Andy Roberts Group (ARG)

Genre: Jazz
Secondary Genre: Rock Mt. Gretna, Pennsylvania USA Contact

The music of The Andy Roberts Group (ARG) is jazz based with a nod towards progressive rock. Listeners will find the music to be melodic with harmonic depth. The musicians bring a high level of improvisation to the mix to create some very exciting performances. Original music and standards.

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Biography

The Andy Roberts Group (ARG) performs as a 4 to 6 piece group. Their music is jazzed based with a nod towards progressive rock. Listeners will find the music to be melodic with harmonic depth. The musicians bring a high level of improvisation to the mix to create some very exciting performances. Original music and standards.
Their influences are transparent. Steely Dan, Weather Report, Yes, Stevie Wonder are among a few.

Keyboardist/composer Andy Roberts comes from a diverse musical background. Teenage years were spent practicing by day and playing in country/rock bands at VFW's & biker bars by night. Other memories include creating keyboard parts for Black Sabbath tunes in his brothers band, and listening to Oscar Peterson and Keith Emerson.
Getting further inspired by the challenges of jazz, Roberts attended and graduated from Berklee College of Music, Boston Mass.
He has since pursued a wide array of musical careers as a performer, arranger and music director.

Even with all the musical diversity, Roberts has retained a single vision of his own music. Lyrical, enhanced with some self-made harmonic explorations and embellished with jazz/rock oriented improvisations.
The Andy Roberts Group is made up of like-minded musicians who can musically "turn on a dime". They move from high energy burns to utter spaciousness and everywhere in-between at any given performance.
Roberts released his first CD last year called "Under the Radar".

Quote: The music on the CD has a great energy and the tracks clearly demonstrate the extremely high musicianship level of Andy and the other top-notch musicians on the CD." RadioIndy

Recent performances of note include:

Live Broadcast from New York City to Icelandic National Radio - Jan Maturmaa, producer
WVIA National Public Radio - George Graham, producer
Gettysburg College - clinic/performance
Veasley's JazzBase - Reading, Pa.
Belvedere Inn - Lancaster, PA.
Timbers Dinner Theater - Mt. Gretna, Pa
Allen Theater - Annville, Pa
Lebanon Valley College - Lutz Hall, Annville Pa.
Black Gryphon - Elizabethtown, Pa.
Mount Gretna Artshow - Mt. Gretna
Central Pa. Jazz Picnic - Harrisburg Pa.


Instrumentation

Andy Roberts - keyboards/compositions
Robin Work - vocals Scott Nelson - electric & acoustic guitars
Andy Alonso - bass
Dave Santana - drums
Hector Rosado - percussion

Discography

Andy Roberts "Under the Radar"
Some tracks can be heard on his website: http://www.antigravmusic.com
or on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/andyrobertsgrouparg

Official Website

http://www.antigravmusic.com

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  • Scott Nelson

  • Dave Santana

Press

  • "Under The Radar" Reviewed by RadioIndy.com! [+ Show ]

    "Under The Radar" by Andy Roberts is a Progressive Rock album rooted heavily in Jazz. The arrangemen...

  • Icelandic National Radio [+ Show ]

    “Andy’s performance during his live trans-atlantic broadcast from Avatar studios in New York to nati...

Setlist

TYPICAL SETLIST

S'Wonderful - Gerswin
Flood - AR
There I Was - AR
All In Love is Fair - S. Wonder
Watoto - Scott Nelson
A Dream is A Wish - Disney
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Arlen
Rocka Osaka - AR
Space Oddity - David Bowie
Secret Story - AR
Music for Angels - AR
Two Stories - AR
Tomorrow’s Yesterday - AR

SET LENGTH
APPROX. 1 hour depending on the venue

LIST OF COVERS
S'Wonderful - Gerswin
All In Love is Fair - S. Wonder
She's Not There - Zombies
A Dream is A Wish - Disney
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Arlen
Space Oddity - David Bowie
US and Them - Pink Floyd
Accentuate the Positive - Mercer

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