tag:hatjazz.com,2005:/blogs/latest-news?p=2Latest News2023-08-04T12:07:51-06:00Hutchinson Andrew Triofalsetag:hatjazz.com,2005:Post/72520642023-08-04T12:07:51-06:002023-10-16T08:47:44-06:00New Album set for mid-September!<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/159257/f7a2bd9bbbfcc3328b42595303178e28ea155a41/original/hat-the-senator-cover.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_m justify_left border_" />It has been a wait, but the Hutchinson Andrew Trio is excited to announce the release of their new album, <strong>The Senator: A Tribute To Tommy Banks</strong> this Fall on <strong>Chronograph Records</strong>.</p><p>Recorded live in December 2021 with an all-star cast of musicians, the music pays <span style="color:#1A2023;">tribute to the late, great Hon. Tommy Banks (</span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada"><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);"><i>OC</i></span></a><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);"><i> </i></span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_Order_of_Excellence" title="Alberta Order of Excellence"><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);"><i>AOE</i></span></a><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);"><i> </i></span><a class="no-pjax" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Conservatory_of_Music" title=""><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);"><i><u>FRCMT</u></i></span></a><a title=""><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);"><u>)</u></span></a><span style="color:#1A2023;">. </span></p><p><span style="color:#1A2023;">As one of western Canada's musical icons. Tommy had a great effect on the careers and approach of all the members of HAT as well as countless others including none other than GRAMMY-winning pianist and producer David Foster. Chris Andrew was highly regarded by Tommy as his favourite pianist in Canada, and in turn Chris moved to Edmonton because of his respect and admiration for Tommy. </span></p><p><span style="color:#1A2023;">The music from the album music closely connected with this JUNO-winning master of the piano including some of his favourite tunes arranged by Chris Andrew as well as an original he composed for Tommy.</span></p><p><span style="color:#1A2023;">The album brings together the trio of Chris Andrew (piano), Kodi Hutchinson (bass) and Dave Laing (drums) with some very special guests and friends of Tommy including JUNO-winning saxophonist PJ Perry, multiple JUNO-nominated trumpeter Al Muirhead and </span><span style="color:rgb(55,47,33);">award-winning </span><span style="color:#1A2023;">vocalist and the granddaughter of Tommy Banks; Mallory Chipman.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p id="tickets">The trio will be celebrating the September 15, 2023 world-wide release of the album with three concerts in Alberta: September 14 & 15 at the Yardbird Suite in Edmonton & September 16 at Studio Bell: Home of the National Music Centre in Calgary.</p><p id="tickets">The Hutchinson Andrew Trio would especially like to thank the <strong>CKUA Radio Foundation</strong>, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Alberta Music. The Yardbird Suite and National Music Centre for making this album and concerts a reality!</p>Hutchinson Andrew Triotag:hatjazz.com,2005:Post/66890762021-07-15T14:24:11-06:002023-08-04T12:47:45-06:00Tommy Banks Tribute!<p>The Hutchinson Andrew Trio is looking forward to getting back together for some special shows this coming December in tribute to the late, great Hon. Tommy Banks. As one of western Canada's musical icons, Tommy had a great effect on the careers and approach of all the members of HAT. We look forward to both performing in person and online performing music closely connected with this JUNO-winning master of the piano.</p><p>Keep your eyes on the site as more information becomes available.</p>Hutchinson Andrew Triotag:hatjazz.com,2005:Post/66684002021-06-23T15:44:41-06:002021-10-29T11:25:28-06:00Chris Andrew - New Album coming!<p>Pianist Chris Andrew has been working hard the past 2 years finishing his Masters Degree while continuing his work teaching at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton. The culmination of his degree is a new set of music that which is being finalized for release by Chris and his label Chronograph Records. Keep an eye on the news section as we will announce a release date soon!</p>Hutchinson Andrew Triotag:hatjazz.com,2005:Post/63860622020-06-26T11:35:00-06:002022-03-03T07:16:57-07:00Congrats to Karl on his WCMA nomination!<p>Huge congrats to HAT drummer Karl Schwonik on his nomination for the upcoming Western Canadian Music Awards for his album 'Reinventions'.</p>
