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Andy Nevala -
Jazz Pianist
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The Colorado
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Andy Nevala's "Waiting in the Alley" features a mix
of original songs and arrangements covering Latin
Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Straight Ahead, and
Avant-Garde styles.
Andy Nevala earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music
from Boise State University in 1996, and a Master of
Music Theory and Composition Degree from the
University of Northern Colorado in 2000. While at UNC he directed and performed in Combo's I and II,
winning downbeat awards for Outstanding Performance
by a College Combo and Best Blues/Pop/Rock Group
winner, respectively.
He has also directed Jazz Lab Band V and Combo IV, and
has been an Assistant Director of the UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival and an
Administrative Assistant in the Jazz Studies Program
at UNC. |
He also has performed in several UNC groups: Combo I,
Lab Band I, Lab Band II, The Malonetones, Sus4, and
Combo III. At UNC he has performed with Conrad
Hertwig, Brian Lynch, Louis Bellson, Peter Erskine,
and Pete Fountain, as well as opened for Kurt Elling,
Russell Malone, Poncho Sanchez and McCoy Tyner.
He currently is a member of Conjunto Colores, Voted
Colorado's best Salsa and Latin jazz group for the
past 4 years. The group has performed at the
Aspen/Snowmass Jazz Festival, The Estes Park Jazz
Festival, The Denver Millennium Celebration, and
opened up for Arturo Sandoval and Diane Shurr at Red
Rocks on June 10th, 2001.
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