Alexander,
Toni Kofi, Brian Abrahams, Julian Siegel, Martin Drew,
Mark Lockheart, Clare Hirst, Jason Yarde, Paul Booth,
Lee Gibson, John Paracelli, Ed Jones, Theo Travis, Phil Robson,
Dave Gelly, Phil Lee etc.
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"one of the most brilliant
young jazz musicians in the UK - an outstanding pianist and
superbly fertile composer" Penguin Rough Guide to Jazz
"a sharp post-pob piano improviser and prolific composer
- breathtakingly eclectic. The Guardian
"a brilliant young British talent" Humphrey Lyttleton,
BBC R2
FIND OUT MORE AT
ANDREA'S WEBSITE
www.andrevicari.co.uk
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