<p>HAT's Chris Andrew and Kodi Hutchinson were also part of the project with saxophonists Brent Mah & Gerry Hebert. Karl is surrounded ny top notch talent in this category which also includes and album from former HAT drummer Sandro Dominelli. Three of the nominated albums are on bassist Kodi Hutchinson's label Chronograph Records!</p>
<p><strong>Jazz Artist of the Year Nominees</strong></p>
<ul> <li>Audrey Ochoa - AB </li> <li><span style="color:#2980b9;">Karl Schwonik - AB </span></li> <li>Kent Sangster's Obsessions Octet - AB </li> <li>Regina Jazz Society - SK </li> <li><span style="color:#3498db;">Sandro Dominelli - AB</span></li>
</ul>
<p>https://breakoutwest.ca/awards/music-awards</p>Hutchinson Andrew Triotag:hatjazz.com,2005:Post/58996632019-09-20T13:38:33-06:002022-08-07T05:54:25-06:00An update for the Fall from HAT!<p>Thanks to everyone checking out our music and also to CBC for the regular radio play this year! </p>
<p>I wanted to give a quick update on what has been going on for the Hutchinson Andrew Trio this past year as we have been on a bit of a performing hiatus while we all focus on a variety of life directions and projects.</p>
<p>Chris has been teaching at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton, AB as the head of the piano department and is currently working on his Masters Degree at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. He has been recording as a sideman on a number of projects for some amazing artists. Check out his work on albums from this year including 'The Rundle Sessions' from saxophonist Jack Wilkins, '50/50' from Saxophonist Jim Brenan and most recently on 'Reinventions', a solo project from our drummer Karl Schwonik.</p>
<p>Karl is currently expanding his already impressive resume. He took a break from his Doctoral studies at USC and received an MBA from Cambridge. He recorded a solo album that has just released called 'Reinventions' featuring HAT as the rhythm section with saxophonist Brent Mah up front. He is also currently the Dean of the business program at Medicine Hat College in Alberta taking advantage of his new degree.</p>
<p>Finally, I'm (Kodi) working a new solo album amongst all the excitement of having a young daughter. Just recorded with Karl on his new album as well as getting ready for a recording this Fall with saxophonists Jack Wilkins and Jeremy Brown called the 'Saxophone Heritage Project'. I am also on a unique new album released this month called 'Baritone Madness' from the group of the same name which performed last summer at a number of festivals including the Ottawa and Montreal Jazz Festivals. Another upcoming album I'm on will be released in November with trumpeter and vocalist Johnny Summers with his tribute to Chet Baker.</p>
<p>We are all keeping busy and looking forward to reuniting most likely in late 2020 after taking care of some very busy schedules this past year!</p>
<p>Kodi</p>Hutchinson Andrew Triotag:hatjazz.com,2005:Post/46427532017-03-23T11:58:13-06:002021-09-03T13:53:02-06:00Vote for 'Beroke' - Finalist 2016 International Songwriting Competition (ISC) <p>Chris Andrew's composition 'Ber-oke' from the new Hutchinson Andrew Trio album 'Hollow Trees' has made it through numerous rounds and thousands of entries to be named a <strong>Finalist</strong> for the <strong>2016 International Songwriting Competition</strong> (ISC). The song was entered in the 'Instrumental' category and is competing against many world-class international artists! It is now amongst the final 14 songs competing in the instrumental category!</p>
