Andy Quin

Who is Andy Quin?

Andy Quin

is a composer and jazz pianist. Quin has recorded more than 60 albums for the De Wolfe Music production music library since 1984. His first album Mirage DWCD 0001 was the first CD of the World's first music library series released on CD and was recorded on the Fairlight CMI.He graduated with a BA in music and electronics from the University of Keele in 1982 where he studied composition with Tim Souster, Roger Marsh, Trevor Wishart and Prof. Peter Dickinson, jazz with Prof. Cecil Lytle from the Juilliard School, and classical piano with Peter Seivewright. He formed and played in a number of bands whilst at Keele and in 1981 became the drummer in Jeff Kent's folk-rock band, The Witan, which released the single, Butcher's Tale/Annie, with the Dancing Eyes, the same year and the two-part environmental concept album, Tales from the Land of the Afterglow, in 1984 on Witan Records. In 1998 six of his world music songs were released on the Global Television Ltd. Album One World RADCD74 including Bombay Mix by Ravi Sari. In 1999 his track Navajo Dawn was used as the opening music for the Imax documentary film Wolves.