:: performances & more ::

SELECTED TOURS/PERFORMANCES:
› The Andy Middleton Group - 30 European tours, 5 U.S.A. and Canada tours
› The Fensters - 11 European tours, 2 U.S.A. tours 1991 - 2004
› Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra - Europe and U.S.A. tours
› Lionel Hampton - Europe and U.S.A. tours
› Bob Mintzer Big Band - U.S.A.
› Randy Brecker - Europe and U.S.A. tours
› Performances and/or recordings with Flora Purim, Mongo Santamaria, Marc Copeland, Victor Lewis, David Liebman, John Abercrombie, Adam Nussbaum

ANDY MIDDLETON PROJECTS 2011
As a Leader:

1. Andy Middleton Quartet
Tino Derado, piano
Paul Imm – bass
Alan Jones – drums
AM – tenor/soprano saxes

2. Andy Middleton Octet
Daniel Nösig/Bastian Stein – Trumpet
Sheila Cooper – Alto sax
Johannes Herrlich – Trombone
Martin Harms – Bass clarinet/Bari sax
Fritz Pauer – piano
Robert Jukiç – bass
Klemens Marktl/Christian Salfellner – drums
AM – tenor/soprano saxes

 3. Andy Middleton Trio
Robert Jukiç/Paul Imm – bass
Alan Jones/Klemens Marktl/Owen Howard –
drums
AM – tenor/soprano saxes

4. Andy Middleton Organ Band
Erwin Schmidt – Hammond organ
Christian Havel – guitar
Klemens Marktl – drums
AM – tenor/soprano saxes

 As a Co-leader:

1. Andy Middleton/Jeanfrançois Prins Quartet
Jeanfrançois Prins – guitar
Paul Imm – bass
Klemens Marktl – drums
AM – tenor/soprano saxes

2. Andy Middleton/Fredrik Lundin Quartet
Fredrik Lundin – Tenor sax
Nils Bo Davidsen – Bass
Morten Lund – Drums

As a Sideman:

1. Fritz Pauer Quintett
Fritz Pauer – piano
Daniel Nösig – trumpet
Hans Strasser – bass
Joris Dudli – drums
AM – tenor/soprano saxes

2. Klemens Marktl/Flip Phillipp Constellation        
Klemens Marktl – drums
Flip Phillip – vibraphone
Adrian Mears – trombone
Milan Nikoliç – bass
Luis Ribeiro – percussion
AM – tenor/soprano saxes

3. Wolfgang Reisinger Trio        
Wolfgang Reisinger – drums
Gina Schwarz – Bass
AM – tenor/soprano saxes

4. D & A - connection 
Kati La Voix - GER - stimme
Andy Middleton - USA - saxofone
Uli Rennert - A - keyboards 
Jan Roder - GER - kontrabass
Uli Soyka - A - schlagzeug, spielsachen

GRANTS:

› Chamber Music America’s New Works: Creation and Presentation Grant Program/Doris Duke Jazz Ensembles Project (2004)
› National Endowment for the Arts Performance Grant (1996)
› Fund for US Artists at International Festivals (1992, 1993, 2003)
› Arts International (2005)
› New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) fiscal sponsorship (2006 – 2009)
› Brooklyn Arts Council performance grant (2006)


AWARDS:
› First Prize, Best Soloist, Best Arranger - 13th Europ' Jazz Contest,
Belgium, 1991.
› Outstanding Jazz Soloist - Down Beat Magazine, 1987.
› Music School Award, Jazz Department Award, University of Miami, 1987.
› Pi Kappa Lambda National Honor Society, 1987.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
› Artistic Director of the Poysdorf, Austria Jazz and Wine Summer Workshop,
2000 - 2004.
› Guest artist/conductor and clinician of saxophone, ensembles, improvisation, theory, jazz history and piano with high school, university and adult groups
in the US, Norway, Belgium, Austria, France and Germany, 1991 - 2004.

WORKSHOP TOPICS:
› Music Theory - Rhythm section coaching
› Jazz Arranging - Jazz Composition
› Jazz History
› Original jazz compositions arranged for quartet, quintet, septet, octet and big band, piano trio arrangements of traditional songs, and arrangements of standards for vocalists performed throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe by diverse professional ensembles and recorded on 15 different commercially released CDs.