<p><strong>To vote for 'Ber-oke' visit</strong><span style="color:#c0392b;"> </span><span style="color:#2980b9;"><strong>http://www.radioairplay.com/voting2017/Instrumental</strong></span></p>1:00Hutchinson Andrew Triotag:hatjazz.com,2005:Post/46124062017-03-01T15:12:35-07:002021-10-27T23:39:08-06:00Ber-oke is named semi-finalist in 2016 International Songwriting Competition (ISC)<strong>Chris Andrew</strong>'s composition '<strong>Ber-oke</strong>' from the new Hutchinson Andrew Trio album 'Hollow Trees' has been named a <strong>semi-finalist</strong> for the <strong>2016 International Songwriting Competition (ISC). </strong>The song was entered in the '<strong>Instrumental</strong>' category and is amongst many world-class international artists!<br><br>This group of semi-finalists will be narrowed down to the finalists who will be sent to celebrity judges who will then select the winners. All finalists will be announced within a couple of weeks, and winners will be announced once the judging process is completed.<br><br>For the full list of nominees visit <a contents="www.songwritingcompetition.com/semi-finalists.html" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/lm/lm/lm.php?tk=S29kaQlIdXRjaGluc29uCQlrb2RpQGNocm9ub2dyYXBocmVjb3Jkcy5jb20JQXR0bjogW0Z1bGxOYW1lXSAtIElTQyAyMDE2IFNlbWktRmluYWxpc3RzIEFubm91bmNlZAkxNzQ2MgkJMTAxNgljbGljawl5ZXMJbm8=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.songwritingcompetition.com%2Fsemi-finalists.html" target="_blank">www.songwritingcompetition.com/semi-finalists.html</a><br><br> Hutchinson Andrew Triotag:hatjazz.com,2005:Post/45385992017-01-05T12:32:54-07:002021-10-09T12:13:44-06:00Hollow Trees named in Peter Hum's top albums of 2016The Hutchinson Andrew Trio's newest album Hollow Trees has been named by Canadian music reviewer Peter Hum as one of his favourite albums of 2016.<br><br>Each year Peter Hum of the Ottawa Citizen compiles a list of his 12 favourite Canadian jazz albums for the year. He also adds a very short list of honourable mentions. Hollow Trees made the exclusive list for 2016.<br><br>The Hutchinson Andrew Trio is honoured to be recognized by Canada's top jazz reviewer Peter Hum for Hollow Trees. The album is a unique instrumental foray into fusing classical and jazz music.<br><br><strong>For Peter Hum's full list of top albums for 2016 visit:</strong>
<p><em>http://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/jazzblog/the-best-canadian-jazz-albums-of-2016</em></p>Hutchinson Andrew Triotag:hatjazz.com,2005:Post/45385202017-01-02T10:00:00-07:002021-10-03T10:56:56-06:00Hollow Trees makes CKUA Radio Top 100 List for 2016CKUA Radio, Alberta's province wide community radio station just released their top 100 album list for 2016!<br><br><strong>Hollow Trees</strong> was the <strong>#3</strong> <strong>Albertan</strong> album and <strong>#32 overall</strong> on the list:
<p><span style="color:#B22222;"><strong>http://www.ckua.com/ckua-top-100-for-2016</strong></span></p>With CKUA radio serving music from all-genres with a strong focus on Folk and Roots, it is an impressive feat for the Alberta based trio to chart with an instrumental based album crossing between jazz and classical music!<br><br>Visit CKUA.com for the entire list!Hutchinson Andrew Triotag:hatjazz.com,2005:Post/45385952016-12-20T12:00:00-07:002021-10-06T05:00:07-06:00Chris Andrew & Kodi Hutchinson perform at Tommy Banks 80th BirthdayPianist Chris Andrew and bassist Kodi Hutchinson were honoured to be asked to perform with Canadian jazz icon PJ Perry to perform for the 80th birthday celebrations for Tommy Banks.<br><br>Recorded live at CKUA radio in Edmonton, the concert was broadcast across Alberta on CKUA radio on December 17th for Tommy Banks birthday. It was a beautiful celebration in honour of one of Alberta's and Canada's most staunch arts advocates and important pianists.<br><br>Tommy Banks, who started his career as a jazz musician and big band leader, then went on to be a media personality across Canada on TV and radio, then a member of the Canadian senate. An advocate for the Canada Council and Alberta Foundation for the Arts, he has impacted the careers of countless musicians and artists across the country. Tommy has been a major inspiration and mentor to notable artists including pianist Chris Andrew and other luminaries such as David Foster.