PETER and WILL ANDERSON
Multi woodwind players, THE ANDERSON BROTHERS have defined the future direction of jazz within the millennial generation and I'm happy to announce that Standards and The Great American Songbook are alive and well in the hands of these twin brothers. Playing to sold out audiences wherever they go these young masters are carrying the torch for the music we all love. Personality through and through has defined their musicianship and their ability to instantly connect with their audiences well beyond their years. Nothing new here folks. Hard work and going right to the source has given them the knowledge, expertise, and experience to attract jazz audiences everywhere. Come hear for yourself.
“Virtuosos on clarinet and saxophone” (New York Times), identical twins and Juilliard graduates Peter and Will Anderson are known for their unique renditions of classic jazz songs and innovative original music. Born and raised in Washington D.C., the Andersons have performed with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Village Vanguard Orchestra, Wycliffe Gordon, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Paquito D’Rivera, Wynton Marsalis, and can be heard on the 2014 Grammy-winning soundtrack of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire with Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks. They’ve headlined at The Blue Note, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, New Orleans Jazz Festival, Feinstein’s 54 Below, and live on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion. The Andersons have performed in 40 US states, throughout Japan and six times in NYC’s famed Highlights in Jazz series, alongside Lou Donaldson, The Heath Brothers, Ken Peplowski, Steve Turre, Warren Vache, And Jimmy Cobb.
Vanity Fair magazine listed their debut album alongside Miles Davis in “Four New Releases to Make You Love Jazz,” and the Washington Post called their music “imaginatively unfolding in ways that consistently bring a fresh perspective to classic jazz.” Peter and Will were awarded a 2014 Drama Desk nomination for their off-Broadway show Le Jazz Hot (one of six productions at 59E59 Theaters), and are 2018 Bistro Award winners. Their 2014 album, Deja Vu, features “a burner that reveals the band’s cohesiveness and spirit” (JazzTimes). Last year, the Andersons raised $25,000 to establish the Joe Temperley Juilliard Student Scholarship Fund and tribute album in honor of their late great saxophone mentor. They’ve lectured at over 100 high schools countrywide and Universities including Michigan State, Ohio State, Temple, Florida State, Xavier, South Florida and Central Oklahoma. Peter and Will endorse D’Addario woodwind products and Selmer saxophones.
Vanity Fair magazine listed their debut album alongside Miles Davis in “Four New Releases to Make You Love Jazz,” and the Washington Post called their music “imaginatively unfolding in ways that consistently bring a fresh perspective to classic jazz.” Peter and Will were awarded a 2014 Drama Desk nomination for their off-Broadway show Le Jazz Hot (one of six productions at 59E59 Theaters), and are 2018 Bistro Award winners. Their 2014 album, Deja Vu, features “a burner that reveals the band’s cohesiveness and spirit” (JazzTimes). Last year, the Andersons raised $25,000 to establish the Joe Temperley Juilliard Student Scholarship Fund and tribute album in honor of their late great saxophone mentor. They’ve lectured at over 100 high schools countrywide and Universities including Michigan State, Ohio State, Temple, Florida State, Xavier, South Florida and Central Oklahoma. Peter and Will endorse D’Addario woodwind products and Selmer saxophones.
WITH SINCERE THANKS - TO OUR WONDERFUL SPONSORS AND GRANTOR
Meredith R. Speers and Seamus Malin
DICK and LAURIE MEYER BRUCE JOHNSON and DIANE RAMSEY ELAINE and MICHAEL BROWN DAVE EDWARDS KATHY and RICK ABELES MARY and GARY KILPATRIC
Sustaining Members: ANNA and MARK DAVIS
Sustaining Members: JERI and DON BALICK
Sustaining Members: JERI and DON BALICK