New York guitarist, composer, producer Andy Bianco's music ranges from straight-ahead and modern Jazz to intensely dissonant post-modern Avante Garde soundscapes, cutting edge Dance, Electronica, Experimental, and Drum 'n Bass. His tracks are perfect for use in sci-fi, horror, war, independent, disaster film, and documentary works, as well as TV, commercials, video games, jingles, and modern theatre. Andy performs regularly at top venues in NYC and across the US, and he's traveled to over 22 different countries as a professional guitarist.
Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, and now based in NYC, Andy Bianco graduated from the Berklee College of Music with a degree in Performance. He has performed and/or recorded with Bob Moses, Mauro Pagani, Roger Humphries, Dwayne Dolphin, Tony Grey, Stacy Dillard, Freddie Hendrix, Tatiana Owens, Elle Varner, Kandace Springs, Carolyn Leonhart, Leo Genovese, and many others. Andy has performed at such renowned venues as Smoke Jazz Club, Cafe Wha, The Bitter End, The Blue Note, SOB's, Joe's Pub, The Howard Theater, The 2013 Long Beach Jazz Festival, The 2014 Essence Festival, the 2014 BET Awards, and he's also the guitarist for the Grammy nominated RnB artist Elle Varner. He was a finalist in the 2012 USA Songwriting Competition, and his 2 official album releases as a leader have received critical acclaim from The Downtown Music Gallery Newsletter, CriticalJazz, The New York City Jazz Record, and other publications. Andy recently completed a tour of New Zealand and Japan as the guitarist with the critically acclaimed stage production entitled, "Empire."
A swinging, quirky, happy, carefree bebop tune with solos from tenor sax, & a musical conversation between piano & guitar. In the style of Duke Ellington, Thelonius Monk, Herbie Nichols, Benny Golson, Mark Whitfield, Horace Silver, Cecil Taylor, Paul Motian, Lee Konitz & Branford Marsalis. Instrumental, Jazz, Modern Jazz
A mellow peace protest avant/indie/spiritual rock song for trio with eerie sounding vocals & an epically developing bowed bass solo over a repeating vamp. Reminiscent of Rufus Wainwright, Radiohead & Nick Drake, but with a mix of raw, stripped down free-form rock added. Male Vocals, Singer/Songwriter, Indie Singer-Songwriter
An edgy, industrial instrumental electronica track with a swirling organ. In the style of Trent Reznor, Nine Inch Nails, Aphex Twin, Massive Attack & Portishead.... Perfect for Sci-Fi/Horror television and film placement, video games, cartoons and would also be great paired with the right vocal. Instrumental, Electronic, Electro-Industrial
Fast, hard swinging modern quartet jazz, with mixed meter song form & high energy improvised solos in the style of Peter Bernstein, Michael Brecker, Chick Corea, Brian Blade Fellowship, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, George Benson, and Adam Rogers. Perfect for commercials, TV, films and documentaries. Instrumental, Jazz, Nu Jazz
Medium, hard swinging modern quartet jazz, with mixed/meter song form & high energy improvised solos in the style of Peter Bernstein, Michael Brecker, Chick Corea, Brian Blade Fellowship, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, George Benson, and Adam Rogers. Perfect for commercials, TV, films & documentaries. Instrumental, Jazz, Nu Jazz
An uptempo, driving, high energy jazz fusion composition for quintet featuring intense improvised rock solos from guitar & tenor sax. In the style of Weather Report, Return to Forever, Chick Corea, Kneebody, Dave Douglas, Alas No Axis, & other modern groups. Great for film or TV. Instrumental, Jazz, Jazz Fusion
An edgy, militant modern jazz composition in the style of Steve Coleman, Greg Osby, & Andrew Hill with an angular intervallic melody and a quirky 13 bar song form over modern harmony. Features guitar & alto sax solos. Perfect for militant/sci-fi/urban documentary/film/TV soundtracks. Instrumental, Jazz, Modern Jazz
A quirky, bouncy, mellow, relaxed, happy blues with an angular melody over some modern harmony and an 11 bar song form. In the style of Thelonious Monk, Paul Motian, Andrew Hill, Kenny Garrett, Joe Lovano, Joe Henderson, Larry Young, John Scofield, Mike Stern, Pat Metheny, George Benson. Versatile. Instrumental, Jazz, Modern Jazz
