ANDY EMLER
Genres: Nu Jazz, Third Stream, Avant-Garde Jazz, 21st Century Modern, Progressive Big Band, Post-Fusion Contemporary, Post Bop, Classic Fusion • France

Andy Emler, composer, pianist, a catalyst of enthusiasm, initiator of collaborations, arranger, a lover of improvisation, is a man of invention. After taking composition, harmony, counterpoint and fugue courses (Prize in counterpoint 1981 – variation for organ in the style of J.S. Bach and an orchestration class under Marius Constant – at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris) and Saturday night dances (rock, pop), he embarked on a variety of musical adventures with such notable musicians as : Antoine Hervé, Michel Portal, François Jeanneau, Woody Shaw, Trilok Gurtu… An educator by taste, keen to follow the age-old tradition of passing on musical desire and pleasure over generations, and a composer (ONJ 86, La Bande à Badault, WDR Big Band…), he is equally successful working with small and large ensembles. He created his own personal laboratory, the MegaOctet in 1989 with 8 of the 1980s generation’s « most flamboyant improvisers », read more...