<br><br><strong>The band for the evening and live broadcast was:</strong><br><br>PJ Perry - Saxophone<br>Al Muirhead - Trumpet<br>Bobby Cairns - Guitar<br>Chris Andrew - Piano<br>Kodi Hutchinson - Double Bass<br>Sandro Dominelli - Drums<br><br>and special guests Tommy Banks on piano and Mallory Chipman on vocals.<br><br><strong>www.ckua.com</strong>Hutchinson Andrew Triotag:hatjazz.com,2005:Post/44200832016-10-14T17:50:18-06:002016-10-14T17:50:18-06:00WCMA Awards to be given out tonight at Breakout West!HAT is excited to be nominated for our 4th time with our 4th album Hollow Trees.<br><br>This will be the first year the band is nominated for instrumental album of the year.<br><br>Bassist Kodi Hutchinson will representing the band in Regina, SK and be performing at the WCMA's with jazz nominee Al Muirhead tonight and with his own trio at the 20Ten City Eatery tomorrow night.<br><br>More news to follow!Hutchinson Andrew Triotag:hatjazz.com,2005:Post/43212852016-08-11T19:21:58-06:002022-05-25T23:41:05-06:00HAT a Finalist for the inaugural YYC Music Awards<p>Very pleased to find out today that we were nominated for Calgary's brand new <strong>YYC Music Awards </strong>(<a contents="yycmusicawards.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://yycmusicawards.com/award-categories/jazz-recording-of-the-year/">yycmusicawards.com</a>)!<br><br>Our new album Hollow Trees has helped us become a <strong>finalist</strong> for the <strong>Jazz Recording of the Year</strong> category. Such great artists joining us including fellow Chronograph Records artists Al Muirhead and Tyler Hornby. Really great to see this new award celebrating artists from Calgary!<br><br>The awards will be given out on September 25th, 2016.</p>Hutchinson Andrew Triotag:hatjazz.com,2005:Post/41688692016-05-06T11:53:18-06:002021-09-27T04:13:16-06:00#4 on CKUA Radio!Great to see 'Hollow Trees' just hit #4 on CKUA Radio's top 30 this week. Jazz music sneaking up the charts on an multi-genre station! Thanks to all the hosts who have been supporting our music in our home Province of Alberta!Hutchinson Andrew Triotag:hatjazz.com,2005:Post/41646442016-05-03T14:00:00-06:002016-05-03T17:52:13-06:004th WCMA Nomination for HAT at Breakout West!<p>Great news today! Found out our new album Hollow Trees has helped us garner a Western Canadian Music Awards Nomination for Instrumental Artist of the Year! This is our 4th nomination and first in this category! Great start to the month of May! Thanks to everyone involved in the project:</p>
<p>Chris Andrew, Karl Schwonik, Kodi Hutchinson, Andrea Case, Elisa Milner, Diane Lane, Patricia Higgins, Paul Johnston, Spencer Cheyne, Stephanie Hutchinson, James Bundy, OCL Studios, Guy Hebert of Karisma Audio, Dr. Bill & Margaret Taylor, Brennan Kennedy, Michael Dangelmaier, James May, DMA Discs, Lisa Reedy Promotions, Jennifer Eisler Publicity and of course the Alberta Music Alberta Foundation for the Arts!<br><br>http://breakoutwest.ca/fest/blog/breakout-west-2016-wcma-music-and-industry-award-nominees/</p>Hutchinson Andrew Triotag:hatjazz.com,2005:Post/41646372016-04-24T07:00:00-06:002021-10-08T14:01:33-06:00Amazing Show at JazzAhead!Yesterday evening we had the chance to play the Canadian Blast showcase at JazzAhead in front of a packed house in Bremen, Germany!<br><br>The band traveled long and far to get there, but it was absolutely worth it! Chris flew in from Edmonton, Kodi from Calgary and Karl from Los Angeles. A lot of travel to play 1 hour and 12 minutes of music.<br><br>This was our first trip to Germany with the band, and our first time using a string quartet other than the Lily's from Canada. We showcased with a fantastic string quartet from the Bremen symphony called Quartetto Con Brio. Led by Steffen Drabek (viola) the group proved how strong the classical scene in Germany is. With only one rehearsal and a soundcheck, we walked onstage and played an amazing set for VIPs from JazzAhead and jazz fans from Bremen! Steffen helped warm the crowd up by speaking German before performing a beautiful version of Grey Dawn with Chris.<br><br>Some great company to be in for the Canadian Blast: Emi R. Roussel Trio, Matt HErskowitz & the Kirk MacDonald Quartet. Chris wrapped the evening up playing piano for Kirk MacDonald, impressing not only the Europeans, but the Canadians as well.