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Check out the "Bill Lowe Andy Jaffe Repertory Big Band" page for youtube videos to our 25th Anniversary Concert in 2011

Also please note that "Manhattan Projections" has been re-released on PARMA recordings (see also "online resources" below). If you'd like to obtain a copy of the original release, feel free to email me (ajaffe@crocker.com). Also contact me if you would like a copy of the piano duo recording with Tom McClung ("Double Helix").

Premiere of "Every Day Blues" by the Berkshire Symphony
On November 2nd at 8 p.m. the Berkshire Symphony, under the direction of Ronald L. Feldman, premiered "Every Day Blues", my 20 minute orchestral tribute to the late Dr. Ernest Brown. Click on the "DropBox" MP3 sampler and you can hear a recording of this performance!

Three New Reviews of the Manhattan Projections re-release
The "Manhattan Projections" CD has been re-released, including bonus tracks from the Tom McClung-Andy Jaffe piano duo recording. Here are links to three recent reviews:

first, a new review of MANHATTAN PROJECTIONS over at the Gapplegate Music Review: http://gapplegatemusicreview.blogspot.com/2012/07/andy-jaffe-manhattan-projections-reissue.html

second, in the online magazine PopMatters. You can read it here: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/159522-andy-jaffe-manhattan-projections/

finallym this one: MusicWeb International's new jazz review section. You can read it here: http://www.musicweb-international.com/jazz/2012/Andy_Jaffe_Manhattan_BR8922.htm

25th Anniversary Concert - Part 1

25th Anniversary Concert - Part 2

Itapua Bill Lowe Andy Jaffe Big Band

24 for Elvin The Bill Lowe Andy Jaffe Big Band

More about Andy Jaffe

link to current projects

Director of the Williams College Jazz Program http://music.williams.edu/

Member, Board of Directors, BerkshiresJazz.Org

Re-release of the large ensemble CD, "An Imperfect Storm" on Parma Recordings:

http://www.naxosdirect.com/Andy-Jaffe/composer/118588/

Here's a link to a recent review of the CD:

http://www.audaud.com/article?ArticleID=8444

Now available from Advance Music (or their US distributors: Jamey Aebersold (www.jazzbooks.com) and Kendor (www.kendormusic.com), my new jazz composition book: "Something Borrowed, Something Blue: Principles of Jazz Composition" (see also link for "Jazz Harmony" under "online resources below).

Online Resources

Use this link to Order "Jazz Harmony", third edition, directly from Advance Music
(or you may find it quicker to order it from their US and Canadian distributors here:
Jamey Aebersold (www.jazzbooks.com), or Kendor (www.kendormusic.com)

Sextet CD NOTE: "Manhattan Projections" has been re-released by PARMA recordings.

To Order the rerelease of "An Imperfect Storm", Large Ensemble CD by Parma Records, go to:

http://www.naxosdirect.com/Andy-Jaffe/composer/118588/

To Order "Double Helix" Piano Duo CD with Tom McClung
go to Liscio.recordings.com or click on the paypal link.

Click here to purchase Andy Jaffe CD's or the Andy Jaffe Fakebook with Paypal