| Born | 1958 (age 62–63) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Classical, jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instruments | Classical guitar |
| Labels | Majian Music, Telarc, Sony, Delos, GSP |
| Associated acts | Los Angeles Guitar Quartet |
| Website | www.andrewyork.net |
Andrew York - Home (played by Roman Khabarov). Andrew York plays 'Home' on an 1888 Antonio de Torres (SE 115, ex Emilio Pujol).
Andrew York (born 1958) is an American Grammy Award winning[1]classical guitarist and composer.
Biography[edit]
York was born in 1958 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, and grew up in Virginia.[2] He received degrees from James Madison University in Virginia and the University of Southern California (USC). He studied in Spain, where he met classical guitarist John Williams. Williams has performed and recorded compositions by York. In 1989, York released his debut solo album, Perfect Sky (Timeless, 1989). He was a member of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet until 2006.[3]
York is the only alumnus in USC's history to have received their Distinguished Alumni Award twice, in 1997 as a member of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet and again in 2003 for his solo music career.[4]
He played lute with the USC Early Music Ensemble. In addition to his solo career, recording and performing his own compositions, York's recent collaborations include projects with Andy Summers, W. A. Mathieu, Dai Kimura, and Mitsuko Kado. York's tour schedule has included concerts in thirty countries.[5] York's compositions and arrangements for guitar have been performed and recorded by guitarists John Williams, Christopher Parkening, Karin Schaupp[6] and Sharon Isbin.
Accomplishments[edit]
York has over 50 works published for guitar: solo, duo, trio, quartet, and ensemble. He has appeared in three DVDs, has recorded or appeared as soloist on more than ten albums, and has published a three-volume work on jazz for classical guitarists. York has played on ten recordings with the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, including the Grammy Award-winning Guitar Heroes (2004). His solo albums include: Perfect Sky (1986), Dénouement (1994), Into Dark (1997), California Breeze (2006), Hauser Sessions (2007), Yamour (2012), Home (2018) and The Equations of Beauty (2018). He also released five band tracks, Lotus Eaters,Stratojee and Land Below Waves, in 2018, DissFunkShun and Pay the Piper, in 2019, and a number of singles in 2019 and 2020.[7]
Andrew York is a member of the Triple Nine Society and his article Bowling Balls and Binary Switches was published in their journal Vidya[8] in December 2016. He became a voting member at the Recording Academy[9] in 2018.
Regarding Dénouement, Jim Ferguson stated that the five original suites that make up the recording 'demonstrate [York's] exceptional compositional breadth, commanding instrumental abilities, and rich tone. Rife with folk, jazz, and ancient influences, the material ranges from challenging to simple yet highly musical.'[10]
Discography[edit]
Solo[edit]
- Perfect Sky (1986)
- Dénouement (1994)
- Into Dark (1997)
- Hauser Sessions (2007)
- Yamour (2012)
- Home (2018)
- The Equations of Beauty (2018)
Singles[edit]
- 'Silent Night' (2019)
- 'Undercurrents' (2020)
- 'Deepening' (2020)
- 'Dancing with Maya' (2020)
- 'Not Alone' (2020)
- 'Hall of Forgotten Rooms' (2020)
- 'Night on Maui' (2020)
- 'Numen' (2020)
- 'Lumen' (2020)
- 'Menhir' (2020)
- 'Numina' (2020)
- 'The World Has Changed' (2020)
- 'Annie's Song' (2020)
- 'Second Glass' (2020)
Band tracks[edit]
- 'Lotus Eaters' (2018)
- 'Stratojee' (2018)
- 'Land Below Waves' (2018)
- 'DissFunkShun' (2019)
- 'Pay the Piper' (2019)
With LAGQ[edit]
- Guitar Recital
- Dances from Renaissance to Nutcracker
- Evening in Granada
- Labyrinth
- For Thy Pleasure
- The Best of LAGQ
- L.A.G.Q.
- Air and Ground
- LAGQ: Latin
- Guitar Heroes
- Spin
Collaborations and compilations[edit]
- Windham Hill Records: Guitar Sampler (1988)
- Legends of Guitar (Rhino, 1991)
- An Evening with International Guitar Night with Guinga, Brian Gore, and Pierre Bensusan[11] (Favored Nations, 2004)
- Centerpeace (2010) with guitarist Andy Summers, and pianists Mitsuko Kado and Allaudin Mathieu
- 'In Dialogue' by Ulli Boegershausen (2019)
- 'Push It' by Ulli Boegershausen (2020)
DVDs[edit]
- Contemporary Classic Guitar
- LAGQ Live!