<br><br>So great to see so many of our musical friends and colleagues from Canada including Myriad 3, Laila Biali, Peter Cardinelli (Alma Records), Jim West (Justin Time), Emie R Rousell Trio, Matt Herskowitz, Kirk MacDonald, Heidi Fleming (FamGroup), Parc X Trio, George Koller, Ben Whitman....the list just goes on....<br><br>This trip proved to us that our new album Hollow Trees with strings is meant to be toured in Europe. Stay tuned as we set up dates in 2017 for a European tour!<br><br>Thanks again to the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Alberta Music & Harvard Broadcasting and CIMA for helping make this trip a possibility.<br><br>-kodiHutchinson Andrew Triotag:hatjazz.com,2005:Post/41646482016-04-16T09:00:00-06:002021-09-18T12:32:30-06:00Great CD Release in Medicine HatThanks again to everyone who came out to Ye Olde Jar Bar last night in Medicine Hat. So happy to come play a sold out show at one of our favourite venues in Canada!<br><br>Always enjoy the hospitality shown by Piet & Ina Visser who run the venue and thanks to Dr. Bill & Margaret Taylor as well as Lyle Rebbeck from the Medicine Hat Jazz Festival Society for making the show a possibility with so many musicians.<br><br>It was fun having our full string quartet onstage with Andrea back in Canada from Los Angeles. Unfortunately our drummer Karl was unavailable, but kudos to Jon May for filling in admirably. We all had a great time!Hutchinson Andrew Triotag:hatjazz.com,2005:Post/41027992016-03-24T10:00:00-06:002021-10-25T02:41:51-06:00JUNO Week - HAT Activities & Chronograph Records ShowcaseExciting week ahead for the group as well as Chris Andrew and Kodi Hutchinson Individually!<br><br>Join <strong>HAT </strong>at the<strong> Chronograph Records Showcase</strong> on <strong>Thursday March 31st </strong>at <strong>Wine-OHs</strong> at <strong>11pm</strong>. Special guest Brent Mah from Vancouver on Sax.<br><br>Chris and Kodi will be very busy during <strong>JUNO fest </strong>performing with a number of artists! You can check out Chris and Kodi at the following:<br><br><strong><span style="color:#B22222;">Thursday March 31st </span><br><br><em>Wine-OHs - Chronograph Records Showcase</em></strong><br>7pm - Johanna Sillanpaa Quartet (Chris & Kodi)<br>9pm - Al Muirhead Quintet featuring PJ Perry (Chris & Kodi)<br>11pm - Hutchinson Andrew Trio with Brent Mah (Chris & Kodi)<br><br><strong><span style="color:#B22222;">Friday April 1st </span></strong><br><br><em><strong>The Ranchmans Club - JUNO fest / JazzYYC</strong></em><br>5pm - Alex Pangman & Johnny Summers Quartet (Kodi)<br><br><strong><em>Ironwood Stage & Grill - JUNO fest Jazz Showcase</em></strong><br>8pm - Dan Brubeck Quartet (Chris)<br>9pm - Al Muirhead Quintet featuring PJ Perry (Chris & Kodi)<br>10pm - Robi Botos Quartet (Kodi)<br>Midnight - Chris Andrew Trio (Chris & Kodi) - Jazz Jam<p><span style="color:#B22222;"><strong>Saturday April 2nd</strong></span></p>
<p><em><strong>Telus Convention Centre JUNO Gala & Dinner</strong></em><br>6pm - JUNO Jazz All-Stars - Al Muirhead, Allison Au, Jerry Granelli, Kodi Hutchinson, Mark Kelso, Rich Brown, Robi Botos, and Tommy Banks<br><br><em><strong>Lolita's - JUNO fest Jazz Showcase</strong></em><br>9:30pm - Ladies of the JUNOs - Tara Kannangara, Alex Pangman, & Jaclyn Guillou (Kodi) <br>Midnight - Chris Andrew Trio (Chris & Kodi) - Jazz Jam</p>Hutchinson Andrew Triotag:hatjazz.com,2005:Post/40561722016-02-24T10:00:00-07:002021-09-12T00:20:49-06:00CD Review - Hollow Trees - Edmonton Journal4 of 5 Stars from Roger Levesque of the Edmonton Journal! For the entire review visit:<p>http://bit.ly/21ayBgM</p>Hutchinson Andrew Triotag:hatjazz.com,2005:Post/40561412016-02-23T13:42:16-07:002021-10-28T10:00:56-06:00Hollow Trees Alberta CD Releases Coming Up this weekend!<p>After a long wait, it's time to let everyone know 'Hollow Trees' from the Hutchinson Andrew Trio featuring the Lily String Quartet is ready to meet the world!<br><br>Two shows in Alberta this weekend: </p>
<p>1. Fri. Feb. 26th - Yardbird Suite - Edmonton - 8pm <br> www.yardbirdsuite.com for info </p>
<p>2. Sat. Feb 27th - Ironwood Stage & Grill - Calgary - 8pm <br> call Ironwood for reservations at (403) 269-5581 or tix at eventbrite http://bit.ly/1moHMag</p>Hutchinson Andrew Trio