INSTRUMENT(S) : Saxophone / EWI
PERFORMANCES :
• Blues Alley (Washington, DC)
• The City Winery (Atlanta, GA)
• Sculler's (Boston, MA)
SOCIAL FOLLOWERS :
• Spotify 25,640 followers
• FaceBook 2,500 Friends
• Instagram 448 Followers
• YouTube - 4,670 Subscribers
NOTEWORTHY :
• "Casualty Of Love" feat K'Jon (AEE AWARDS) "Jazz Single of the Year"
• "Caution" # 1 on BILLBOARD Smooth Jazz Chart
• "Africa Rising" Album/Artist nominated for SOUTLTRACKS.COM Instrumental Album of the Year
"For Chicago-bred saxophonist André Ward, who parlayed his sideman years with Lalah Hathaway and Freddie Jackson into a 20-year recording career as a Smooth Jazz artist, inspiration begins with and continues to be Earth, Wind & Fire – including Maurice White’s love of kalimba and African music. Ward infuses his joyously diverse, socially conscious latest album AFRICA RISING with those classic and colorful R&B vibes, collaborating with Grammy-nominated producer Rahni Song (Najee, Alex Bugnon) on original dance jams, romantic ballads and thoughtful re-imaginings of classics by The Emotions, Sade and Stevie Wonder. In addition to making feel good music, Ward’s passion is conveying his belief that Africa is a force in the world which inspires people to have a vision and hope for future generations." ~SmoothJazz.com Global
