Basic Information

Members: Andrew Oliver - piano and keyboard, Kane Mathis - kora and guitar, Chad McCullough - trumpet, Brady Millard-Kish - bass, Mark DiFlorio - drums

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Andrew Oliver Kora Band
Seattle, WA        Jazz / World / West African
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Bio

Andrew Oliver is a pianist and composer from Portland, Oregon. He grew up playing classical music but switched to jazz at the beginning of high school, when he began taking lessons from Randy Porter. He lived in New Orleans from 2002 until 2005. After evacuating from Hurricane Katrina in the summer of 2005, he returned to Portland and finished his studies in music and French at Portland State University. He has studied with Matt Lemmler, Michael Pellera, and Darrell Grant, and performed with ...

Past Shows

Fri, May 7, 2010
Doors Open: 8:00 PM
Ages:
Portland, OR
Sat, Oct 10, 2009
Doors Open: 8:00 PM
Ages: All Ages
Seattle, WA
Fri, Oct 9, 2009
Doors Open: 8:00 PM
Ages: All Ages
Portland, OR
Sat, Sep 12, 2009
Doors Open: 7:00 PM
Ages: All Ages
Sun, Sep 6, 2009
Doors Open: 1:00 PM
Ages: All Ages
Portland, OR

Press

“But the Andrew Oliver Kora band meshes what the two musics love most—from upbeat, spiraling guitar plucks to that shuffling dance backbeat—to make a gorgeous, moving record with with Just 4 U.”
—  Casey Jarman, Willamette Week

Chart Position

Jazz charts
for Seattle, WA.

Artist Stats

Fans: 13
Song Plays: 40
Visits: 220

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