Andy LaVerne

Who is Andy LaVerne?

Andy LaVerne is an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.

LaVerne studied at Juilliard School of Music, Berklee College, and the New England Conservatory, and took private lessons from legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans. LaVerne has worked with Frank Sinatra, Stan Getz, Woody Herman, Dizzy Gillespie, Chick Corea, Lionel Hampton, Michael Brecker, Elvin Jones, and numerous others.

A prolific recording artist, his projects as a leader number over 50, the most recent are: Intuition, a duo with saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi, and Epiphany, a collection of Laverne's newest compositions.

LaVerne is also a prominent jazz educator, having released a series of instructional videos, Guide to Modern Jazz Piano, Vols. 1 &, 2, and Jazz Piano Standards, featuring the Yamaha Disklavier, as well as the video, In Concert, with guitarist John Abercrombie. He is the author of Handbook of Chord Substitutions, Tons of Runs, Bill Evans Compositions 19 Solo Piano Arrangements, and is the pianist on The Chick Corea Play-Along Collection. The Music Of Andy LaVerne has recently been published. Forthcoming are Keyboard’s Jazz Piano Compendium, and Jazz Bach, and Jazz Chopin. Countdown To Giant Steps is a two CD play-a-long with companion book, of which LaVerne served as player/producer/writer, and Tunes You Thought You Knew is a LaVerne play-a-long CD/book set. Secret of the Andes, a collection of LaVerne originals, is published by Aebersold Jazz.