Andy Jones

Andy Jones studied at the London College of Music with Bob Brightmore and Doug Rogers. He was the first LCM student to be awarded a scholarship to study abroad. He studied classical guitar with Segovia protégé Jose Tomas. After school he studied jazz with the mighty Dave Cliff. He played with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra for 5 years and recorded 5 cds with them. Whilst with NYJO he met Phil Robson and Julian Siegel and then the hard work began. Andy has played with Van Morrison, Queen (Brian May and Roger Taylor), The BBC Radio Big Band, Patti Austin, Hamish Stuart (Average White Band), Lalo Schifrin (Hollywood film composer Bullitt, Mission Impossible), Grady Tate, Agnetha from ABBA, Dudley Moore, Sarah Brightman, Petula Clark, Madelaine Bell, Sarah Jory, Smooth Jazz star Richard Smith, Chris Standring, Jerry Lewis (The Nutty Professor, King of Comedy), Katherine Jenkins and Darcey Bussell (viva la Diva), Laurie Holloway and has toured with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He has published 35 books with major publisher Music Sales. He has also composed a number of film scores. He worked closely with Brian May on preparing the guitar arrangements for the musical We Will Rock You in which he regularly plays. Andy is a columnist for Guitarist and Guitar Techniques magazines. He studied film composition at the London Film School and is currently studying composition and orchestration with David Snell. Andy is head of the guitar degree program at the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford. Currently Andy is the guitarist on the show Avenue Q in London and is on the road with Katherine Jenkins and Darcey Bussell. He is Musical Director and guitarist/producer for Patti Revell (www.pattirevell.com). Andy is a Peavey clinician and endorses Peavey guitars and amplifiers. He is also a Blade guitars endorsee.