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    Wasserman owns his own publishing company Andrew Roy Music, and is a BMI composer, songwriter and recording artist since 1995.

    BMI maintains a current catalog of 73 published works and 142 registered recorded tracks with Wasserman as songwriter and composer. Scroll down to the bottom of this page to view the list of his 142 compositions registered with BMI.

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    SEPTEMBER, 2020 UPDATE: Follow Andy Wasserman on Bandcamp! Check out his many recent recordings of all original compositions for piano:


    Wasserman entered into digital music distribution beginning in June 2007 with licensing to Apple iTunes, Amazon.com, Spotify, iHeart Radio, YouTube Music, BeatsMusic, GreatIndieMusic, PayPlay, GroupieTunes, Napster, Tradebit, MusicIsHere, BuyMusic, SNOCAP and Verizon.

    Andy's compositions and performances have aired on network television stations CBS, NBC, ABC and Cable networks that include A & E, The Lifetime Network, History Channel, Travel Channel, TBS, Nickelodeon, Turner Network, Learning Channel, among others. His work has been broadcast internationally on TV, radio and film in countries that include Japan, Argentina, Canada, Hong Kong, Italy, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Ireland, Australia, Brazil, Australia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom and France.

    JANUARY 2021 UPDATE: Andy Wasserman presented his 25th consecutive weekly Sunday evening Livestreaming Concert series entitled "The Listening Experience" featuring live performances of his original music: solo piano improvisations, compositions, Jazz and Blues, performed on his beautifully restored classic 1924 Steinway Model "M" grand piano.

    He presented over 150 new compositions during this six-month period.

    CLICK THIS LINK to read more in-depth information about this milestone in an article from Andy's blog.

    CLICK TO VIEW the livestream and watch previous performances in the archived video-on-demand playlist

    The January, 2021 issue of The New York City Jazz Record includes a music review written by Jazz author, poet and musician John Pietaro of Wasserman's "PoleStar" live stream solo piano concert (December 13, 2020), appearing on page 5 in the NY@Night section. Read the review by CLICKING THIS LINK.


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    ~ LATEST NEWS:Andy Wasserman's solos, compositions and arrangements for piano TRANSCRIBED from recordings. These videos allow you to enjoy note-by-note transcriptions as they scroll, synchronized to the audio tracks. Watch, follow and listen! Sheet music PDF files available! CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE TRANSCRIPTION PLAYLIST


    After writing and recording an original score for a WABC-TV (N.Y.) Eyewitness News advertising campaign through Mike Davis of New York Communications and Prime Productions, Wasserman signed a compact disk deal with the Pyramid Music Library. This exclusive needle-drop library of production music is only available to major film studios and television broadcasting networks here and abroad. The product was originally distributed internationally by Micheal Nurko of TRF Music Production Libraries, one of the largest distributors of music-for- visuals in the United States. The CD features 59 edits of 22 original compositions performed on solo acoustic piano by Wasserman.

    Andy Wasserman recorded a second solo piano CD for the "All-Star Composers Library" with Andy Mark as Producer. It was recorded at Clinton Studios in New York City and consists of themes for film and TV in 9 different stylistic genres. It was licensed for release as part of the TWI North American Music Library. Other clients that have commissioned Andy to create original music scores include AT&T, Panasonic, Mastercard, Prentice- Hall, Castrol Motor Oil, Digital Cable Radio, Altered Image, Sanofi- Winthrop Pharmaceuticals, Atlantic Mutual Insurance.

    Andy continues be very active composing and arranging for both Western and non-Western instrumentation. He writes for piano, synthesizers, samplers, electronic percussion, as well as arrange for bands and orchestral ensembles in addition to specializing in world music influenced pieces that incorporate his collection of instruments from around the world.

    Many of his original works have been commissioned as collaborative projects for choreographers and dance ensembles. Additionally, Andy has spent many decades creating and presenting Holistic Music Healing concerts and workshops of original music.

    The heart of Wasserman's inspiration as a composer comes from his mentoring in the LCCOTO by it's creator George Russell and his world renowned theory of tonal gravity "The Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization."

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    Andy Wasserman's BMI catalog contains the following registered original music works:

