Andy Milne - "forward to get back"

d'Note · ã 1997

US Release: October 14th 1997

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Of the hot musicians fresh on the New York jazz scene, Milne is definitely one to watch. His innovative, rhythmic playing, combined with his extensive harmonic vocabulary and compositions rooted in jazz and funk are guaranteed to make an impact. Milne works at the core of the most interesting movements in jazz- the Brooklyn based M-BASE collective, a sort of new jack bop. Forward to Get Back is his debut album.

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Born of a Jamaican mother and a Pakistani father, raised in a white Anglophone Canadian family, I grew up hearing the music of Canadian folk artists like Joni Mitchell & Neil Young as well as The Beatles & Billy Joel. When I was still quite young, my brother-in-law gave me my first recordings of Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington, and McCoy Tyner. From this early exposure to jazz, and perhaps due to some sort of ancestral calling, I spent much of my time as a young boy seeking out radio stations from bordering American cities which played jazz and other forms of popular black music.

I believe every creative artist has a meaningful personal explanation for their quest. As I evolve and uncover more information about who I am, I realize that my musical disposition emerges from a reservoir of eclectic cultural experiences that have had a profound impact on myself as an musician and individual.

Upon joining forces with Steve Coleman and the other members of The M-BASE Collective in 1991, I observed how many creative musicians developed their own creative voice through examining their cultural/personal and musical pasts. Although I have yet to make contact with any of my birth/blood relatives, I have learned to reconcile many of the complexities of my upbringing.

"Forward to Get Back" draws its inspiration from some of my earliest sonic memories through my present surroundings, both musical and spiritual. It is an expression of my unique life’s experience. I want this recording to both satisfy and surprise.

A final note to those of you who are not familiar with me.

My last name is not pronounced: Mills, Miller, Mill, Milen, Millen, Millin, Milin, Millie, Miln, Milnie, Milny, Milné, or Milnee.
Quite simply, it rhymes with "kiln n. (a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying clay). … Milne

Andy Milne

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