Since the age of fifteen, Andrew Carney has been playing trumpet
and flugelhorn professionally. He has had the honor of touring
with artists such as Brian Setzer (currently) and Yve Evans, and
has performed with Aretha Franklin, Andrea Bocelli, Michael
Jackson, Johnny Mathis, Ariana Grande, Michael Bolton, Dionne
Warwick, Whitney Houston, Peter White, Paul Brown, Chaka
Khan, Brenda Russell, the Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, and
Randi Crawford.
Andrew has performed on the television shows American Idol,
King of Queens, the Jimmy Kimmel Show, Conan O’Brien, and the
Talk (performing with Andrea Bocelli) as well as motion pictures
such as Anchorman 2, Starsky and Hutch, Why Do Fools Fall In
Love and George Wallace (starring Angelina Jolie and Gary
Sinise). He has performed in the El Centro Jazz Festival in Torino,
Italy, The Long Beach Jazz, L.A. Classic Jazz, Orange County Art
and Jazz, La Quinta Art & Jazz, and many other festivals
throughout the country. He has also been invited to perform with
the world famous Pacific Symphony at both the Verizon
Amphitheater in Irvine, California as well as the Segerstrom
Performing Arts Center in Irvine, California.
You may have unknowingly heard him playing in a television
commercial for Google, Pechanga Indian Casino, Nutra Systems,
Los Angeles Times, A.M./P.M. Mini Markets, or perhaps even an
episode or two of the Saturday morning cartoon, Spiderman.
Composer, songwriter, arranger, educator, and performer, Andrew
Carney covers a broad range of music styles. His debut CD
entitled, “Home Again” is now accompanied by his latest release,
“Playtime”. Andrew is joined on this project by tenor saxophone
great Justo Almario, drummer Land Richards, and bassist Alex Al,
among many others.