Andrew Dickeson is one of Australia's most prominent, prolific and accomplished musicians. He has been very fortunate during his career to perform with many International Jazz greats, as well as the cream of Australia’s Jazz musicians.

Andrew has performed, toured and recorded with the following International Jazz artists:

Saxophone
Johnny Griffin, Lee Konitz, Junior Cook, Charles McPherson, Eric Alexander, Vincent Herring, Richie Cole, Red Holloway, Branford Marsalis, Justin Robinson, Willie Williams, Ned Goold, Jerry Weldon, Scott Robinson, Dave Schumaker, Wessell "Warmdaddy" Anderson, Walter Blanding, Ted Nash

Trumpet
Bobby Shew, Eddie Henderson, Brian Lynch, Valery Ponamarev, Leroy Jones, Jon Erik Kelso, Warren Vache, Marcus Printup, Terell Stafford, Bob Montgomery

Trombone
Bruce Paulson, Dan Barrett, Al Herman, Wycliffe Gordon, Vincent Gardner

Piano
Ronnie Matthews, Kirk Lightsey, Mickey Tucker, Stephen Scott, Peggy Stern, Norman Simmons, Jim McNeely, Reggie Thomas

Bass
David Williams, John Clayton, Eugene "The Senator" Wright, Peter Ind, Pat O'Leary, Kengo Nakamura, Neal Caine, Rodney Whitaker

Vocalists
Mark Murphy, Annie Ross, Andy Bey, Barbara Morrison, Vanessa Rubin, Giacamo Gates, Dee Daniels, Charito, Claire Martin, Lea DeLaria, Champian Fulton, Veronica Swift

Guitar
Martin Taylor, Howard Alden, Sheryl Bailey, Bruce Forman

Hammond Organ
Michel Benebig, Tony Monaco, Pat Bianchi

Worked with almost all leading Australian Jazz musicians in a variety of combinations including:
Tom Baker’s Swing Orchestra, Tom Baker’s Chicago Seven, Dale Barlow Band, Gordon Brisker, Errol Buddle Quartet, Don Burrows Band, Brad Child Orchestra, Sandy Evans’ Clarion Fracture Zone, Roger Frampton’s Intersection, Bobby Gebert Trio (Winner MO award Best Jazz Group), Renee Geyer, Bernie McGann Band, James Morrison Band, James Muller, Mike Nock Quartet, Don Rader Quintet, Andrew Speight’s - Now’s the Time (Aria Award Winner),Monica Trapaga, George Washingmachine, John Harkins Trio, Dan Barnett Big Band, Steve McKenna Trio, Darren Heinrich Organ Trio, Bob Barnard, Joe Chindamo, Mat Jodrell.

Andrew also has a busy schedule of overseas performances.

His career is rapidly building in Japan where he has performed with Charito, Kengo Nakamura's "ROOTS2" band featuring Wess Anderson and Marcus Printup, The "Tokyo Manila Jazz and Arts Festival", Joh Yamada, Keiji Matsushima, Akane Matsumoto, Yuichi Inoue, "Always Smiling Trio" featuring Simon Cosgrove and Ryuichi Yamamura

Other recent performance include New York, Europe, New Caledonia, Brazil, Laos, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Andrew leads the Blue Rhythm Band – which, over the last few years, has become Australia’s most popular band with the growing swing dancing community.

Andrew also curates his own series of interviews - Australian Jazz Voices offers a unique insight into some of Australia's leading jazz musicians. Each interview presents reflections on a life lived through music as well as offering candid glimpses into the times in which these artists created their music.

Through a series of dialogues between notable Australian jazz musicians, this series of online features, presents an oral history archive of Australian jazz and reveals the personalities behind the music. Just as jazz music is a unique and personal exchange of thoughts, feelings and ideas, so too is each dialogue.

You can listen here on ABC Radio National, and here on Eric Myer’s website.

As well as his performing schedule Andrew has a passionate interest in music education - focusing on Jazz. He lectures in Jazz Drums, Ensemble, Rhythm Section Workshop and Jazz History at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. His list of former and current students comprises the majority of the young, happening drummers on the Sydney scene. He is also involved in school and private tuition, clinics and workshops and as a visiting "artist in residence" for various institutions.

His list of students is a who's-who of the Australian drum scene:
Adam Pache, Simon Ert, Jamie Castrisos, Jamie Cameron, James Waples, Paul Derricott, James Jennings, Tim Firth, Graham Hunt, Oliver Nelson, Jodie Michael, Lozz Benson, Tim Geldens, Ali Foster, Ross Ferraro, Steve Lamante, Finn Ryan, Alex Nichols, Angus Diggs, Ben Fitzpatrick, Aiden Haiworth, Jason Isaac, Deva Permana, Alex Masso, Nick Meredith, Michael Avenaim, Fernando DelGado, Francisco Munoz, Ko Omura, Dominic Robinson, Rob Turner, James McCaffrey and more.

Andrew is also a perpetual student - striving to improve and excel. He studied in New York City with Jazz masters Art Taylor and Vernel Fournier. His current teacher - really more of a coach or even "guru" is the amazing Michael Carvin. He has also studied recently with Bernard Purdie and Brazillian master Vanderlai Pereira.

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EARLY YEARS
Andrew was born in Newcastle, Australia in 1969.

He grew up in a musical family and studied a number of instruments before taking up the drums at age ten. He was working professionally from age 13 in both classical and jazz settings.

He moved to Sydney in 1987 and studied at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music. He quickly became one of the first-call drummers on the Sydney scene.

In 1991 he went to New York and commenced his studies with Jazz masters Art Taylor and Vernel Fournier. He performed with a variety of musicians during his time in New York City.

In 1992 he was the only non-American finalist in the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Drums Competition - judged by Roy Haynes, Jack DeJohnette, Alan Dawson, Ed Shaughnessy, Jeff "Tain" Watts and Dave Weckl.