    10TH AVENUE STRUT
    AMBASSADOR OF THE ANCESTORS
    ANY STATE OF MIND
    AS TIME WENT BY
    BASICALLY COUNT
    BEAD BLESSINGS
    BIG SKY
    BLACK RIVER LULLABY
    BOOGIE CHASE
    BOOGIE WOOGIE ROCK
    BUMPITY BUMP
    CEREMONIAL BERIMBAU
    CLOUDLESS SKY
    COCKTAIL NOODLES
    CONFIDENCE IN HIM
    COOL DE SAC
    COUNT BASICS
    CRUISE TO RIO
    DAILY DJEMBE
    DUKE S DESTINY
    FLAT ROCK JOURNEY
    FRIENDSHIP
    GAMELON TRANCE
    GRACE IN THE EYES OF THE LORD
    GRATEFUL FOR NICI
    GRUSIN JAMES
    HAPPY CHASE
    HEADING TO CHURCH
    HUMMINGBIRD MOTHER
    IN THE LAND OF STRAYHORNS
    INNERMOST THOUGHT
    INSPIRATIONAL CHORDS
    JAZZ MODERN
    JERRY LEE
    JUNGLEWIRE
    KEYS TO THE KINGDOM
    KINDRED SPIRITS
    KOTOLAND
    LAND OF TOMORROW
    LATIN LADY
    MARCHING DOWN MADISON
    MOCCASIN DANCE BALANCE AND JOY
    MOCCASIN DANCE GRATITUDE AND LOVE
    MOCCASIN DANCE PEACE AND BEAUTY
    MOCCASIN DANCE STRENGTH AND HEALING
    MOCCASIN DANCE UNITY AND TRUTH
    MORROCKEN SOCKEN
    NATIVE PRAYER
    NEW DAY CLEAN HEART
    NIPPON BLUES
    ON MY MIND
    PASTORAL
    PEANUT SOUP
    PHANTOM OF BROADWAY
    PLANETSCAPE
    POIGNANT MOMENTS
    PYR714 01
    PYR714 02
    PYR714 03
    PYR714 04
    PYR714 05
    PYR714 06
    PYR714 07
    PYR714 08
    PYR714 09
    PYR714 10
    PYR714 11
    PYR714 12
    PYR714 13
    PYR714 14
    PYR714 15
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    PYR714 48
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    PYR714 50
    PYR714 51
    PYR714 52
    PYR714 53
    PYR714 54
    PYR714 55
    PYR714 56
    PYR714 57
    PYR714 58
    RESTFUL PEACE
    ROOMINATIONS NO 1
    ROOMINATIONS NUMBER ONE
    ROSIE S CHEEKS
    SEVENTH AVENUE STRUT
    SOAPY WATERFALL
    SPIC N SPAN
    STORY WATER
    SUNRISE
    SUNSET
    SWINGERS
    TABLA TALK
    TENTH AVENUE STRUT
    TIS SO SWEET
    TOP SPEED
    TOUCHING
    TWI 034 TRACKS 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
    TWI 034 TRACKS 18 AND 19
    TWI 034 TRACKS 20 21 22 23 24 25
    TWI 034 TRACKS 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
    TWI 034 TRACKS 37 38 39 40 41 42
    TWI 034 TRACKS 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
    TWI 034 TRACKS 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57
    TWI 034 TRACKS 58 59 60
    TWI 034 TRACKS 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
    WALK WITH GOD
    WINSTON TASTES GOOD
    WOLF TEACHER
  • January 2021 Review of Live Stream Concert in The New York City Jazz Record Magazine

    The January, 2021 issue of The New York City Jazz Record features a music review written by Jazz author, poet and musician John Pietaro of Andy Wasserman's PoleStar live stream solo piano concert (December 13, 2020), appearing in the NY@Night section alongside other concert reviews of Eddie Palmieri, Christian McBride and Matthew Shipp on page 5. The NYC Jazz Record is the city's only homegrown gazette devoted to the music world of Jazz.

    The PoleStar concert consisted entirely of original compositions, presented with the intention to uplift and inspire the listener in relation to the themes of the light emanating from a guiding star in the sky in conjunction with the internal light deep within the heart. Compositions presented are:
    1) Centrality
    2) Lighthouse
    3) Togetherness
    4) Ataraxia
    5) Progeny
    6) Loose
    7) Effulgence
    8) Abound

    Here's the review as it appears in the magazine, followed by the text-only version:

    NYC Jazz Record Andy Wasserman Review HiRez 300

    During the pandemic, pianist Andy Wasserman has been presenting regular live-stream concerts with one ear toward the therapeutic, healing qualities of music. His latest (Dec. 13th) was dedicated to northern Pole Stars; for astronomy-leaning jazzbos, these are currently Polaris and Polaris Australis. Wasserman produced forays into the bright, the glimmering, the burning, the clouded-over, icy and distant, with use of falling phrases over shifting, widely gripped harmonies as well as blues-drenched, ringing major sevenths, ninths and elevenths. But this was far from what we used to call ‘new age’ music. “Togetherness”, a slow, meandering work, conjured thoughts of Bill Evans and Herbie Hancock. While feelings of unity can be subjective, the rolling complexities in Wasserman’s works are beautifully, almost mystically woven together. More so, much of the pianist’s repertoire is built on his mastery of George Russell’s Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization (indeed, Wasserman was certified by Russell to teach it). “Ataraxia” offered the most profound modal quality, leaving the listener with that odd feeling of hollowness that arises with such tonalities. This piece also carried a motive nothing short of haunting in its reach for simplicity. Other works incorporated lonesome, roving basslines opposite right-hand postmodern jazz, one inspired by Eric Dolphy’s iconic postcard to Russell proclaiming that he’s working on “the new concept, but with an outward-bound feeling.” (written by John Pietaro)


     Here's the album on SPOTIFY:

    Learn more about the music from the POLESTAR live stream concert and hear the tracks on a new 2021 album on major streaming and digital music download platforms at these links:

    SPOTIFY

    APPLE and iTUNES MUSIC

    AMAZON MUSIC

    YOUTUBE MUSIC

    iHEART RADIO

    PANDORA

    ALL ABOUT JAZZ ALBUMS


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  • Transcriptions Playlist

    Andy Wasserman solos, compositions and arrangements for piano TRANSCRIBED from recordings!

    The videos in the gallery below allow you to enjoy note-by-note transcriptions as they scroll, synchronized to the audio tracks. Watch, follow and listen! All transcription notation and videos produced by Chris Bandy.Feel free to contact Chris Bandy if you would like to purchase a PDF sheet music copy of any of these transcriptions.

    The first video in the playist, 'The Consonant Nucleus', is a split-screen video, with Andy playing live on his Steinway grand piano on the left, while the note-for-note transcription of what he's performing scrolls on the right. You can follow the transcription as you watch him play!


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