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About Me

There is not enough room to put everything I have done in my life in here, so I won't. Ultimately while I love Jazz, Funk, Fusion and R&B, I TRULY love all music. It is good or it is not.

MY ALBUM - I decided to do it RIGHT - WATCH THIS SPACE!! ------- It will be released soon and available on Amazon.com ----- this site will point to the reviews
HISTORY BRIEF: Studied Berklee 1988 - See people on front page of friends... Yes I know most of the people personally on this page
.. Performed on over 25 albums worth mentioning, - I am home in Australia again after being away for over 6 years.. I am trying to find the time to finsih the excerpts of what you hear ... No mun = No fun.. and he that pays owns.. Thanks for that George Duke... LOL

Yes, I play ALL the bass parts on the tracks you hear - it's ALL real
I thank all of the musicians I have worked with, met, studied with, taught or played with. Without all my influences and them I would not have developed.
The past is just that and while it contributes to who I am it belongs there - In the past. I have played with many wonderful musicians some very famous and some not, and they are all great in their own way.
I am a musician and have been since I was in my mothers womb. This is my path, for better or worse..
:-)
That's it
WHAT YOU HEAR AND SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.

- If you like the playing and arranging, then thank you, and these people are responsible for my early nurturing and getting to what you hear:
TEACHERS:-
Russell Garcia
George Russell
Herb Pomeroy
Gary Burton
John Williams
Ennio Morricone
Miroslav Vitous
Pat Metheny
Mike Nock
Clive Moorehead
INFLUENCES:-
Jaco Pastorius
Scott laFaro
Ray Brown
Paul Chambers
Marcus Miller
Brian Bromberg
Stanley Clarke
Charlie Parker
John Coltrane
Miles Davis
David Watson
Ron Barry
Phil Lawson
Tommy Emmanuel
Jim Kelly
Geoff Oakes
Bridgette O'Donahue
David Ades
Dave Levy
McCoy Tyner
Jimmy Garrisson
My Mother and Father
TOO MANY MORE TO LIST
:-)..
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/2/2007
Band Website: http://www.andrewatwill.com
Band Members: LIVE AT WHANGEREI JAZZ FESTIVAL

3 Sides of the same Coin 2006-2007:

Russell Garcia - Liner Notes
Andy Atwill - Double Bass, Fretless Electric Bass, Piccolo Bass, 2 octave lead fuzz bass, arrangements and Orchestration, extra keys and extra guitars, Scat Voices and Vocoder, programming and patience
Greg Heath - Soprano, Alto and Tenor Saxophones and co-production
Gordon Rytmeister - Drums
Roger Manins - Soprano, Alto, Baritone Tenor Saxophones
Ambrose Splecia - Alto and Tenor Saxophones
Kim Paterson - Flugelhorn
Quentin Collins - Trumpet
Miguel Fuentes - Percussion
Murray McNabb - Piano and Keyboards
Frank Gibson Jr - BeBop Drums
Tim Hopkins - tenor outro on "Intermezzo - free Spirit"
Adrian Mears - Trombone (Onwards and Upwards)
Clive Moorehead - Extra Piano and keys
MC - Latin Clave Piano
Manu Kache - extra Drums
Tom Kennedy - Bass Duet extras on outro and intro on"BassBop"
Carolina Moon - extra instrument vox
Chantelle Heath - extra instrument vox
Caitlin Smith - Scat Vocals
Trudy Lile - Flute
All songs composed and arranged by Andy Atwill, except "Patchwork Quilt" which is an Atwill/Heath composition and "if I loved You" which is a Rodgers and Hammerstein composition.

Influences: I Could fill 5 Pages! - Here goes in short - YES!

Every person I have ever played with, studied with, met or know
ALL OF YOU!
Sounds Like: Me hopefully, so many influences maybe I'm a "Hybrid?"
Haha!
Record Label: Hunting

My Blog

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