Lori Andrews is a gifted and energetic performer who takes the harp beyond tradition and into the elements of jazz, fusion and R&B. Having 8 CDs to her credit, she has performed for Presidents Clinton and Ford, and the King and Queen of Spain, and has entertained a list of celebrities including Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Oprah Winfrey (50th birthday) and Clint Eastwood.
Winner of the Jazziz Readers poll as best harpist, Lori's band has been featured at various jazz festivals including Playboy, Long Beach, Newport Beach, Sacramento, Poppy and Idyllwild.
Backing entertainers such as Richard Dreyfuss, Helen Hunt, Ashley Judd, Anne Heche, Kate Hudson, Jennifer Garner and Charlize Theron, the Lori Andrews JazHarp Quartet is the house band every year at the Academy Awards Technical Achievement Division which is the evening that the first Oscar Award of the year is given, playing award recipients on and off the stage. Lori's TV and movie appearances include: Beaches, In the Line of Fire, The Tonight Show, Mambo Kings, Drew Carey, Ally McBeal and MAD TV.
"Lori has a unique style that captures the appeal of any audience. Hearing is believing!" -Scott Yanow, editor All Music Guide to Jazz
On-camera film credits include:
Mambo Kings ~ Beaches ~ Bird ~ In the Line of Fire
Harp coaching and recording for TV include:
Adrian Von Vorhees (Michael McKean), the musical director for Jiminy Glick (Martin Short)
Drew Carey’Äôs boss (Mr. Wick) plays his harp (Yup, that’Äôs me playing Eminem at Drew’Äôs Hospital bed!)
Alex Borstein as ’ÄúThe Mad Harpist’Äù on The Gilmore Girls (Yup, that’Äôs me playing ’Äúironman’Äù on the harp!)
On-camera television credits include:
The Tonight Show
BET-TV
House band for the Sci-Tech Oscars
The American Comedy Awards
MAD-TV
Ally McBeal
Melrose Place
The Drew Carey Show
Living Single
Dynasty
Dallas
Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous
Superman
The Tracy Ullman Show
Designing Women
The Gilmore Girls
General Hospital
Hotel
Golden Girls
Golden Place
Fame LA
Sinatra (made for TV)
Tangled Web (made for TV)
Happily Ever After (made for TV)
President Bill Clinton
President Gerald Ford
The King & Queen of Spain
Frank Sinatra
Steven Speilberg
Will & Jada Pinkett Smith
Clint Eastwood
Barbra Streisand
Jack Nicholson
Natalie Cole
Roseanne Barr
Anne Heche
Ellen Degenres
Helen Hunt
Richard Dreyfuss
Kate Hudson
Ashley Judd
Salma Hayek
Burt Bacharach
Carol Bayer-Sager
Bette Midler
Elizabeth Taylor
Lee Iacocca
Davd Crosby’Äôs Wedding
Dick Clark
Bea Arthur
Brooke Shields
Cliff Robertson
Caroline Rhea
Camryn Mannheim’Äôs baby shower
Lionel Richie
Jennifer Garner
Oprah’Äôs 50th
Jessica Alba
Jessica Beal
Performances include:
Jazz Festivals include:
The Playboy Jazz Festival (Hollywood Bowl)
The Long Beach Jazz Festival
The Sacramento Jazz Festival
The Newport Beach Jazz Festival
The Rochester NY International Jazz Festival
The Poppy Festival
The Idyllwild Jazz Festival
The Mt. SAC Jazz FEstival
The Camarillo Art and Jazz Festival
JazHarp Records ~ 171 Pier Ave #188 ~ Santa Monica, CA 90405 ~ 310.452.7787 ~ Lori@JazHarpRecords.com