Odd meter straight 8th modern quartet jazz/fusion, with high energy improvised solos, in the style of ECM records, Keith Jarrett, Dave Holland, Dave Binney, Peter Erskine, John Abercrombie, Chris Potter, Pat Metheny, Kurt Rosenwinkle & Adam Rogers. Instrumental, Jazz, Jazz Fusion
Fast, hard swinging modern quintet jazz, with mixed meter song form & high energy improvised solos in the style of Kurt Rosenwinkle, Mark Turner, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Brian Blade Fellowship, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, and Joe Henderson. Perfect for commercials, TV, films and documentaries. Instrumental, Jazz, Jazz Fusion
A melodic, hard swinging, up-tempo modern jazz tune featuring colorful harmony & interesting rhythms with improvised solos from tenor sax & electric guitar. In the style of Chick Corea, Kenny Garrett, Michael Brecker, Branford Marsalis, Pat Metheny, 1960's Blue Note artists. Great for commercials. Instrumental, Jazz, Nu Jazz
A world music/modern fusion track with a highly structured mixed meter melody & song form (on the way in & the way out), but the middle section is open & loose. Intense & dynamic interaction between the bass/drums/guitar, and guitar solos. In the style of Gateway, Pat Metheny, Oregon, etc. Instrumental, World Music, Pan-World Fusion
An uptempo instrumental drum & bass track in the style of Dillinja, Lemon D, Aphex Twin, Flip & Fill & DJ Brisk & Trixxy. Perfect for video games, fashion, travel, glamour, night life, yatching, luxury and food television as well as films and documentaries. Instrumental, UK Bass, DnB
A swinging, quirky, dissonant, 12 tone-ish modern jazz composition for quintet featuring thoughtful, introspective solos form guitar & tenor sax. Inspired by the music of Thelonius Monk, Andrew Hill, 1960's Miles Davis Quintet, Ron Carter, Woody Shaw, Dave Douglas, Joe Henderson, etc. Great for TV. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
Avante-garde prepared electric guitar & drums, very lo-fi, raw and guttural, strange shimmery metallic sounds, & weird melody. Perfect soundtrack to the rainforest activity of another planet. Perfect for scoring sci-fi horror or other bizarre film & television works. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Contemplative
A contemplative, free of tempo, blissful piano & bass duet over lush harmonies, full of modern jazz piano voicings and bass artistry. In the style of Chick Corea, Dan Wall, Keith Jarrett, Charlie Haden, Dave Holland, Ron Carter, and ECM records. Perfect for commercials, TV, films and documentaries. Instrumental, Dramatic, Contemplative Music
An intense, dissonant, chaotic, panic attack inducing improvised space rock/free form track for guitar trio, with rollicking drum & bass interaction, and crazy psych rock chords. Reminiscent of Gateway, Jimi Hendrix, Sonny Sharrock, and others. Perfect for a film/TV scene involving chaos/panic/fear. Instrumental, Rock, Space Rock
A bluesy hard swinging modern jazz composition for quintet with terrific improvised solos from guitar, tenor sax & piano. In the style of John Coltrane, Ravi Coltrane, The Jazz Messengers, McCoy Tyner, Kenny Garrett, Branford Marsalis, John Scofield, Brian Blade Fellowship & 1960's Blue Note... Instrumental, Jazz, Jazz Fusion
Prepared guitar & drums, slow moving quiet dark scary music, like the aftermath of a flood, mellow & sedated, deformed sounding creatures that quietly came out of the deep to kill, completely improvised, highly cinematic. Perfect soundtrack for war/sci-fi/horror/bizarre films or TV. Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
A swinging, odd meter harmonically sophisticated modern jazz instrumental quintet composition with high energy improvised solos from alto sax and guitar. In the style of modern jazz artists such as Joe henderson, Andrew Hill, Greg Osby, Dave Holland, Steve Coleman, John Scofield. Instrumental, Jazz, Modern Jazz
Dark sinister ominous music, like a funeral procession for all of mankind, epically dark and morbid, music without culture, full of suspense and tension, gong, percussion and prepared guitar duo. Perfect for soundtracks to horror/sci-fi/bizarre project. Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
An edgy, funky instrumental jazz-hip hop track for quintet with lush piano chords, funky bass & drum grooves energetic improvised solos from electric guitar & piano. In the style of John Scofield, J Dilla, Robert Glasper, Medeski Martin & Wood, Roy Hargrove, Steve Grossman & others. Great for TV. Instrumental, Jazz, Hip Bop
