Andy Milne
Andy Milne is a Canadian jazz pianist, who records and performs both as a solo artist and as the leader of the ensemble Dapp Theory. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and raised in Kincardine and Toronto. One of ten siblings, he studied music at York University, where he was a student of Oscar Peterson.
In 1990 Milne graduated and received a grant from the Canada Council to study at the Banff Centre for the Fine Arts. He met saxophonist Steve Coleman and later joined Coleman's band, Five Elements. In 1998, Milne formed the band Cosmic Dapp Theory.
He has toured and recorded with Ravi Coltrane, Grégoire Maret, Sean Rickman, and Ralph Alessi.
His 2018 album The Seasons of Being won the Juno Award for Jazz Album of the Year – Group at the Juno Awards of 2019.Awards and honors
- Voted Rising Star Keyboardist, Down Beat magazine, 2004
- New Works Commission grant and French-America Jazz Exchange grant, Chamber Music America, 2006
Discography
With Ralph Alessi
- Look
- Cognitive Dissonance
- Wiry Strong
- Imaginary Friends
With Bruce Cockburn
- You've Never Seen Everything
With Steve Coleman
- Drop Kick
- The Tao of Mad Phat
- A Tale of 3 Cities
- Curves of Life
- Def Trance Beat
- Myths, Modes and Means
- The Way of the Cipher
- The Sign and the Seal
- Genesis / The Opening of the Way
- Resistance Is Futile
With Ravi Coltrane
With Carla Cook
With Ranee Lee
With Hugh Marsh
With M-Base Collective
With Diederik Rijpstra
With Carlos Ward
With Jeremy Warren
