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 (full list below).
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 including Richard Dreyfuss, Helen Hunt, Ashley Judd, Anne Heche, Kate Hudson, Jennifer Garner, Marisa Tomei 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's motto? Harp's not just for breakfast anymore!
"Lori has a unique style that captures the appeal of any audience. Hearing is believing!" -Scott Yanow, editor All Music Guide to Jazz
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On-camera film credits include:
Mambo Kings • Beaches • Bird • In the Line of Fire
Harp coaching and recording for TV include:
Jiminy Glick (Martin Short) :Adrian Von Vorhees
(Michael McKean, the musical director 'plays' the harp)
Drew Carey’s boss (Mr. Wick) plays 'his harp'
(That’s me playing Eminem at Drew’s Hospital bed!)
The Gilmore Girls : Alex Borstein as 'The Mad Harpist'
(That’s me playing “ironman” on the harp!)
The Tonight Show
BET-TV
House band for the Sci-Tech Oscars
The American Comedy Awards
MAD-TV
HBO’s Hung
Ally McBeal
Melrose Place
The Drew Carey Show
Living Single
Dynasty
Dallas
Lifestyles of Rich & Famous
Superman
The Tracy Ullman Show
Designing Women
The Gilmore Girls
General Hospital
Hotel
Golden Girls
Golden Palace
Fame LA
Sinatra
Tangled Web
Happily Ever After
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’s Wedding
Dick Clark
Bea Arthur
Brooke Shields
Cliff Robertson
Caroline Rhea
Camryn Mannheim’s baby shower
Lionel Richie
Jennifer Garner
Oprah’s 50th
Jessica Alba
Jessica Beal
Sugar Ray Leonard’s wedding
Marisa Tomei
John Stamos
Minnie Driver
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
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On-camera television credits include:
Jazz Festivals include:
Live Performances include:
JazHarp Records ~ 16654 Soledad Canyon Road #213 ~ Santa Clarita, CA 91387 ~ 310.452.7787