A short, hard swinging uptempo modern jazz composition for quintet with a twelve tone influenced melody & minor blues harmony. Featuring blistering solos from tenor sax, guitar & piano. Inspired by artists such as Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson, George Russell & other blue note artists from the 60's. Instrumental, Jazz, Modern Jazz
A fast, hard swinging jazz/minor blues composition for guitar organ trio with high energy improvised solos from guitar and organ. In the style of Jack McDuff, George Benson & Lonnie Smith, this track is reminiscent of John Coltrane's "Mr. P. C.", Chick Corea's "Got a Match" & '60s jazz organ music. Instrumental, Jazz, Bebop
An extended free jazz composition with a highly structured mixed meter melody & song form (on the way in & the way out) for modern jazz guitar trio, but the middle section is free. Intense & dynamic interplay/interaction between the bass/drums/guitar. A deep, cinematic, free jazz exploration. Instrumental, Jazz, Free Jazz
A short uptempo modern jazz composition for quartet, with a sprightly melody featuring blistering solos from piano and guitar. Influenced by the music of Chick Corea, Larry Young, Woody Shaw, Pat Metheny and others. Instrumental, Jazz, Bebop
A mellow modern quintet jazz ballad, with mixed meter song form & thoughtful reflective improvised solos in the style of Wayne Shorter, Joe Lovano, Joe Henderson, Mark Turner, Bill Frisell, Kurt Rosenwinkle, John Scofield, and Duke Pearson. Perfect for commercials, TV, films and documentaries. Instrumental, Jazz, Nu Jazz
Incredibly dissonant, super high energy experimental prepared electric guitar and drums duo, as raw and guttural as it gets, & totally freely improvised. Nature,
An uptempo hard swinging modern jazz/bebop composition for quartet with high energy solos from guitar & alto saxophone. In style of Cannonball Adderly, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Kenny Garrett, Grant Green, Pat Metheny, Lee Konitz/Lenny Tristano. Perfect for use in TV, a car commercial, etc. Instrumental, Jazz, Bebop
A jolly, swinging, joyous free jazz tune over a triple meter for instrumental quartet, with a two part harmonized melody. Featuring high energy distorted guitar solos and tenor sax solos. In the style of late 1960's Coltrane, Sonny Sharrock, Jimi Hendrix and Pharoah Sanders. Happy and freewheeling. Instrumental, Jazz, Free Jazz
Free jazz, high energy distorted electric guitar/drums duo, in the style of Sonny Sharrock, Elvin Jones, Pharoh Sanders, Pete Cozy & Jimi Hendrix. Perfect for war/horror/1960's period films/TV. Instrumental, Jazz, Free Jazz
Distorted guitar and drums duo, super high energy, very noisy in guttural & atonal in the style of Sonny Sharrock/Pharoh Sanders in parts.... angry and fierce like lions themselves. Perfect cinematic soundscape for war/nature/wilderness/sci-fi/alien films or TV. Instrumental, Jazz, Free Jazz
A hard swinging medium-up tempo modern bebop composition for quartet with a 12 tone influenced melody over rhythm changes. Featuring high energy improvised solos from guitar and alto sax. In the style of Kenny Garrett, Steve Coleman, Greg Osby, Andrew Hill, Eric Dolphy & others. Instrumental, Jazz, Modern Jazz
Avante garde prepared electric guitar and drums duo, very dissonant, lo-fi and unnatural. Sounds like some alien sandcrawler moving slowly across the desert or like a giant machine chewing on metal and devasted plastic. Perfect for films, TV or anything requiring bizarre & alien soundscapes. Instrumental, Science Fiction, Chaos
Free jazz distorted electric guitar and drums duo, very dissonant. Sounds like either the aftermath of a battle or before. Very cinematic, perfect for a soundtrack to andy horror/sci-fi/war/chaos films or TV. Instrumental, Jazz, Free Jazz
This is a spacey, high energy hard hitting sci-fi futuristic drum & bass track in the style of Dillinja, Aphex Twin & Photek, kind of in a mid 1990's style... Heavily inspired by current & past sci-fi films such as Oblivion, Aeon Flux, Elysium, The 5th Element, Total Recall. Instrumental, Electronic, Oldschool Jungle
