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Musicians are really dancers and dancers are in fact musicians
Andy composes and performs original musical accompaniments live and on recordings for dancers in the Jazz, Tap, African, Modern and Improvisational idioms for premier choreographers and dance artists that have included The Copasetics (Cookie Cook, Honi Coles, Bubba Gaines, Buster Brown, Ernest “Brownie” Brown and Gip Gibson), Savion Glover, Jimmy Slyde, Dianne Walker, Jane Goldberg, Jason Samuels, Sam Weber, Fayard Nicolas, Acia Grey, Brenda Buffalino, Katherine Kramer, Robert Reed, Omar Edwards, Dormeshia Sumbray-Edwards, Shelley Oliver, Van Porter, Ardie Bryant and Nicole Hockenberry among many others. (Click HERE to read a short history of the Copasetics.)
He has done extensive work as musical director and accompanist for Jazz Tap Dance Festivals. Additionally, in addressing this deep connection between music and dance, Andy created a course and book with accompanying CD entitled "Music for Dancers." It is suited for any dance style, but espectially to the medium of Jazz rhythm tap dance. Andy has taught this course at a number of dance festivals including The Rhythm Explosion (Bozeman, Montana), The New York City "Tap City" Festival, and the St. Louis Tap Festival. To read a testimonial from a choreographer and dance instructor who took this course, click here.
 Andy's piano accompaniment is seen and heard on the video documentary "Great Feats of Feet" as rehearsal pianist and in concert with the Copasetics. He played piano in the "Chocolateers Band" that backed up dancers Sandra and Gip Gibson, and was musical director for Jane Goldberg's tap dance shows, performing in New York City and at Jacobs Pillow. Andy spent nearly a decade as an accompanist on piano and percussion for 10 - 15 dance classes a week at leading dance schools.
Andy Wasserman is currently available for collaborations as
Learn more and listen to tracks of some of his music created for and with dancers HERE.
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Andy Wasserman specializes in the creation and performance of music that makes people want to dance, move and choreograph. He has spent decades in collaboration with a variety of dancers and dance companies in the capacity of soloist, accompanist, composer/arranger, recording artist and musical director.