- Primal Twang
Books[edit]
- Jazz for Classical Cats I: Harmony (method book w/CD)
- Jazz for Classical Cats II: Chord/Melody (method book w/CD)
- Jazz for Classical Cats III: Improvisation (method book w/CD)
References[edit]
- ^'Andrew York'. Grammy.com. 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^Morgan, L. 'News - Andrew York Interview'. Fingerstyleguitarists.com. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^Cummings, Robert. 'Andrew York | Biography & History | AllMusic'. AllMusic. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^'Andrew York Biography'. Andrewyork.net. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
- ^'Fingerstyle Guitar'. Fingerstyleguitar.com. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
- ^'Karin Schaupp: Leyenda'. Pertout.com. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
- ^'Andrew York'. Spotify. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- ^'Andrew York's article'(PDF). Triplenine.org. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
Bowling Balls and Binary Switches
- ^'Andrew York GRAMMY'. Andrewyork.net. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
- ^Denouement CD review by Jim Ferguson, Guitar Player Magazine, July 1994.
- ^'Andrew York - Grammy Winning Guitarist Composer'. Andrewyork.net. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
External links[edit]
- Radio interview (Interlochen Public Radio) Andrew York plays one of his own compositions 'Letting go' - live
- Andrew York Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2019)
York worked 41 years as ranger at family home
PALL MALL, Tenn. ? During World War I, Sgt. Alvin C. York gained a reputation for striking fear in the enemy.
For the last 41 years, his son, Andrew Jackson York, has been known for offering warm smiles and greetings to visitors to his late father's old home. He has also helped educate younger generations about the feats that made his father a war hero and the subject of an Academy Award-winning film.
And he has a good excuse ? he is now 83 years old.
'It's about time,' he joked as he sat Friday on a shady bench by his parents' former home in Fentress County off U.S. Highway 127.
'When are you going to slow down? When you are 95?'
York said he figured he'd better step aside while he was still healthy and able to help the park transition into new leadership. A retirement ceremony that drew dozens of people was held earlier in the week in the gristmill park area across the highway.
York, who still plans to drop by the home in retirement and help out some and greet people, said he has enjoyed the work thoroughly.
'You meet all kinds of people,' he said. 'Hundreds pass through and no two are alike.'
Such dignitaries as the late U.S. Sen. Albert Gore Sr., former vice president Al Gore, and former Gov. Ned McWherter, have visited the home, as well as people from all over the world, he said.
Andrew York Home Guitar Pro Tab
He even remembers a German visitor who was a little apprehensive about coming inside the home until the younger York welcomed him.
Part of the reason for the fear: His father's World War I exploits are legendary.
Sgt. York gained fame in the Argonne Forest of France on Oct. 8, 1918.
The Tennessean had been sent out with a small patrol to try to combat incoming gunfire that had prevented his regiment's advancement. Armed only with a pistol and rifle, he took on the German soldiers in a move that would win him the Medal of Honor, America's highest military honor.
According to the medal citation: 'After his platoon suffered heavy casualties and 3 other noncommissioned officers had become casualties, Cpl. York assumed command. Fearlessly leading 7 men, he charged with great daring a machine gun nest which was pouring deadly and incessant fire upon his platoon. In this heroic feat the machine gun nest was taken, together with 4 officers and 128 men and several guns.'
York, who was promoted to sergeant, ended up being decorated with more than a dozen medals.
Andrew York Home Album
He later returned to the United States, raised a family and lived in Fentress County until his death in 1964 at age 76. He and his wife had eight children, three of whom are still living.
Andrew York Home
The family home, which is just south of his boyhood homesite, was built shortly after World War I by the Rotary Club of Nashville in his honor.
The younger York said his father, who was mostly bedridden the last 10 years of his life after suffering a stroke, never let his wartime exploits go to his head.
'He never did consider himself any better than anybody else,' he said. 'People would come in all the time and say, ?You're a hero,' and he would say, ?No, I'm not.'
York's reputation grew even more after the 1941 Academy Award-winning movie, 'Sergeant York,' starring Gary Cooper. York's son said people ask about the movie almost every day.
'They want to know how true it is,' he said, adding that it is about 90-95 percent accurate due to his father's involvement in its production.
Within the last few years, the younger York had an opportunity to go to Kansas City to meet Cooper's daughter, who had always wanted to meet one of Sgt. York's children. While there, she showed him her father's Oscar, he said.
While his father inspired quite a few people, his son apparently has as well, according to park officials.
'He's got a good personality,' said his sister-in-law Margaret York, who also works at the park. 'He's nice to everybody.'