A mixed meter modern jazz/fusion quintet composition with a menacing ostinato, middle eastern flavor & energetic solos from tenor sax & electric guitar. In the style of Avishai Cohen, Tom Harrell, Kenny Garrett, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, 1960's Blue Note artists, John McLaughlin & John Coltrane. Instrumental, Jazz, Ethno Jazz
This is a hard hitting old school drum n' bass track in the style of Dillinja, Lemon D & Photek. Very futuristic sounding in a sci-fi film sort of way, it has an intro with swirling synth sounds conveying a lush harmonic soundscape that recurs a few times through out. Influenced by current sci fi. Instrumental, UK Bass, DnB
This is a hard hitting old school drum n' bass track in the style of Dillinja, Lemon D & Photek. Very futuristic sounding in a sci-fi film sort of way, it has an intro with swirling synth sounds conveying a lush harmonic soundscape that recurs a few times through out. Influenced by current sci fi. Instrumental, Electronic, Oldschool Jungle
A fun, high energy electro pop instrumental track with warm swirling organ and synth sounds in the style of Passion Pit, Katy Perry, Muse and MGMT. It could also be combined with the right male/female vocal, for commercials, video games, movies and all sorts of licensing uses. Instrumental, Electronic, Electropop
A crazy, intense uptempo instrumental drum & bass track in the style of Dillinja, Lemon D, Aphex Twin, Skrillex, Flip & Fill & DJ Brisk & Trixxy. Perfect for video games, fashion, travel, glamour, night life, yatching, luxury and food television as well as films and documentaries. Instrumental, Electronic, Oldschool Jungle
An upbeat rave/dance track in the style of Deadmau5, Tune Up!, Swedish House Mafia, and Daft Punk with swirling synths and metallic grooves. Rave ready for fashion, travel, lifestyle, food, urban, clubbing television, video games and movies. Instrumental, Dance, Rave
A rich, moody, spacey, swinging harmonically sophisticated jazz waltz for organ trio with an intervallic melody & an alternating swinging section in 4/4. Featuring high energy improvised solos from guitar and organ. Very 60's sounding & psychedelic; it would be great for music in a film or TV show. Instrumental, Jazz, Hard Bop
An uptempo modern jazz bebop composition for quintet. Features energetic improvised solos from electric guitar, tenor sax & piano. Similar to Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Kenny Garrett, Thelonious Monk, Branford Marsalis, Chick Corea, Andrew Hill, Herbie Hancock 1960's Blue Note Records. For films. Instrumental, Jazz, Modern Jazz
Highly dense avante garde prepared distorted electric guitar and drums duo; very lo-fi and in your face aggressive. Sounds like a tidal wave or tsunami rising high and then crashing down and inundating everything. Perfect for sci-fi/horror/chaos/disaster soundtrack. Nature,
A post apocalyptic sci fi scene soundtrack with swirling synths sounds & dissonant sonorities with robotic mechanized textures, dreamy & surreal. Inspired by the modern sci fi films of director's such as James Cameron, Ridley Scott, Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick & George Lucas. Instrumental, Science Fiction, Ambient Soundscape
Avante-garde prepared electric guitar and drums duo, raw, lo fi and dissonant sounds. Sounds like a radio transmission from another world and then like cars or ships flying by you as you stand at the side of a road. Perfect soundtrack for horror, sci-fi and other bizarre films/television. Instrumental, Science Fiction, Ambient Soundscape
A funky, glamourous, sexy, instrumental dance track, with a lounge/house vibe. In the style of Deadmau5, Swedish House Mafia, Groove Armada. Perfect for fashion shows, runway modeling backround music, restaurant/food network, style television, travel euro television, and film soundtracks. Instrumental, Electronic, Ambient House
An edgy. dissonant mixed meter modern jazz/fusion instrumental track for quartet, with a menacing bass line, dissonant melody & modern jazz harmony. Featuring high energy solos from alto sax & guitar. Inspired by modern jazz artists such as Greg Osby, Dave Holland, John Scofield & Steve Coleman. Instrumental, Jazz, Modern Jazz
Somber dark ballad, avant-garde modern jazz, with repeated thematic development, modern classical harmony & some improvised solos in the style of John Zorn, Drew Gress, Ben Monder, Bill Frisell, Mark Turner, Chick Corea, 1960's Miles Davis, and Adam Rogers. Perfect for films/documentaries. Instrumental, Jazz, Nu Jazz
