Andy Poole

Who is Andy Poole?

Andy Poole is an award winning radio presenter/producer and jazz musician who was born in Montreal, Quebec and raised in Kingston, Ontario. While studying at Queen's University, he appeared frequently in campus productions, including the Queen's Players. An active vocalist on the Kingston jazz scene, Poole placed third behind Carol Welsman and Diana Krall in the vocalist of the year category in the 2002 National Jazz Awards making him top male vocalist that year. His CDs are played worldwide and two of them achieved Number 1 status on a number of Canadian Jazz radio charts. He currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand.

Andy currently hosts a weekly radio show, Bossa2Bop, Sunday mornings on Radio Ponsonby in Auckland.