Andy Miles
Andy Miles (actually Andree Schmid , * around 1964 ) is a German clarinetist and composer .
Life
Andy Miles studied at the University of the Arts Bremen and at the University of Music, Drama and Media Hanover , most recently with Helmut Pallushek. In 1990 - at the age of 26 - he became one of the youngest clarinetists in Germany to be principal clarinet with the Hamburg Philharmonic . In 1992 he switched to the Funkhausorchester of the WDR Cologne as principal clarinet .
Miles is a versatile musician, he plays both classical and jazz- inspired works.
To kick off the Freiberg Jazz Days 2019 with the Central Saxon Philharmonic , he composed the Symphonic Jazz Rhapsody , which focuses on the clarinetist Anja Bachmann and which premiered on April 12, 2019.
Discography (selection)
- 2009 - romance. Songs and Arias for Soprano, Clarinet and Orchestra by Spohr , Schubert , Lachner , Mozart , with Chen Reiss (soprano) and the WDR Funkhausorchester Cologne under the direction of Pietro Rizzo ; Telos
- 2010 - Jazz at the Philharmonic , with the Duisburg Philharmonic under the direction of Jonathan Darlington ; Telos
- Rolf Kühn , Interchange with Different Movements
- Artie Shaw , Concerto for Clarinet et al
- 2010 - Crossing Borders , with the Auryn Quartet , Hubert Nuss (piano), Dietmar Fuhr (bass) and Selçuk Şahinoğlu; Telos
- Thelonious Monk , 'Round Midnight
- Astor Piazzolla , Fuga y Misterio , Nightclub 1960 , Oblivion
- Rolf Kühn , String Connection with Clarinet
- Hubert Nuss , Remembering the start of a never-ending story
- Erroll Garner , Misty et al
- 2011 - then and now , with Pascal von Wroblewsky (vocals), Ekkehard Wölk (piano), John Goldsby (bass) and others; Fibonacci Records Hamburg
- 2017 - Symphonic Jazz with Andy Miles , with the WDR Funkhausorchester Cologne under the direction of Wayne Marshall and Rasmus Baumann ; cpo
- Jorge Calandrelli , Concerto for Jazz Clarinet & Orchestra
- Daniel Freiberg , Latin American Chronicles. Concerto for Jazz Clarinet & Orchestra
- Jeff Beal , Concerto for Clarinet & Orchestra
- 2019 - Mia Brentano ’s River of Memories: A Mystery Trip ; with Benyamin Nuss (piano), Andy Miles (clarinet), Johannes Ernst (saxophone), Hans Dekker (drums) a. a .; Mons Records
- Blue Moon , Under the Surface , Les Champs magnétiques , Floating , The Visitor , Wide Open Landscape , Silver Rain , The Silence of the Abandoned Space , Over the City of Glass , Angry Mia , Septemberland , Lily of the Valley , Ghosts (for Paul Auster ) , Dancing in Twilight , Brahms Is Sleeping
Web links
- Personal website
- WDR radio house orchestra
- Short biography on Jazz-kalender.de
- Andy Miles at Discogs (English)
- Andy Miles at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Miles, Andy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schmid, Andree (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German clarinetist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1964 |