Andy Pratt Trio CD Release Show with Joe Policastro (bass) & Phil Gratteau (drums)
Andy Pratt is a Chicago based jazz guitarist, vocalist, & composer who has been active in and around the city for more than 20 years. And regarding the quote above, he is not to be confused with the Boston based rock musician Andy Pratt who came to fame in the ‘70s. This is not the same guy.
Pratt has shared the stage with the likes of Andy Brown, Petra Van Nuis, Joe Policastro, Mikel Patrick Avery, Dennis Carroll, Don Stiernberg, Victor Garcia, Elaine Dame, Phil Gratteau, Kyle Asche, & Pete Benson, to name a few. Whether Pratt is playing solo guitar, accompanying a vocalist, leading a trio, or working as a sideman, he always strives to bring ample amounts of respect and fun to the music.
Pratt’s music has been featured in local & national publications such as Magnet, Goldmine, Newcity, The Vinyl District, A Chicago Thing with Billy Dec, Radio One Chicago, Revolution 360, & Medium Daily Digest. He has been a guest on Cincinnati’s NPR affiliate WVXU in interview with Around Cincinnati’s Ron Esposito. He has performed on WGN Radio’s Pretty Late with Patti Vasquez and is also a regular on Mike Rice’s Chicago Lives at Que4 Radio. Pratt’s composition “Happiness Is Home” was a semi-finalist in the 2016 International Songwriting Competition.
In the summers of 2017-2019, Pratt toured across the country and Canada in support of his Horizon Disrupted and Further Disruption albums. He had the great opportunity to work with famed recording engineer Steve Albini on these records.
Pratt can be found playing guitar & singing most nights throughout the city & Midwest region. Pratt is set to release his third full length album featuring a guitar/vocals, bass, & drums trio on mostly jazz standards. The record will be available in January 2024.
“His singing is utterly and engagingly distinctive…there are few who convey character as well as Pratt does.”
-Robert Rodi at Newcity, Chicago
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Student Tickets $15
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